Impact of the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean on South American climate for the 20th and 21st centuries

• Grant number: 08/58101-9
• Support Opportunities: Research Program on Global Climate Change - Thematic Grants
• Start date: November 01, 2011
• End date: October 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Geosciences - Meteorology
• Agreement: CNPq - Pronex
• Principal Investigator: Tercio Ambrizzi
• Grantee: Tercio Ambrizzi
• Host Institution: Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas (IAG). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Pesquisadores principais: Belmiro Mendes de Castro Filho ; Edmo José Dias Campos ; Ilana Elazari Klein Coaracy Wainer ; Ilson Carlos Almeida da SIlveira
• Associated research grant(s): 17/03981-3 - Atmospheric moisture transport, the bridge between ocean evaporation and Antarctic sea ice, AV.EXT; 17/02613-0 - Teleconnections over Brazil with an empirical-dynamical model of intermediate complexity, AV.EXT; 15/50324-2 - Untangling the drivers of ocean variability in the Southwest Atlantic, AP.R SPRINT; 15/20102-8 - The signature of mesoescale eddies on the air-sea turbulent heat fluxes in the South Atlantic Ocean, PUB.ART
• Associated scholarship(s): 17/09859-5 - The influence of the Deep Western Boundary Current in the Meridional Overturning Circulation in the South Atlantic, BP.MS; 13/18333-6 - Seasonal and interannual trends of sea surface temperature and chlorophyll submesoscale fronts in the South Atlantic Ocean, BP.PD; 13/02111-4 - Investigation of the evolution of the sub-surface ocean in the South Atlantic for the last millenium: impact on climate change, BE.PQ; 12/21243-6 - The contribution of mesoscale eddies to the surface heat budget in the South Atlantic, BP.MS

Abstract

A better understanding of coupled atmosphere-ocean interactions has long been recognized as having the most potential to improve prediction climate and weather. The role of these interactions in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (SAO), however, is not well understood. The SAO is the birthplace of cyclones, cold fronts passage and blocking activity. Further study is required to understand how the SAO impacts the climate over South America and particularly over Brazil considering that the ocean/atmosphere variability has the potential to have climate and (by extension) societal impacts which indicates the need for adaptation and mitigation. The main objective of this research project is to understand the South American climate variability in the present day with atmospheric and oceanographic observational data analysis and analyze future climate scenarios using data from Global Circulation Models and dynamical downscaling simulations through Regional Climate Models (RCMs). As part of its observational component, an array of buoys will be deployed in the SAO. The lack of data, and in particular surface observations, has been an enormous obstacle to a better understanding of the influence of this region on the climate of Brazil. In parallel, surface properties will be monitored via satellite and compared to in-situ observations, and historical data will be analyzed. Also, numerical experiments will be utilized to test hypotheses of the SAO influence on climate change over Brazil. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

VASQUES FREITAS, ANA CAROLINA; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO. Recent Changes in the Annual Mean Regional Hadley Circulation and Their Impacts on South America. ADVANCES IN METEOROLOGY, 2015. (11/13669-0, 08/58101-9)

VEIGA, JOSE AUGUSTO P.; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO. A Global and Hemispherical Analysis of the Lorenz Energetics Based on the Representative Concentration Pathways Used in CMIP5. ADVANCES IN METEOROLOGY, 2013. (08/58101-9)

DA ROCHA, ROSMERI PORFIRIO; REBOITA, MICHELLE SIMOES; GOZZO, LUIZ FELIPPE; MOSSO DUTRA, LIVIA MARCIA; DE JESUS, EDUARDO MARCOS. Subtropical cyclones over the oceanic basins: a review. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, v. 1436, n. 1, SI, p. 138-156, JAN 2019. (08/58101-9)

GOMES, HELBER B.; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO; PONTES DA SILVA, BRUCE F.; HODGES, KEVIN; SILVA DIAS, PEDRO L.; HERDIES, DIRCEU L.; SILVA, MARIA CRISTINA L.; GOMES, HELIOFABIO B.. Climatology of easterly wave disturbances over the tropical South Atlantic. Climate Dynamics, v. 53, n. 3-4, p. 1393-1411, AUG 2019. (14/50848-9, 08/58101-9)

