Has a PhD in Physics (2004) from the State University at Campinas (UNICAMP), and worked as assistant researcher at the Brazilian Institute for Space Research between 2004 and 2008. Since 2008 is associate professor at the Physics Institute of the University of Sao Paulo, where he was appointed head of the Department of Applied Physics. Works on understanding the role of water vapor and clouds on the climate system and how it might be changed by anthropogenic influences, especially changes in aerosols. Has particular interest on water vapor transport over South America and the importance of the Amazon forest for the moisture recycling, through evapotranspiration and precipitation. Apply physical models based on Complex Networks and also atmospheric models to understand biosphere-atmosphere interactions. Worked with physical parameterizations in climate models, particularly radiation and convection, and the development of the Brazilian Earth System Model. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Radiation transfer in the atmosphere is present in all fields of atmospheric sciences. It is the energy source of wind movement and convection, biosphere-atmosphere interactions and is at the heart of climate stability as well as climate change. The chemistry of the atmosphere is also strongly connected to radiation by photochemistry processes. Clouds interact with radiation both in short…
Climate change is one of the most significant challenges that humankind currently faces. Observations show a warming of the planet since preindustrial times that has amplified and accelerated since the 1950s. Greenhouse gases are indeed not the only anthropogenic driver of climate change. It is now widely understood that anthropogenic aerosols have masked a fraction of the warming effect …
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Clouds are important agents of the global climate system for being able to significantly alter Earth's energy balance, affecting the system in time scales ranging from minutes to climate change. Some types of aerosols reflect the solar radiation, cooling the planet, while others absorb this radiation, thus warming the planet. In this sense, it is very important to understand and measure t…
Amazonia is under continuous changes, and atmospheric aerosol concentrations there vary from pristine conditions to heavy polluted, following the seasonal cycle of deforestation and agriculture practices. These high concentrations of aerosols play an important role in the atmospheric composition modification but also on convection, cloud formation and the precipitation regimes, with impor…
O ciclo hidrológico é um componente fundamental do sistema climático. Efeito estufa, balanço energético terrestre, convecção rasa e profunda, geração de energia termodinâmica da parcela, todos estes são fenômenos que para serem compreendidos, exigem uma ampla observação e análise da quantidade de vapor de água presente na atmosfera. Apesar da importância dos trópicos na regulação do ciclo…
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The largest impediments to estimating climate change revolve around a lack of quantitative information on direct and indirect aerosol forcing. One of the reasons is that satellite sensors that observe aerosols and clouds today measure a limited subset of the important physical parameters. The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), the Space Dynamics Lab at the University of Utah …
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