First steps
Why did Felipe choose a science carrer?
Posts by Collection
portfolio
Rising from the deep South Atlantic to the upper Southern Ocean
Also known as Felipe’s PhD journey
publications
Development of a feature-oriented regional modelling system for the North Brazil Undercurrent region (1°–11°S) and its application to a process study on the genesis of the Potiguar Eddy
Published in Journal of Operational Oceanography, 2020
We investigate the genesis of a subsurface frontal meander of the NBUC, centred at about 4°S, 36.5°W, called the Potiguar Eddy (PE). The Feature Models (FMs) of NBUC and DWBC are first developed from observed velocity data.
Download here
On the Deep Western Boundary Current Separation and Anticyclone Genesis off Northeast Brazil
Published in JGR: Oceans, 2023
The local separation and regional energy exchange along this deep current contribute to further discussions about the pathways of the AMOC and heat fluxes in the South Atlantic.
Download here
The Impact of an Antarctic Circumpolar Current Meander on Air-Sea Interaction and Water Subduction
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2024
We investigate the influence of a standing meander south of Australia on air-sea heat fluxes, upper ocean structure, and subduction. The standing meander induces trough-to-crest variations in surface heat flux, mixed layer depth (MLD), wind stress curl, vertical velocity, and subduction.
Download here
talks
Impact of an Antarctic Circumpolar Current Meander on Air-Sea Interaction & Water Subduction
Published:
teaching
Subduction in an Eddying Ocean
GFD book club, University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, 2024
This lecture contains the derivations and steps to estimate Water Mass Subduction in an Eddying Ocean (Sections 2 and 3 in Marshall, 1997). I also prepared a general introduction to subduction based on Stommel (1979) and Cushman-Roisin (1987) before exploring the eddy-induced subduction (see my notes here).