VILLAS BOAS, A. B.; SATO, O. T.; CHAIGNEAU, A.; CASTELAO, G. P.. The signature of mesoscale eddies on the air-sea turbulent heat fluxes in the South Atlantic Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 42, n. 6, p. 1856-1862, MAR 28 2015. (12/21243-6, 13/11825-0, 13/02355-0, 08/58101-9)

CASTELLANOS, P.; CAMPOS, E. J. D.; PIERA, J.; SATO, O. T.; SILVA DIAS, M. A. F.. Impacts of Agulhas Leakage on the Tropical Atlantic Western Boundary Systems. Journal of Climate, v. 30, n. 17, p. 6645-6659, SEP 2017. (15/11366-1, 08/58101-9, 11/50552-4, 13/08572-3)

REBOITA, MICHELLE SIMOES; DA ROCHA, ROSMERI PORFIRIO; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO; GOUVEIA, CAROLINA DANIEL. Trend and teleconnection patterns in the climatology of extratropical cyclones over the Southern Hemisphere. Climate Dynamics, v. 45, n. 7-8, p. 1929-1944, OCT 2015. (08/58101-9, 08/57719-9)

ROCHA, CESAR B.; DA SILVEIRA, ILSON C. A.; CASTRO, BELMIRO M.; LIMA, JOSE ANTONIO M.. Vertical structure, energetics, and dynamics of the Brazil Current System at 22 degrees S-28 degrees S. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, v. 119, n. 1, p. 52-69, JAN 2014. (10/13629-6, 08/58101-9, 12/02119-2)

DRUMOND, A.; MARENGO, J.; AMBRIZZI, T.; NIETO, R.; MOREIRA, L.; GIMENO, L.. The role of the Amazon Basin moisture in the atmospheric branch of the hydrological cycle: a Lagrangian analysis. HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES, v. 18, n. 7, p. 2577-2598, 2014. (08/58101-9, 08/58161-1, 08/57719-9, 13/50538-7)

CASTELLANOS, PAOLA; OLMEDO, ESTRELLA; LLUIS PELEGRI, JOSEP; TURIEL, ANTONIO; CAMPOS, EDMO J. D.. Seasonal Variability of Retroflection Structures and Transports in the Atlantic Ocean as Inferred from Satellite-Derived Salinity Maps. REMOTE SENSING, v. 11, n. 7, APR 1 2019. (10/01943-8, 11/50552-4, 08/58101-9, 17/09659-6)

CARRIL, ANDREA F.; CAVALCANTI, IRACEMA F. A.; MENENDEZ, C. G.; SORENSSON, A.; LOPEZ-FRANCA, N.; RIVERA, J. A.; ROBLEDO, F.; ZANINELLI, P. G.; AMBRIZZI, T.; PENALBA, O. C.; et al. Extreme events in the La Plata basin: a retrospective analysis of what we have learned during CLARIS-LPB project. CLIMATE RESEARCH, v. 68, n. 2-3, p. 95-116, 2016. (08/58101-9)

VASQUES FREITAS, ANA CAROLINA; AIMOLA, LUIS; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO; DE OLIVEIRA, CRISTIANO PRESTRELO. Changes in intensity of the regional Hadley cell in Indian Ocean and its impacts on surrounding regions. METEOROLOGY AND ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS, v. 129, n. 3, p. 229-246, JUN 2017. (08/58101-9)

FREITAS, ANA C. V.; FREDERIKSEN, JORGEN S.; O'KANE, TERENCE J.; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO. Simulated austral winter response of the Hadley circulation and stationary Rossby wave propagation to a warming climate. Climate Dynamics, v. 49, n. 1-2, p. 521-545, JUL 2017. (12/14231-1, 08/58101-9)

VASQUES FREITAS, ANA CAROLINA; AIMOLA, LUIS; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO; DE OLIVEIRA, CRISTIANO PRESTRELO. Extreme Intertropical Convergence Zone shifts over Southern Maritime Continent. Atmospheric Science Letters, v. 18, n. 1, p. 2-10, JAN 2017. (08/58101-9, 15/50324-2)

VILLAMAYOR, JULIAN; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO; MOHINO, ELSA. Influence of decadal sea surface temperature variability on northern Brazil rainfall in CMIP5 simulations. Climate Dynamics, v. 51, n. 1-2, p. 563-579, JUL 2018. (13/50521-7, 08/58101-9)

