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ARGENTINE NATIONAL REPORT 1999-2003 - IUGG

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1.- ASSOCIATION: IAPSO<br />

2.- INSTITUTION:<br />

-<strong>ARGENTINE</strong>AN<br />

<strong>NATIONAL</strong> <strong>REPORT</strong> <strong>2003</strong>-2007<br />

XXIV <strong>IUGG</strong> GENERAL ASSEMBLY<br />

Perugia (Italy), July 2 - July 13, 2007<br />

Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera (CIMA /<br />

CONICET-UBA)<br />

– (Centre for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) –<br />

Mission: CIMA (Centre for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research), is an institution<br />

supported by CONICET (National Council for Scientific and Technological Research of<br />

Argentina) and UBA (University of Buenos Aires). It is located at the University of<br />

Buenos Aires main building, close to the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic<br />

Sciences not far from downtown.<br />

Research activities at CIMA are mainly focused on Climate Modelling, Climate<br />

Regional Variability, Regional Effects of Anthropogenesis Effects on Climate, Shelf Seas<br />

Modelling and Dynamics, Numerical Weather Forecast and Climate Change. CIMA is the<br />

main, probably the only, research centre of Argentina fully devoted to atmosphere and<br />

ocean modelling.<br />

3.- NAMES: Members of CNIAPSO that work at this institution:<br />

4.- FIELD WORK:<br />

Virna Loana Meccia (MD in Oceanography) virna@cima.fcen.uba.ar<br />

Claudia Gloria Simionato (PhD in Oceanography) claudias@cima.fcen.uba.ar<br />

M ECCIA, Virna Loana Physical Oceanography<br />

SIMIONATO, Claudia Groria Physical Oceanography<br />

5.- PUBLICATIONS:<br />

Articles in International and National Journals.<br />

▪ Simionato, C. G., Dragani, W. C., Meccia, V. L. and Nuñez, M. N. (2004): “A numerical<br />

study of the barotropic circulation of the Río de la Plata estuary: sensitivity to bathymetry,<br />

earth rotation and low frequency wind variability”. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science,<br />

(61/2), 261-273.<br />

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