Remote sensing of sea surface

features:
regional expertise to help the
understanding of
Authors:
global ocean
surface currents
Gustavo Ortiz
Milton Kampel
Marcelo Oliveira
Elaine Oliveira

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 Operational metocean remote sensing products
Sea Surface Temperature Surface winds
Brazilian Margin

Chlorophyll-a Precipitation
Brazilian margin monitoring

Equatorial Margin

Cear Basin
Potiguar Basin

Sergipe/Alagoas
Basin
Camamu Basin

Esprito Santo
Basin
Campos Basin
Santos Basin
Case Study (SANTOS BASIN): 19 days of NE winds August 2012

ASCAT / MetOp-A

19 days of NE winds
 Case Study (SANTOS BASIN): 19 days of NE winds August 2012

ASCAT / MetOp-A

19 days of NE winds

Oceanographic Processes

1. Development of coastal
upwelling

2. Retreat of cold costal plume

 Case Study (SANTOS BASIN): 19 days of NE winds August 2012

ASCAT / MetOp-A

19 days of NE winds

Oceanographic Processes

1. Development of coastal
upwelling

2. Retreat of cold costal plume

Animation

- SST (SEVIRI/MSG) -

from August 06th to 26th

 Case Study (SANTOS BASIN): 19 days of NE winds August 2012

ASCAT / MetOp-A

19 days of NE winds

Oceanographic Processes

1. Development of coastal
upwelling

2. Retreat of cold costal plume

Animation

- SST (SEVIRI/MSG) -

from August 06th to 26th

 Monitoring with drifting buoys

In this example, from 07/21 to 08/11, the buoy was carried to the
SW by the Brazil Current flow, being captured by an anti-cyclonic
eddy
SST - AVHRR Chl-a - MODIS
 Integration with numerical models
NCOM (Navy Coastal Ocean Model)

Example: February 29th 2010 Example: April 07th 2011

NCOM OSC and MODIS Chl-a NCOM OSC and AVHRR SST
 Comparison on the study region
Magnitude
Summer

(1st semester of 2012)

Meridional comp. Zonal comp.
Summer Summer NCOM OSC
vs.
AVISO OSC
Autumn

Autumn Autumn
 Sea surface features extraction and monitoring

ean features extraction

Ocean features comparison with drifting buoys trajectories

From August 15th to August 28th 2011

Buoy # 92821
Ocean features comparison with drifting buoys trajectories

From August 29th to September 11th 2011

Buoy # 92821
Ocean features comparison with drifting buoys trajectories

From July 12th to July 25th 2012

Buoy # 92845
Ocean features comparison with drifting buoys trajectories

From July 26th to August 08th 2012

Buoy # 92845
Ocean features comparison with drifting buoys trajectories

From August 09th to August 22th 2012

Buoy # 92845
gional features and GlobCurrent OSC (combined geostrophy + ekm

2011 / Jan / 26
gional features and GlobCurrent OSC (combined geostrophy + ekm

2011 / Feb / 10
gional features and GlobCurrent OSC (combined geostrophy + ekm

2011 / May / 06
gional features and GlobCurrent OSC (combined geostrophy + ekm

2011 / Nov / 05
Position of Brazil Current inner front from jan/2011 to sep/2015

1,094 observations
sition of Brazil Current inner boundary from jan/2011 to sep/20

Position of Brazil Current inner front from jan/2011 to sep/2015

1,094 observations

outer boundary of
So Tom Eddy

outer boundary of
Cabo Frio Eddy
sition of Brazil Current inner boundary from jan/2011 to sep/20

Position of Brazil Current inner front from jan/2011 to sep/2015

1,094 observations

outer boundary of
Vitria Eddy

outer boundary of
So Tom Eddy

outer boundary of
Cabo Frio Eddy

outer boundary of
a cyclonic eddy
sition of Brazil Current inner boundary from jan/2011 to sep/20

Four transects to analyze the variability

Cape So Tom

Cape Frio

So Sebastio
Is.

Cape Santa
Marta
sition of Brazil Current inner boundary from jan/2011 to sep/20

Occurrence of Brazil Current

inner front along the four
transects
(from 2011 to 2015)
Cape So
CapeTom
Frio
So Sebastio
CapeIs.Santa
Marta
Occurence of BC inner boundary

Cape So Tom
seasonal variability

Summer
Autumn
Winter
Spring
Occurence of BC inner boundary

Cape Frio
seasonal variability

Summer
Autumn
Winter
Spring
Occurence of BC inner boundary

So Sebastio Island
seasonal variability

Summer
Autumn
Winter
Spring
Occurence of BC inner boundary

Cape Santa Marta

seasonal variability

Summer
Autumn
Winter
Spring
Proposal of a Collaborative Network

Regional groups with local expertise

Historical data (in situ, satellite, models,
analysis)
Datasets for training machine learning
algorithms
Standardize methods

A global Ocean Surface Currents

workgroup that would rely on the
collaboration of regional groups
 Contacts

Gustavo Ortiz:
gustavo.ortiz@cptec.inpe.br
Milton Kampel: milton@dsr.inpe.br
Back-up
slides
sition of Brazil Current inner boundary from jan/2011 to sep/20

Position of Brazil Current inner front SUMMER (2011 to 2015)

319 observations
sition of Brazil Current inner boundary from jan/2011 to sep/20

Position of Brazil Current inner front AUTUMN (2011 to 2015)

264 observations
sition of Brazil Current inner boundary from jan/2011 to sep/20

Position of Brazil Current inner front WINTER (2011 to 2015)

308 observations
sition of Brazil Current inner boundary from jan/2011 to sep/20

Position of Brazil Current inner front SPRING (2011 to 2015)

203 observations