chapter - Atmospheric and Oceanic Science

Curricula of the autors
Lucas Chamorro: Civil Engineer and Topographer (FIUNA) with specialization in
Hydrometeorology (Tel Aviv, Israel) and in Hydrologic Forecasts (Davis
University of California USES), Surface Hydrology and Environment,
Water Emergencies, Two-dimensional modeling in Hydrodynamics (Quebec
- Canada), Hydrologic database (Central University of Venezuela).
Professor of Hydrographic Basin Management and Probability and Statistics
at the Faculty of Engineering of the University National Asunción, Invited
Professor in Physics (University technical college of Valencia, Spain).
Research and publications in Water Resources on the Plata Basin and other
regions. Consultant of PNUD, CEPAL and FONPLATA.
Moira Doyle: Licentiate in Meteorology (University of Buenos Aires, 1994).
Doctor Atmospheric Sciences (University of Buenos Aires, 2001). Lecturer
at the Department of Atmospheric and Oceans Sciences (University of
Buenos Aires), since 1999). Scientific researcher of the Center of
Investigations of the Sea and the Atmosphere (CIMA/CONICET,).
Participant in various projects on variability and Climate Change in South
America ((IAI/PROSUR, AIACC, CONICET, UBA).
Mary T. Kayano: Current Position: Senior Researcher at the Modeling and
Development Division of the Center for Weather Prediction and Climate
Studies of the National Institute Space Research (INPE). B.S. Mathematics
(1973-1976) University of Campinas. M.S. Meteorology (1977-1979)
National Institute for Space Research. Ph. D. Meteorology (1980-1986)
National Institute for Space Research. Number of publications: 50 papers, 22
abstracts in congress annals.
Ángel Nicolás Menéndez: Director of the Hydraulics. Computational Program of
INA (National Institute of Water, Argentina). Associated professor. Faculty
of Engineering of the UBA (University of Buenos Aires), Independent consultant
in Hydraulics, Hydrology and Environmental Sustainability.
Licentiate in Physics. Faculty of Natural and Exact Sciences of UBA. 1975.
Ph.D. in Engineering Hydraulics. The University of Iowa, USES, 1983.
Prize “Ing. Luis A. Huergo”. National Academy of Engineering, 1997. Prize
to the Scientific, Professional, and Educational trajectory. Argentine
Association of Computational Mechanics, 2002. Prize “Hilario Fernández
Long” in Computational Mechanics. National Academy of Natural,
Physical, and Exact Sciences, 2004.
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