chapter - Atmospheric and Oceanic Science

Curricula of the autors
Environmental Area of the Institute of Advanced Studies of USP and the
Laboratory MASTER/IAG/USP (regional weather and climate studies, training
and operational products). About 70 papers, mostly in international journals,
about 160 complete papers in national and international science events,
about 35 MSc students and 15 PhD were advised in the career. Full member
of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.
Tércio Ambrizzi: MSc. in Meteorology (USP, Brazil, 1990). Ph.D. in Meteorology
(University of Reading, England, 1993). Head of the Department of
Atmospheric Sciences, IAG/USP for four years. Chief Editor of the Brazilian
Journal of Meteorology for four years. PI and Co-PI in many national and
international projects funded by different financial agencies (FAPESP, CNPq,
IAI, etc). Lecturer and Scientist Researcher at the Department of
Atmospheric Sciences since 1988. Areas of interest: Climate Dynamics,
Numerical Modeling, Atmosphere General Circulation and Atmosphere
Climate Variability.
Rita V. Andreoli: Her current position is Research Assistant at the Modeling and
Development Division of the Center for Weather Prediction and Climate
Studies of the National Institute Space Research (INPE). Lic. Physics (1990-
1995) in the University of Rio Claro. M.S. in Meteorology (1996-1998) in
the National Institute for Space Research. Ph. D. in Meteorology (1998-
2002) in the National Institute for Space Research. Number of publications:
13 papers, 3 abstracts in congress annals.
Hugo Ernesto Berbery: graduated from the University of Buenos Aires as a
Doctor in Meteorology in 1987. His research was on numerical modeling
the effects of the Andes Mountains on the weather and climate of South
America, for which he got an award at the 5th Argentine Congress of
Meteorology. After receiving his Doctorate, Dr. Berbery spent three years at
the University of Utah doing research on Southern Hemisphere teleconnections
and tropical and extratropical interactions. In 1992 he joined the
University of Maryland where he currently is a Research Associate
Professor. His research interests are on regional climate variability and its
linkages to the hydrologic cycle. He has written numerous articles in international
journals discussing the role of the North American and South
American Monsoon circulations, the hydrologic cycle, and land surfaceatmosphere
interactions. He is a member of several VAMOS/CLIVAR/
WRCP scientific panels: the Hydroclimate of La Plata basin (PLATIN), the
North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME) and the Monsoon
Experiment of South America (MESA). He also participates in working
groups that focus on the water and energy cycles of large basins.
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