Carlos Afonso Nobre
CV Lattes
Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações (Brasil). Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) (Institutional affiliation for the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Carlos Afonso Nobre CNPq Research Scholar ¬ Level 1B; ¬ Committee on ¬ Environmental Sciences (CA CA) Graduated in Electronics Engineering from the Aeronautics Institute of Technology (December 1974) and obtained a PhD in Meteorology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (January 1983). He began his professional career at the National Institute of Amazonian Research (INPA) in 1975. He worked as researcher at the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) from 1983 to 2012. He exercised directorship, management and coordination role of scientific institutions and R&D policy: President of the Federal Agency for Post-Graduate Education-CAPES (May 2015-May 2016); Director of the National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters-CEMADEN (February-May 2015), Secretary of Policies and Programs of Research and Development of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation-MCTI (Fev. 2011- Fev. 2015); Director of the Earth System Science Center-CCST/INPE (2008-2010) and Director of the Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Studies-CPTEC/INPE (1991-2003). He is a member of the Joint Steering Committee of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). He also exerted leadership role of scientific experiments, among others: Program Scientist of the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia-LBA (1996-2002); Brazilian Program Scientist of the Anglo-Brazilian Climate Observations Study-ABRACOS (1990-1996), He was chair of the International Advisory Committee of the Program to Protect the Rain Forests of Brazil-PP-G7 (2006-2008). He was MCTI?s representative of the Amazon Fund Steering Committee.). He was chair of the Scientific Committee of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme-IGBP (2005-2011). Chair the Boards of Directors of the Brazilian Research Network on Climate Change-Rede CLIMA (2011-2014) and the Brazilian Panel on Climate Changes (2009-). He was the Coordinator of the FAPESP Research Program on Global Climate Change (2008-2011) and Scientific Director of the Rede CLIMA (2008-2011). He is Scientific Director of the National Institute of Science and Technology for Climate Change. He served in CAPES as coordinator of the Multidisciplinary Post-Graduate Programs Commission (2006-2008) and represented Brazil in the Board of Directors of the International Institute for Applied System Analysis-IIASA (2011-2016). He served as a member of the International Scientific Advisory Panel of Climate Change Adaptation Program, the Netherlands (2008-2011). He was a member of UN Secretary-General?s High Level Scientific Advisory Panel on Global Sustainability (2013-2016). His research interests are Earth System Science and Environmental Sciences, acting on the following themes: atmospheric sciences, climate, meteorology, Amazon and climate modeling, biosphere-atmosphere interaction, climate change, and natural disaster. He was a Professor of Dynamic Meteorology, Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions and Biosphere-Atmosphere Interaction at INPE?s Post-Graduate Program in Meteorology and is a Professor of Introduction to Earth System Science at INPE's Doctoral Programs in Earth System Science. He formulated 27 years ago the hypothesis of Amazon "savannization" in response to deforestation and has been studying how climate and land use changes may affect the rainforest. He has supervised over 29 MSc?s and Ph.D. H index and citations (December 2017): 43 / 9,345 (ISI); 66 / 20,700 (Google Scholar).He participated in several reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In particular, it was one of the authors of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, which in 2007 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, the World Academy of Sciences and foreign member of the US National Academy of Sciences.He was awarded the Von Humboldt Medal of the European Geophysical Union (2009), the Volvo Environmental Prize (2016) and IIIAS Scholar (2016). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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- São Paulo School on Global Climate Modeling - SPSGCM | Ubatuba – SP, AO.R.ESPCA
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The São Paulo School on Global Climate Modeling - SPSGCM was conducted by eight researchers from Brazil, USA, Germany and India, with thirty doctoral students and post-docs in the areas of Earth Sciences. The focus is the climatic aspects of the connections between continent and ocean, involving continental hydrology, river discharge into the oceans and atmospheric teleconnections. The ...
- Brazilian model of the global climate system, AP.PFPMCG.TEM
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The understanding of the interactions between the different components of the Earth system, such as ocean, atmosphere, cryosphere, biosphere and the capability to simulate them using numerical models is a fundamental piece in the study of projections of impacts of the increase in greenhouse gases, aerosols in the atmosphere, and changes in the land used patterns in the earth's climate. ...
- Program on Climate Change - INCT CLIMA, AP.PFPMCG.TEM
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This proposal aims to implant and develop of a wide reaching interdisciplinary research network on climate change on the basis of cooperation between 76 research groups from all of the regions of Brazil as well as 16 foreign research groups from Argentina, Chile, USA, Europe, Japan and India, Involving in total over 400 researchers, students and technicians and constituting at the nexus...
