Ricardo Almeida de Siqueira

Ph.D. in Earth System Science from the National Institute for Space Research (INPE). Bachelor's at Meteorologia from Universidade de São Paulo (2004) and master's at Meteorology from Universidade de São Paulo (2008). He has experience in Geosciences focusing on Physical Meteorology acting on the following subjects: biomass burning, solar radiation, remote sensing, and atmospheric aerosol. Also has experience with rainfall data analysis obtained through modeling and satellite monitoring. During his master's degree, he investigated the behavior of visible and near-infrared reflectances obtained with the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) satellite around AERONET (AErosol RObotic NETwork) sun photometers, to evaluate the performance of the MODIS algorithm in the remote sensing of aerosols in Brazilian locations. During his doctorate, he investigated the effect of biomass burning aerosols on convective precipitation over South America using the regional atmospheric and air pollution model BRAMS (Brazilian developments on the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System). In his postdoctoral, he worked on a methodology for the creation of a precipitation product with temporal scale of 3 hours, combining satellite observations and surface stations (CoSch-Combined Scheme) to study the daily cycle of precipitation in Brazil. It is currently evaluating the global solar irradiance estimates over Brazil using satellite images and the methodology of cloud cover index models. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)