Afranio Rubens de Mesquita

Followed the Primary School in Bento de Abreu, the Secondary studies in Monte Aprazível and the College in Itapolis, State of São Paulo. Moved to the city of São Paulo for the Course of Officers of Reserve (CPOR) and its final stage in Campinas, State of São Paulo. Followed the Course of Physics in the University of São Paulo (1960-1964). Thaught first letters in the Primary Schools ?Escola Municipal de Vila Brasilandia? and ?Escolas Agrupadas de Vila Brasilandia?, São Paulo and lectured Physics in the Colleges ?Americo Brasilience? in Santo André and ?Alexandre Von Humboldt?, Vila Leopoldina in São Paulo, while doing the University. Got a grant from the Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of USP, for passing the exams with above 75% marks. Advised, turned to the Post Graduate Course on Oceanography, where produced an MSc Thesis (1968), on the Seasonal Variation of Coastal Waters, by integrally using the Fourier Integral. Entered the University of São Paulo (USP) in (1969). Had a grant from the British Counsil for further studies in the University of Southampton (UK), where produced an MPhil Thesis (1972), on the Western Solent Channel, working with Laplace?s Tidal equations to describe the Boundary Layer and the Friction coefficients. Back to USP in 1972, lectured ?Tides? and ?Spectral Analysis Applied to Oceanography? in the Post Graduate Course of the Oceanographic Institute (IO-USP). In 1974 was appointed Chief Scientist to the GARP (Global Atmospheric Research Program) Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GATE) on board the NOc ?Admiral Sandanha? , Brazilian Navy. By taking upper air, STDs and Nutrients measurements, discovered, with international scientists, the meandering of Equatorial Undercurrent, which, submerged, propagates West to East, along the Equator. In 1979 was appointed the National Coordinator of the First GARP Global Experiment (FGGE) Program, of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and ICSU ( International Counsil of Scientific Unions)/ UNESCO. Visited ?S. Pedro and S. Paulo Rocks? with the ?NOc Prof W Besnard? of USP. Discovered the open ocean Equatorial internal waves of tidal origin, with high frequency non linear components. Proposed and estimated the Western Atlantic local and seasonal Nutrient invariants. Influenced the development of the BATIUSP the first Brazilian Bathiscaphe, which boost the local underwater industry. Doctorate in (1981). Estimated the periodicities (intra-decadal, decadal and multi-decadal) of droughts of the Brazilian ?Nordeste?, related to El Ninõ, Sun Spots and Sea Level. Produced the Southeastern Brazilian Coast first map of surface currents. Discovered the occurrence of clockwise Shelf Break upwelling formation and also the Tidal (M2,S2,K1,S1, etc), counter-clockwise rotary currents components all in the Southeastern Brazilian coast .Full Professorship in (1989). From the Permanent Service for the Mean Sea Level (PSMSL), global sea level data, obtained controversial results on the global sea level long term values. Member of Experts of the Global Observing Sea Level System (GLOSS), of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Committee (IOC)/UNESCO. Edits, for IOC, the ?Afro America GLOSS News? , an electronic news letter for the Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries of Africa and the Americas.(ISSN- 1983-0319). Developed a method of referring the lost datum of year 1831, for the application of the Federal Law 9760. Created the Multi Institutional Course on: ?Measurement, Analysis, Prediction and Modeling the Sea Level? at IO-USP. Is the Author of 85 scientific refereed articles. Supervised 4 MSc, 3 PhDs. From 2006 on, is a Senior Professor of USP. (Fonte: Currículo Lattes)