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- Evaluation of the chemical model MOZART in ECHAM-HAM (Germany) and CESM-MAM3 (USA) models for their insertion in the Brazilian Earth System Model (BESM), BP.PD
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Atmospheric gases and aerosols play an important role in climate change, owing to their ability to directly or indirectly alter the radiation balance of the Earth. The atmospheric chemistry determines the distribution of important oxidant and gaseous precursors for secondary pollutants such as ozone (O3) and fine particulate matter (PM 2.5). Meanwhile, climate change may strongly influe...
- The aerosol model implementation in the Brazilian terrestrial system model (BESM) and its validation with satellite data, BP.PD
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Scientific Basis and Work Plan The primary objective of the work is to implement the Hamburg aerosol model (HAM) developed at the Max Planck Insti-tute (MPI), Germany into the Brazilian Earth System Model (BESM) as part of the Earth System Model Development project. This new model will be helpful in quantification of aerosol induced changes to future climate. HAM predicts the evo-lution...
- Vertical fluxes of energy, scalars and momentum over vegetated surfaces calculated using the surface renewal technique, BP.PD
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| 16 / 9 | Completed scholarships in Brazil |
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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)
| Publications | 37 |
| Citations | 925 |
| Cit./Article | 25.0 |
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ARAGAO, LUIZ E. O. C.; ANDERSON, LIANA O.; FONSECA, MARISA G.; ROSAN, THAIS M.; VEDOVATO, LAURA B.; WAGNER, FABIEN H.; SILVA, CAMILA V. J.; SILVA JUNIOR, CELSO H. L.; ARAI, EGIDIO; AGUIAR, ANA P.; et al. 21st Century drought-related fires counteract the decline of Amazon deforestation carbon emissions. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, v. 9, FEB 13 2018. Web of Science Citations: 77. (08/57719-9, 11/51841-0, 15/50484-0, 08/58120-3)
ALCANTARA, ENNER. Regional-scale algorithm to estimate the particulate organic carbon (POC) in inland waters using Landsat-5/TM images. MODELING EARTH SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT, v. 3, n. 2, p. 831-837, JUN 2017. Web of Science Citations: 2. (08/57719-9, 15/21586-9, 07/08103-2)
LISBOA, D. S.; KIKUCHI, R. K. P.; LEAO, ZELINDA M. A. N.. El Nino, Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly and Coral Bleaching in the South Atlantic: A Chain of Events Modeled With a Bayesian Approach. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, v. 123, n. 4, p. 2554-2569, APR 2018. Web of Science Citations: 0. (08/57719-9)
VEIGA, SANDRO F.; NOBRE, PAULO; GIAROLLA, EMANUEL; CAPISTRANO, VINICIUS; BAPTISTA, JR., MANOEL; MARQUEZ, ANDRE L.; FIGUEROA, SILVIO NILO; BONATTI, JOSE PAULO; KUBOTA, PAULO; NOBRE, CARLOS A.. The Brazilian Earth System Model ocean-atmosphere (BESM-OA) version 2.5: evaluation of its CMIP5 historical simulation. Geoscientific Model Development, v. 12, n. 4, p. 1613-1642, APR 24 2019. Web of Science Citations: 2. (08/57719-9, 09/50528-6, 18/06204-0)
DAVID M. LAPOLA; MARCOS D. OYAMA; CARLOS A. NOBRE; GILVAN SAMPAIO. A new world natural vegetation map for global change studies. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 80, n. 2, p. -, Jun. 2008. (04/12235-3)
