U.S.-Brazil Planning Visit: Numerical Study of the North Brazil Current Retroflection

小行星9802686 这个美国-巴西奖将支持里卡多P马塔诺博士，俄勒冈州州立大学，博士E。 迈阿密大学的Chassignet博士和圣保罗大学的Edmo J. Campos博士，他们希望对北巴西海流进行数值研究。 北巴西海流（NBC）通过提供上层海洋沃茨向大西洋翻转环流的跨赤道输送，在半球间物质和热量交换中发挥作用。 电流变化的原因及其对半球间交流的影响知之甚少。 坎波斯博士参与了一个名为“北巴西洋流环”的项目，该项目由国家科学基金会资助，以观察这一点。 这次规划访问将允许Matano博士和Chassignet博士与Campos博士就他在更大项目中的部分进行咨询，他的职责是建模组件。 这些美国研究人员是大气环流模式、迈阿密等密度坐标海洋模式和普林斯顿海洋模式的专家。 这三位研究人员希望开展研究合作，继续寻求对这一现象的理解。 ***

9802686 Matano This U.S.-Brazil award will support a planning visit between Dr. Ricardo P. Matano, Oregon State University, Dr. E. Chassignet, University of Miami, and Dr. Edmo J. Campos of the University of Sao Paulo, who wish to do a numerical study of the North Brazil Current. The North Brazil Current (NBC) plays a role in the inter hemispheric exchanges of mass and heat by providing the cross-equatorial transport of upper ocean waters to the Atlantic overturning cell. The causes of the current variability and its effects on the inter-hemispheric exchange are poorly known. Dr. Campos is involved in a project entitled, "Rings of the North Brazil Current" which is funded by NSF, to observe this. This planning visit will allow Drs. Matano and Chassignet to consult with Dr. Campos on his portion of the larger project, his responsibiity being the modeling component. These American researchers are experts in to general circulation models, the Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model and the Princeton Ocean Model. The three researchers wish to develop a research collaboration which will continue the search for understanding of this phenomenon. ***