Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography from the University of Rhode Island (1997). She is a professor at the Oceanographic Institute of the University of São Paulo. Her specialty is Physical Oceanography focused on the study of ocean-atmosphere interaction processes with an emphasis on studies of interannual/decadal-scale variability of heat fluxes, mode water formation and the Meridional Overturning circulation (MOC) of the South Atlantic. Her interests include the following subjects: meridional heat flux; satellite oceanography; intra and interannual and decadal variability of oceanic flows; mode water formation in the South Atlantic; oceanic heat storage varibility; and the role of salinity in the oceanic circulation, hydrological cycle and climate change. In addition to her teaching and research assignments, she serves as coordinator of the Work Package (WP5) of the All-Atlantic Cooperation for Ocean Research and innovation (AANChOR) to establish Common Standards for Information and Data Sharing, under the coordination of the European Union Horizon 2020. Other activities abroad involve: i) member of the CLIVAR Atlantic Regional Panel, ii) member of the SAMOC Executive Committee, iii) member of OCEATLAN, the GOOS Alliance for the Southwestern Atlantic. In Brazil, she is i) a member of the National Committee of PIRATA project and ii) the Coordinator of R-Dados project of GOOS-Brasil. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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In this project we aim the understanding of the mechanisms that control the presence of the subtropical mode water in the South Atlantic. The distinct characteristic of the mode water is the homogeneity of parameters such as temperature and salinity, in both vertical structure and along its horizontal extension. This particular type of subtropical mode water ocupies a region between 30S a…
By collocating 10 years (1999-2009) of remotely sensed surface turbulent heat fluxes with satellite altimetry data, we investigate the impact of oceanic mesoscale eddies on the latent and sensible heat fluxes in the South Atlantic Ocean. In strongly energetic regions, such as the Brazil-Malvinas confluence and the Agulhas Current Retroflection, eddies explain up to 20% of the total varian…
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Since early 70's the Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) is defined as the water mass with potential temperature below 2°C, this water mass is formed at Weddel Sea and is carried out of its formation regions by Deep Western Boundary Currents, a stage in which it constitutes the bottom limb of the Meridional Overturning Circulation. This feature plays a significant role in the oceanic heat stora…
Mode waters are characterized by the homogeneity of parameters such as temperature and salinity in the vertical and in its horizontal extension. The subtropical mode water in the South Atlantic occupies the whole extension of the South Atlantic basin, between the latitudes of 30æS e 40æS. A massive amount of mode water is formed between July and October resulting from the ocean-atmosphere…
This project aims to characterize and understand the causes for the variability in the transport of the Deep Western Boundary Current in the South Atlantic. We will use data obtained by currentmeters installed on Pressure Inverted Echo Sounders (PIES) and therefore called CPIES. The PIES array at 34.5°S between 44.5°W and 51.5°W was established by the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning…
The subtropical mode water is a specific type of oceanic water mass characterized by the homogeneity in both the vertical structure and its horizontal extension. The South Atlantic subtropical water Atlantic type 1 is formed between the months of June and October near the Brazil-Malvinas confluence and within the extension of the Brazil Current recirculation gyre. The formation region ext…
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The present proposal is part of the doctoral research project Changes on the Bottom Limb of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation on the Last Decades [FAPESP 2021/09317-3]. It will be carried out in the Alfred Wegner Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Germany, under the supervision of Dr. Ralph Timmermann. We propose the usage of the …
Mesoscale oceanic eddies are quasi-circular coherent structures having typical horizontal scales of 10-100 km, vertical extent of 100-1000 m, and duration life of several weeks/months. Because of their capability to transport tracers along their trajectories, they play an important role in ocean dynamics and budgets. Since the launch of satellite altimetry missions ERS, TOPEX/Poseidon, Ja…
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