Raül Marcos

Dr Raül Marcos Matamoros has a Master’s degree in Meteorology and an international PhD in Physics from the University of Barcelona (UB). He joined the Meteorological Hazards Analysis Team (GAMA) in the UB in 2010 and was awarded a FPU fellowship to develop his PhD. His Doctoral Thesis, entitled “Improvement of seasonal forecasting techniques applied to water resources and forest fires” is focused on the study of the performance of ECMWF System-4 and two of its potential applications: water resource management and forest fire prevention. In year 2016 he started working at the Earth System Services group at the BSC where he is involved in the study of seasonal forecasting models, improvement of their predictability, and the development of climate services for the renewable energy sector. He has been involved in national and EU funded projects (i.e. RESILIENCE, ESTCENA, DRIHM…) and in the interaction with stakeholders to promote the integration of seasonal climate predictions in different economic sectors.