ALVIM, DEBORA SOUZA; PENDHARKAR, JAYANT; CAPISTRANO, VINICIUS BUSCIOLI; FRASSONI, ARIANE; ENORE, DIEGO PEREIRA; DE MENEZES NETO, OTACILIO LEANDRO; GUTIERREZ, ENVER RAMIREZ; CHOUDHURY, AYANTIKA DEY; KUBOTA, PAULO YOSHIO; DA SILVA, JOSIANE; et al. Aerosol distribution over Brazil with ECHAM-HAM and CAM5-MAM3 simulations and its comparison with ground-based and satellite data. ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION RESEARCH, v. 8, n. 4, p. 718-728, JUL 2017. Web of Science Citations: 1. (14/03149-8, 14/06411-5)
ALCANTARA, ENNER; CURTARELLI, MARCELO; STECH, JOSE. Estimating total suspended matter using the particle backscattering coefficient: results from the Itumbiara hydroelectric reservoir (Goias State, Brazil). REMOTE SENSING LETTERS, v. 7, n. 4, p. 397-406, 2016. Web of Science Citations: 4. (08/57719-9, 07/08103-2)
PADGURSCHI, MAIRA C. G.; VIEIRA, SIMONE A.; STEFANI, EDSON J. F.; NARDOTO, GABRIELA B.; JOLY, CARLOS A.. Nitrogen input by bamboos in neotropical forest: a new perspective. PeerJ, v. 6, NOV 29 2018. Web of Science Citations: 0. (03/12595-7, 12/51872-5, 07/57465-4, 08/50285-3, 15/50682-6, 12/50343-9)
NOBRE, PAULO; PEREIRA, ENIO BUENO; LACERDA, FRANCINETE FRANCIS; BURSZTYN, MARCEL; HADDAD, EDUARDO AMARAL; LEY, DEBORA. Solar smart grid as a path to economic inclusion and adaptation to climate change in the Brazilian Semiarid Northeast. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGIES AND MANAGEMENT, v. 11, n. 4, p. 499-517, 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0. (14/50848-9, 09/50528-6)
MARENGO, JOSE A.; TORRES, ROGER RODRIGUES; ALVES, LINCOLN MUNIZ. Drought in Northeast Brazil-past, present, and future. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY, v. 129, n. 3-4, p. 1189-1200, AUG 2017. Web of Science Citations: 83. (08/57719-9)
CANDIDO DA SILVA, AGEO MARIO; MOI, GISELE PEDROSO; MATTOS, INES ECHENIQUE; HACON, SANDRA DE SOUZA. Low birth weight at term and the presence of fine particulate matter and carbon monoxide in the Brazilian Amazon: a population-based retrospective cohort study. BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH, v. 14, SEP 6 2014. Web of Science Citations: 13. (08/57719-9)
MARENGO, JOSE A.; BERNASCONI, MAURO. Regional differences in aridity/drought conditions over Northeast Brazil: present state and future projections. Climatic Change, v. 129, n. 1-2, p. 103-115, MAR 2015. Web of Science Citations: 38. (08/57719-9, 13/50538-7, 11/51843-2, 08/58161-1)
CURTARELLI, MARCELO PEDROSO; RENNO, CAMILO DALELES; ALCANTARA, ENNER HERENIO. Evaluation of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission 3B43 product over an inland area in Brazil and the effects of satellite boost on rainfall estimates. JOURNAL OF APPLIED REMOTE SENSING, v. 8, JUL 18 2014. Web of Science Citations: 9. (08/57719-9, 10/15075-8, 07/08103-2)
CIRINO, G. G.; SOUZA, R. A. F.; ADAMS, D. K.; ARTAXO, P.. The effect of atmospheric aerosol particles and clouds on net ecosystem exchange in the Amazon. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, v. 14, n. 13, p. 6523-6543, 2014. Web of Science Citations: 31. (10/52658-1, 08/57719-9, 08/58100-2)
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. Web of Science Citations: 46. (08/57719-9, 08/58101-9, 13/50538-7, 08/58161-1)
NOBRE, PAULO; SIQUEIRA, LEO S. P.; DE ALMEIDA, ROBERTO A. F.; MALAGUTTI, MARTA; GIAROLLA, EMANUEL; CASTELAO, GUILHERME P.; BOTTINO, MARCUS J.; KUBOTA, PAULO; FIGUEROA, SILVIO N.; COSTA, MABEL C.; et al. Climate Simulation and Change in the Brazilian Climate Model. Journal of Climate, v. 26, n. 17, p. 6716-6732, SEP 2013. Web of Science Citations: 9. (09/50528-6)