SHIMIZU, MARILIA HARUMI; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO. MJO influence on ENSO effects in precipitation and temperature over South America. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY, v. 124, n. 1-2, p. 291-301, APR 2016. (08/58101-9, 08/57719-9)

SHIMIZU, MARILIA HARUMI; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO; LIEBMANN, BRANT. Extreme precipitation events and their relationship with ENSO and MJO phases over northern South America. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY, v. 37, n. 6, p. 2977-2989, MAY 2017. (13/50521-7, 13/02797-3, 08/58101-9)

DA ROCHA, ROSMERI PORFIRIO; REBOITA, MICHELLE SIMOES; GOZZO, LUIZ FELIPPE; MOSSO DUTRA, LIVIA MARCIA; DE JESUS, EDUARDO MARCOS. Subtropical cyclones over the oceanic basins: a review. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, v. 1436, n. 1, p. 19-pg., 2019-01-01. (08/58101-9)

VASQUES FREITAS, ANA CAROLINA; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO. Recent Changes in the Annual Mean Regional Hadley Circulation and Their Impacts on South America. ADVANCES IN METEOROLOGY, v. 2015, p. 22-pg., 2015-01-01. (11/13669-0, 08/58101-9)

CAMPOS, EDMO J. D.; FRANCA, CARLOS A. S.; NONNATO, LUIZ V.; NETO, FRANCISCO VICENTINI; BARREIRA, LEONARDO; COLE, RICK; IEEE. Atlas-B: The Development and Mooring of a Brazilian Prototype of the Atlas Buoy. 2013 OCEANS - SAN DIEGO, v. N/A, p. 4-pg., 2013-01-01. (08/58101-9, 10/06147-5)

VASQUES FREITAS, ANA CAROLINA; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO. Changes in the Austral Winter Hadley Circulation and the Impact on Stationary Rossby Waves Propagation. ADVANCES IN METEOROLOGY, v. 2012, p. 15-pg., 2012-01-01. (11/13669-0, 08/58101-9)

VEIGA, JOSE AUGUSTO P.; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO. A Global and Hemispherical Analysis of the Lorenz Energetics Based on the Representative Concentration Pathways Used in CMIP5. ADVANCES IN METEOROLOGY, v. 2013, p. 13-pg., 2013-01-01. (08/58101-9)

SANTIS, WLADEMIR; AIMOLA, LUIS; CASTELLANOS, PAOLA; CAMPOS, EDMO J. D.. The impacts of the Indonesian Throughflow on the inter-basin seesaw mechanism, in idealized experiments. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY, v. 38, n. 1, p. E985-E997, APR 2018. (08/58101-9)

GOMES, HELBER BARROS; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO; HERDIES, DIRCEU LUIS; HODGES, KEVIN; PONTES DA SILVA, BRUCE FRANCISCO. Easterly Wave Disturbances over Northeast Brazil: An Observational Analysis. ADVANCES IN METEOROLOGY, 2015. (08/58101-9)

MOSSO DUTRA, LIVIA MARCIA; DA ROCHA, ROSMERI PORFIRIO; LEE, ROBERT WILLIAM; ROMAO PERES, JEAN RAFAEL; DE CAMARGO, RICARDO. Structure and evolution of subtropical cyclone Anita as evaluated by heat and vorticity budgets. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, v. 143, n. 704, A, p. 1539-1553, APR 2017. (10/03340-9, 08/58101-9)

SILVA, GYRLENE A. M.; DUTRA, LIVIA M. M.; DA ROCHA, ROSMERI P.; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO; LEIVA, ERICO. Preliminary Analysis on the Global Features of the NCEP CFSv2 Seasonal Hindcasts. ADVANCES IN METEOROLOGY, 2014. (08/58101-9)

VEIGA, JOSE AUGUSTO P.; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO; PEZZA, ALEXANDRE B.. A Space Domain Energetics Study for CO2 Increasing Based on SRES-A2 Emission Scenario. ADVANCES IN METEOROLOGY, 2013. (08/58101-9)

VASQUES FREITAS, ANA CAROLINA; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO. Changes in the Austral Winter Hadley Circulation and the Impact on Stationary Rossby Waves Propagation. ADVANCES IN METEOROLOGY, 2012. (11/13669-0, 08/58101-9)

