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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto Oceanográfico (IO) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduation at Bacharelado Em Oceanografia from Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (1984), master's at Physical Oceanografy from Universidade de São Paulo (1990) and doctorate at Ph D Earth Science Oceanography from University of New Hampshire (1996). He is currently full professor at Universidade de São Paulo. Has experience in Oceanografy, focusing on Sea Water Movement, acting on the following subjects: corrente do brasil, meandramento da corrente do brasil, instabilidade baroclinica, correntes de contorno oeste and corrente de contorno oeste. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The "offshore of tomorrow" is being defined in our generation. Awaken by climate change, we were made aware that the exploration of fossil fuels for the sole use of thermal energy cannot be sustainable in the distant future. The effect humanity has played in changing the climate of the planet by the emission of greenhouse gases is a pressing agenda for many, if not all, countries committe…
The biological pump is a major oceanic process that transfer carbon and others elements from the upper ocean to the deepest regions. In a climate change reality, this mechanism is of special interest since the largest active carbon reservoir is found in intermediate and deep waters of oceanic basins. However, our knowledge regarding this important process is scarce due to insufficient stu…
The Brazil Current (BC) develops large meanders, which often turn into vortical rings as it flows off the Santos Basin shelf break. The most conspicuous and recurrent of these is the Cabo Frio Eddy (CFE), formed in the east area of the cape that gives it its name, and which marks a strong change in orientation on the south east continental margin. For this reason, and linked to the conser…
The role of the Vitória-Trindade Ridge in the generation of the Brazil Current sub- and mesoscale activity is proposed to be investigated by both observations and high-resolution numerical modeling. It is known that Brazil Current meanders and forms eddies and vortical dipoles as it crosses the ridge. Smaller eddies (of order of 1 km) and filaments develop in the periphery of the mesoscal…
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The present proposal aims to characterize the Brazil Current Inner Recirculation Cell and investigate it's possible wind-driven forcing. In order to it's morphometry, volume transport and seasonality can be inferred the following datasets will be used: multi satellite altimetry data and assimilative numerical reanalysis data referred to the south portion of BC (25ºS-45ºS). The volume tran…
The Brazil Current (BC) is the western boundary current that closes the South Atlantic Subtropical Gyre. Between 22æS and 23æS, the BC forms large cyclonic meanders, in particular, off Cape Frio and São Tomé Cape. The system of high vertical shear, formed by the BC and the underlying northward flow of the Intermediate Western Boundary Current (IWBC) are responsible for forming, in this re…
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The present proposal aims to identify the mean dynamic forcing mechanism of the Inner Recirculation Cell (IRC) of Brazil Current. In order to understand if it's inertial or forced by the wind three major experiments will be conducted, all using a numerical model that solves the quasi-geostrophic vorticity equation in a 1 1/2 layer configuration. The first experiment will be running using …
This proposal aims to investigate the variation in volume, heat and salt transport associated with the western boundary current system: Brazilian Current (BC) and Intermediate Western Boundary Current (IWBC) over the southeast Brazilian continental margin between 20°S and 31°S, a wide region where the largest portion of the Brazilian population is found. Transport calculations will be car…
This project revisits the wind-driven coastal upwelling system off Cape Frio (23 S) by applying concepts of frontal dynamics. The front established during mature upwelling events is theoretically susceptible to develop submesoscale instabilities. Moreover, a curved geometry found in previous efforts should also have dynamical implications. This proposal aims to investigate the destabiliza…
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