ARAGAO, LUIZ E. O. C.; ANDERSON, LIANA O.; FONSECA, MARISA G.; ROSAN, THAIS M.; VEDOVATO, LAURA B.; WAGNER, FABIEN H.; SILVA, CAMILA V. J.; SILVA JUNIOR, CELSO H. L.; ARAI, EGIDIO; AGUIAR, ANA P.; et al. 21st Century drought-related fires counteract the decline of Amazon deforestation carbon emissions. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, v. 9, FEB 13 2018. Web of Science Citations: 77. (08/57719-9, 11/51841-0, 15/50484-0, 08/58120-3)
DAVID M. LAPOLA; MARCOS D. OYAMA; CARLOS A. NOBRE; GILVAN SAMPAIO. A new world natural vegetation map for global change studies. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 80, n. 2, p. -, Jun. 2008. (04/12235-3)
VEIGA, SANDRO F.; NOBRE, PAULO; GIAROLLA, EMANUEL; CAPISTRANO, VINICIUS; BAPTISTA, JR., MANOEL; MARQUEZ, ANDRE L.; FIGUEROA, SILVIO NILO; BONATTI, JOSE PAULO; KUBOTA, PAULO; NOBRE, CARLOS A.. The Brazilian Earth System Model ocean-atmosphere (BESM-OA) version 2.5: evaluation of its CMIP5 historical simulation. Geoscientific Model Development, v. 12, n. 4, p. 1613-1642, APR 24 2019. Web of Science Citations: 2. (08/57719-9, 09/50528-6, 18/06204-0)
NOBRE, PAULO; PEREIRA, ENIO BUENO; LACERDA, FRANCINETE FRANCIS; BURSZTYN, MARCEL; HADDAD, EDUARDO AMARAL; LEY, DEBORA. Solar smart grid as a path to economic inclusion and adaptation to climate change in the Brazilian Semiarid Northeast. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGIES AND MANAGEMENT, v. 11, n. 4, p. 499-517, 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0. (14/50848-9, 09/50528-6)
ALVIM, DEBORA SOUZA; PENDHARKAR, JAYANT; CAPISTRANO, VINICIUS BUSCIOLI; FRASSONI, ARIANE; ENORE, DIEGO PEREIRA; DE MENEZES NETO, OTACILIO LEANDRO; GUTIERREZ, ENVER RAMIREZ; CHOUDHURY, AYANTIKA DEY; KUBOTA, PAULO YOSHIO; DA SILVA, JOSIANE; et al. Aerosol distribution over Brazil with ECHAM-HAM and CAM5-MAM3 simulations and its comparison with ground-based and satellite data. ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION RESEARCH, v. 8, n. 4, p. 718-728, JUL 2017. Web of Science Citations: 1. (14/03149-8, 14/06411-5)
ALCANTARA, ENNER. Regional-scale algorithm to estimate the particulate organic carbon (POC) in inland waters using Landsat-5/TM images. MODELING EARTH SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT, v. 3, n. 2, p. 831-837, JUN 2017. Web of Science Citations: 2. (08/57719-9, 15/21586-9, 07/08103-2)
LISBOA, D. S.; KIKUCHI, R. K. P.; LEAO, ZELINDA M. A. N.. El Nino, Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly and Coral Bleaching in the South Atlantic: A Chain of Events Modeled With a Bayesian Approach. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, v. 123, n. 4, p. 2554-2569, APR 2018. Web of Science Citations: 0. (08/57719-9)
MARENGO, JOSE A.; TORRES, ROGER RODRIGUES; ALVES, LINCOLN MUNIZ. Drought in Northeast Brazil-past, present, and future. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY, v. 129, n. 3-4, p. 1189-1200, AUG 2017. Web of Science Citations: 83. (08/57719-9)
CURTARELLI, MARCELO; ALCANTARA, ENNER; RENNO, CAMILO; STECH, JOSE. Effects of cold fronts on MODIS-derived sensible and latent heat fluxes in Itumbiara reservoir (Central Brazil). Advances in Space Research, v. 52, n. 9, p. 1668-1677, NOV 1 2013. Web of Science Citations: 5. (08/57719-9, 10/15075-8, 07/08103-2)
ZERI, MARCELO; SA, LEONARDO D. A.; NOBRE, CARLOS A.. Estimating Buoyancy Heat Flux Using the Surface Renewal Technique over Four Amazonian Forest Sites in Brazil. BOUNDARY-LAYER METEOROLOGY, v. 149, n. 2, p. 179-196, NOV 2013. Web of Science Citations: 5. (11/04101-0, 01/06908-7)
ZERI, MARCELO; SA, LEONARDO DEANE A.; NOBRE, CARLOS A.. Contribution of coherent structures to the buoyancy heat flux under different conditions of stationarity over Amazonian forest sites. Atmospheric Science Letters, v. 16, n. 3, p. 228-233, JUL-SEP 2015. Web of Science Citations: 1. (11/04101-0)