CAMPOS, EDMO J. D.; BARREIRA, LEONARDO; NETO, FRANCISCO VICENTINI. Pilot Deployment of a Brazilian Deep-Ocean Buoy Brazil, U.S. Scientists Collaborate in Testing Ocean Monitoring Platform. SEA TECHNOLOGY, v. 55, n. 4, p. 10-12, APR 2014. (08/58101-9)

FREITAS, ANA C. V.; FREDERIKSEN, JORGEN S.; WHELAN, JENNIFER; O'KANE, TERENCE J.; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO. Observed and simulated inter-decadal changes in the structure of Southern Hemisphere large-scale circulation. Climate Dynamics, v. 45, n. 11-12, p. 2993-3017, DEC 2015. (12/14231-1, 08/58101-9)

BOUALI, MAROUAN; SATO, OLGA T.; POLITO, PAULO S.. Temporal trends in sea surface temperature gradients in the South Atlantic Ocean. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, v. 194, p. 100-114, JUN 1 2017. (08/58101-9)

SILVA, CARLOS BATISTA; SIQUEIRA SILVA, MARIA ELISA; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO. Climatic variability of river outflow in the Pantanal region and the influence of sea surface temperature. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY, v. 129, n. 1-2, p. 97-109, JUL 2017. (08/58101-9)

GOZZO, L. F.; DA ROCHA, R. P.; GIMENO, L.; DRUMOND, A.. Climatology and numerical case study of moisture sources associated with subtropical cyclogenesis over the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, v. 122, n. 11, p. 5636-5653, JUN 16 2017. (08/58101-9)

OLIVEIRA, FLAVIO N. M.; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO. The effects of ENSO-types and SAM on the large-scale southern blockings. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY, v. 37, n. 7, p. 3067-3081, JUN 15 2017. (08/58101-9)

BOUALI, M.; SATO, O.; POLITO, P.. An algorithm to improve the detection of ocean fronts from whiskbroom scanner images. REMOTE SENSING LETTERS, v. 6, n. 12, p. 942-951, DEC 2 2015. (08/58101-9)

CAMILA BERTOLETTI CARPENEDO; TÉRCIO AMBRIZZI. Células de Circulação Meridional Durante os Eventos Extremos de Gelo Marinho Antártico. Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia, v. 31, n. 3, p. 251-261, 2016-09-00. (08/58101-9, 12/17370-2)

PALOCZY, A.; BRINK, K. H.; DA SILVEIRA, ILSON C. A.; ARRUDA, WILTON Z.; MARTINS, RENATO P.. Pathways and mechanisms of offshore water intrusions on the Espirito Santo Basin shelf (18 degrees S-22 degrees S, Brazil). JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, v. 121, n. 7, p. 5134-5163, JUL 2016. (13/11465-4, 14/03451-6, 08/58101-9)

COELHO, CAIO A. S.; DE OLIVEIRA, CRISTIANO PRESTRELO; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO; REBOITA, MICHELLE SIMOES; CARPENEDO, CAMILA BERTOLETTI; PEREIRA SILVEIRA CAMPOS, JOSE LEANDRO; NOBILE TOMAZIELLO, ANA CAROLINA; PAMPUCH, LUANA ALBERTANI; CUSTODIO, MARIA DE SOUZA; MOSSO DUTRA, LIVIA MARCIA; et al. The 2014 southeast Brazil austral summer drought: regional scale mechanisms and teleconnections. Climate Dynamics, v. 46, n. 11-12, p. 3737-3752, JUN 2016. (08/58101-9)

CASTELLANOS, PAOLA; PELEGRI, JOSEP L.; CAMPOS, EDMO J. D.; ROSELL-FIESCHI, MIQUEL; GASSER, MARC. Response of the surface tropical Atlantic Ocean to wind forcing. PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY, v. 134, p. 271-292, MAY 2015. (10/01943-8, 11/50552-4, 13/08572-3, 08/58101-9)

IGNACIO SAURRAL, RAMIRO; ANGELA CAMILLONI, INES; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO. Links between topography, moisture fluxes pathways and precipitation over South America. Climate Dynamics, v. 45, n. 3-4, p. 777-789, AUG 2015. (08/58101-9)

