Publications

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.

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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.

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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.

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Dr. Felipe Vilela-Silva

Publications

The Impact of an Antarctic Circumpolar Current Meander on Air-Sea Interaction and Water Subduction

On the Deep Western Boundary Current Separation and Anticyclone Genesis off Northeast Brazil

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