MARENGO, J. A.; ESPINOZA, J. C.. Extreme seasonal droughts and floods in Amazonia: causes, trends and impacts. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY, v. 36, n. 3, p. 1033-1050, MAR 15 2016. Web of Science Citations: 140. (08/57719-9, 11/51843-2, 13/50538-7)
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. Web of Science Citations: 6. (08/57719-9, 12/14316-7, 08/58101-9, 11/08191-4)
HAARSMA, REINDERT J.; ROBERTS, MALCOLM J.; VIDALE, PIER LUIGI; SENIOR, CATHERINE A.; BELLUCCI, ALESSIO; BAO, QING; CHANG, PING; CORTI, SUSANNA; FUCKAR, NEVEN S.; GUEMAS, VIRGINIE; et al. High Resolution Model Intercomparison Project (HighResMIP v1.0) for CMIP6. Geoscientific Model Development, v. 9, n. 11, p. 4185-4208, NOV 22 2016. Web of Science Citations: 112. (08/57719-9)
NOBRE, CARLOS A.; SAMPAIO, GILVAN; BORMA, LAURA S.; CASTILLA-RUBIO, JUAN CARLOS; SILVA, JOSE S.; CARDOSO, MANOEL. Land-use and climate change risks in the Amazon and the need of a novel sustainable development paradigm. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 113, n. 39, p. 10759-10768, SEP 27 2016. Web of Science Citations: 96. (08/57719-9, 09/50528-6)
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. Web of Science Citations: 5. (08/57719-9, 13/08572-3, 11/50552-4, 08/58101-9)
DE ALBUQUERQUE CAVALCANTI, IRACEMA FONSECA; MARENGO, JOSE A.; ALVES, LINCOLN MUNIZ; COSTA, DUARTE FILIPE. On the opposite relation between extreme precipitation over west Amazon and southeastern Brazil: observations and model simulations. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY, v. 37, n. 9, p. 3606-3618, JUL 2017. Web of Science Citations: 8. (12/51876-0, 08/57719-9, 11/51843-2)
CURTARELLI, MARCELO PEDROSO; ALCANTARA, ENNER; RENNO, CAMILO DALELES; ASSIREU, ARCILAN TREVENZOLI; BONNET, MARIE PAULE; STECH, JOSE LUIZ. Modelling the surface circulation and thermal structure of a tropical reservoir using three-dimensional hydrodynamic lake model and remote-sensing data. WATER AND ENVIRONMENT JOURNAL, v. 28, n. 4, p. 516-525, DEC 2014. Web of Science Citations: 11. (08/57719-9, 10/15075-8, 07/08103-2)
LYRA, GUSTAVO B.; OLIVEIRA-JUNIOR, JOSE F.; ZERI, MARCELO. Cluster analysis applied to the spatial and temporal variability of monthly rainfall in Alagoas state, Northeast of Brazil. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY, v. 34, n. 13, p. 3546-3558, NOV 15 2014. Web of Science Citations: 24. (11/04101-0)
OBREGON, GUILLERMO O.; MARENGO, JOSE A.; NOBRE, CARLOS A.. Rainfall and climate variability: long-term trends in the Metropolitan Area of Sao Paulo in the 20th century. CLIMATE RESEARCH, v. 61, n. 2, p. 93-107, SEP 2014. Web of Science Citations: 5. (08/57719-9, 13/50538-7, 11/51843-2, 08/58161-1)
ARANTES, TATIANE M.; SARDINHA, ANDRE; BALDAN, MAURICIO R.; CRISTOVAN, FERNANDO H.; FERREIRA, NEIDENEI G.. Lead detection using micro/nanocrystalline boron-doped diamond by square-wave anodic stripping voltammetry. Talanta, v. 128, p. 132-140, OCT 1 2014. Web of Science Citations: 22. (08/57719-9, 12/00393-0)
CURTARELLI, M. P.; ALCANTARA, E. H.; RENNO, C. D.; STECH, J. L.. Physical changes within a large tropical hydroelectric reservoir induced by wintertime cold front activity. HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES, v. 18, n. 8, p. 3079-3093, 2014. Web of Science Citations: 11. (08/57719-9, 10/15075-8, 07/08103-2)
ZERI, MARCELO; HUSSAIN, MIR ZAMAN; ANDERSON-TEIXEIRA, KRISTINA J.; DELUCIA, EVAN; BERNACCHI, CARL J.. Water use efficiency of perennial and annual bioenergy crops in central Illinois. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-BIOGEOSCIENCES, v. 118, n. 2, p. 581-589, JUN 2013. Web of Science Citations: 42. (11/04101-0)