CASTELLANOS, P.; CAMPOS, E. J. D.; GIDDY, I.; SANTIS, W.. Inter-comparison studies between high-resolution HYCOM simulation and observational data: The South Atlantic and the Agulhas leakage system. JOURNAL OF MARINE SYSTEMS, v. 159, p. 76-88, JUL 2016. (08/58101-9, 11/50552-4, 13/08572-3, 08/57719-9)

DOTTORI, MARCELO; CASTRO, BELMIRO MENDES. The role of remote wind forcing in the subinertial current variability in the central and northern parts of the South Brazil Bight. OCEAN DYNAMICS, v. 68, n. 6, p. 677-688, JUN 2018. (10/05124-1, 08/58101-9)

PAMPUCH, LUANA ALBERTANI; DRUMOND, ANITA; GIMENO, LUIS; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO. Anomalous patterns of SST and moisture sources in the South Atlantic Ocean associated with dry events in southeastern Brazil. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY, v. 36, n. 15, p. 4913-4928, DEC 2016. (11/08191-4, 12/14316-7, 08/58101-9, 08/57719-9)

STEIN, LUIZA P.; SIEGLE, EDUARDO. Overtopping events on seawall-backed beaches: Santos Bay, SP, Brazil. REGIONAL STUDIES IN MARINE SCIENCE, v. 40, NOV 2020. (08/58101-9)

SANTIS, WLADEMIR; AIMOLA, LUIS; CASTELLANOS, PAOLA; CAMPOS, EDMO J. D.. The impacts of the Indonesian Throughflow on the inter-basin seesaw mechanism, in idealized experiments. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY, v. 38, p. 13-pg., 2018-04-01. (08/58101-9)

MOSSO DUTRA, LIVIA MARCIA; DA ROCHA, ROSMERI PORFIRIO; LEE, ROBERT WILLIAM; ROMAO PERES, JEAN RAFAEL; DE CAMARGO, RICARDO. Structure and evolution of subtropical cyclone Anita as evaluated by heat and vorticity budgets. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, v. 143, n. 704, p. 15-pg., 2017-04-01. (08/58101-9, 10/03340-9)

VEIGA, JOSE AUGUSTO P.; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO; PEZZA, ALEXANDRE B.. A Space Domain Energetics Study for CO2 Increasing Based on SRES-A2 Emission Scenario. ADVANCES IN METEOROLOGY, v. 2013, p. 19-pg., 2013-01-01. (08/58101-9)

SILVA, GYRLENE A. M.; DUTRA, LIVIA M. M.; DA ROCHA, ROSMERI P.; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO; LEIVA, ERICO. Preliminary Analysis on the Global Features of the NCEP CFSv2 Seasonal Hindcasts. ADVANCES IN METEOROLOGY, v. 2014, p. 21-pg., 2014-01-01. (08/58101-9)

GOMES, HELBER BARROS; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO; HERDIES, DIRCEU LUIS; HODGES, KEVIN; PONTES DA SILVA, BRUCE FRANCISCO. Easterly Wave Disturbances over Northeast Brazil: An Observational Analysis. ADVANCES IN METEOROLOGY, v. 2015, p. 20-pg., 2015-01-01. (08/58101-9)

HALL, NICHOLAS M. J.; LEROUX, STEPHANIE; AMBRIZZI, TERCIO. Transient contributions to the forcing of the atmospheric annual cycle: A diagnostic study with the DREAM model. Climate Dynamics, v. 52, n. 11, p. 6719-6733, JUN 2019. (17/09659-6, 08/58101-9)

REBOITA, MICHELLE S.; DA ROCHA, ROSMERI P.; DE SOUZA, MARCELO R.; LLOPART, MARTA. Extratropical cyclones over the southwestern South Atlantic Ocean: HadGEM2-ES and RegCM4 projections. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY, v. 38, n. 6, p. 2866-2879, MAY 2018. (08/58101-9)

AMBRIZZI, TERCIO; FERRAZ, SIMONE E. T.. An objective criterion for determining the South Atlantic Convergence Zone. FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, v. 3, 2015. (08/58101-9)

ZILLI, MARCIA T.; CARVALHO, LEILA M. V.; LINTNER, BENJAMIN R.. The poleward shift of South Atlantic Convergence Zone in recent decades. Climate Dynamics, v. 52, n. 5-6, p. 2545-2563, MAR 2019. (08/58101-9)