A5073337435- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Climate variability and models
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Marine animal studies overview
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Marine and fisheries research
- Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
- Maritime Navigation and Safety
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Geological Studies and Exploration
- Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Seismic Waves and Analysis
- Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Madeira Tecnopolo
2016-2025
Vodafone (Portugal)
2025
Observatório Oceânico da Madeira
2017-2024
University of Lisbon
2018-2024
Instituto Dom Luiz
2024
IdMind (Portugal)
2024
Agencia Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigacao Tecnologia e Inovacao
2017-2023
Universidade do Porto
2012-2018
Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental
2012-2018
Universidade da Madeira
2005-2016
Lay Abstract The study of transport by ocean currents has important applications for fisheries, conservation biology, pollution control, and military rescue missions, among others. Though the number observations world increased substantially in last decade, drifting induced at different depths is still not yet fully mapped or well understood. In this article we use an circulation model to oceanic within Canary Basin, located northeast Atlantic Ocean. To assess accuracy calculations,...
The goal of this study is to characterize the meteorological and oceanographic conditions affecting Azores Archipelago, explore their biological implications. Mid-Atlantic region Archipelago under permanent influence high pressure system, thereby providing sustained Ekman transport that facilitates convergence in regional oceanography. west central island groups are affected by incoming meanders filaments originating Gulf Stream, whereas east group most westward propagating eddies...
The constant increase of marine plastic pollution poses an unprecedented risk to oceanic islands, which become increasingly exposed a hazard they have very little control. Located in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, Macaronesia is comprised by Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, and Cabo Verde. Although past studies suggest that most items collected on these islands are from offshore regions, their actual sources remain unclear present date. As such, we focus characterization potential pathways...
Wind‐ and current‐induced island wakes were investigated using a multiplatform approach of in situ, remote sensing, numerical model simulations for the Southern California Bight (SCB). Island wind are result sheltering from wind, with weak mixing, strong heat storage, consequent high sea surface temperature (SST). Wind around Santa Catalina most persistent during spring summer months. Current wakes, caused by disruption poleward traveling Countercurrent, induce eddies to form off north end...
Distributed Acoustic Sensing allows extremely dense acquisition geometries of strain data. The GeoLab fibre, installed on the southern coast Madeira Island, extends for ∼56 km and is dedicated exclusively research. This fibre provides an invaluable resource continuous data collection analysis. Between October 26th November 3rd , 2023, ∼7.2 TB were collected at 500 Hz with a gauge length 10.2 m each 5.1 m. With non-exhaustive examples in various scientific domains, such as local teleseismic...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become indispensable across various industries, but their efficiency, particularly in multirotor designs, remains constrained by aerodynamic limitations. This study investigates the integration of airfoil shapes into arms UAV frames to enhance performance, thereby improving energy efficiency and extending flight times. By employing Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations, this research compares characteristics a standard quadrotor frame against an...
Mesoscale eddies are large, swirling anomalies of temperature and salinity, found almost everywhere in the ocean, extending from surface to its deepest layers. They generated by meandering major ocean currents, water flow past islands interactions with rough seafloor, or even wind-driven. Typically forming dissipating within a month, mesoscale routinely tracked at using satellite data, but their vertical structure subsurface dynamics remain less frequently studied.Similarly, internal tides,...
Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) recordings close to the coast are influenced by pressure signals from land- and seaward ocean surface gravity waves. The amplitude period of signal can be interpreted as a proxy for sea state. Measurements along cable at larger water depths show secondary microseisms related state away shore. significant wave height currents evaluated continuously during experiment, resembling dense sampling array closely spaced buoys. However, provide useful results,...
In-situ observations around Madeira Island (32.6°N, 16.8°W) reveal that coastal processes are forced by the interaction between insular shelf, local winds, and tides, often acting independently of far-field circulation. The Coupled-Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave-Sediment Transport (COAWST) system was employed to investigate island shelf circulation; four different scenarios were modeled: three single-forcing cases (Case A: tidal forcing; Case B: wind C: global model (far-field)...
A relatively small effort has been made to install and maintain operational observational platforms around the Portuguese Atlantic Islands. Even though Azores Madeira outermost regions account for over 80% of Economic Exclusive Zone (EEZ), most networks have installed in continental shelf. However, recently, Regional Government requested Oceanic Observatory (OOM; https://oom.arditi.pt), a research unit ARDITI (Regional Agency Development Research, Technology, Innovation), provide...
Species distributional estimates are an essential tool to improve and implement effective conservation management measures. Nevertheless, obtaining accurate remains a challenge in many cases, especially when looking at the marine environment, mainly due species mobility habitat dynamism. Ecosystems surrounding oceanic islands highly dynamic constitute key actor on pelagic habitats, congregating biodiversity their vicinity. The main objective of this study was obtain fine-scale...
Abstract The island of Madeira is well known for giving rise to atmospheric wakes. Strong and unsteady wakes, resembling a von Kármán vortex street, are frequently observed in satellite images leeward Madeira, especially during summer months, when conditions favoring the formation wakes occur under influence Azores high. Reported here analysis first airborne measurements Madeira’s wake collected 2010 Island-induced Wake (I-WAKE) campaign. High-resolution situ remote sensing data were I-WAKE...
Abstract Island wakes are areas of a strong eddy activity influencing the availability and transport organic matter in ocean which, turn impact biological productivity. Despite this, formation lee North Atlantic tropical islands is scarcely documented, except for Canary Islands. Moreover, occurrence anticyclones leeward Madeira has seldom been detected. During summer 2011, multiplatform approach, combining satellite data with situ measurements, was used to study an anticyclonic generated...
Abstract The interaction between the incoming winds and high mountainous islands produces a wind-sheltered area on leeward side, known as atmospheric wake. In addition to weaker winds, wake is also characterized by clearing of clouds, resulting in intense solar radiation reaching sea surface. As consequence, warm oceanic forms side. This phenomenon, detectable from space, can extend 100 km offshore Madeira, where surface temperature be 4°C higher than surrounding waters. study considers...