José Alves

 
 

Profile

Research Group: RG1 – Climate variability processes and extremes
Position at IDL: Researcher
Job: Auxiliary Researcher at University of Madeira 
Email: jmralves@fc.ul.pt 
Extension: 28302 
Room: 8.3.02 
Academic Degree and field of specialization: 

PhD in Geophysical and Geoinformation Sciences (Meteorology), 2012

Scientific Informations

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9067-0723

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=HN3GyaQAAAAJ&hl=en


Scientific Interests

Main Interests: 

Numerical modelling

Coastal upwelling

Tip-jets

Ocean-atmosphere interaction

Top 10 Publications: 

  • Alves JMR, Miranda PMA and Caldeira RMA (2023) Low-level jets drive the summer intra-seasonal variability of the Canary upwelling system. Front. Mar. Sci. 10:1068134. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1068134

  • Alves JMR, Tomé R, Caldeira RMA and Miranda PMA (2021) Asymmetric Ocean Response to Atmospheric Forcing in an Island Wake: A 35-Year High-Resolution Study. Front. Mar. Sci. 8:624392. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.624392

  • Azevedo CC, Camargo CML, Alves J, and Caldeira RMA (2021) Convection and Heat Transfer in Island (Warm) Wakes. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 51, 1187–1203, doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0103.1.

  • Miranda PMA, Tomé R, Frois L, Nogueira M, Alves JMR, Prior V, Caldeira R, Dutra E (2021) Speed-up of the Madeira tip jets in the ERA5 climate highlights the decadal variability of the Atlantic subtropics, Q. R. Meteorol. Soc., 147, 679-690, doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3940

  • Alves JMR, Caldeira RMA and Miranda PMA (2020) Dynamics and oceanic response of the Madeira tip-jets. Q J R Meteorol Soc. 146: 3048–3063. doi:_https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3825

  • Alves J, Peliz A, Caldeira R and Miranda P (2018) Atmosphere-ocean feedbacks in a coastal upwelling system. Ocean Modelling. 123: 55-65. doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2018.01.004

  • Pullen J, Allard R, Seo H, Miller AJ, Chen S, Pezzi LP, Smith T, Chu P, Alves J and Caldeira R (2017) Coupled ocean-atmosphere forecasting at short and medium time scales. Journal of Marine Research. 75(6): 877-921(45). doi: 10.1357/002224017823523991

  • Miranda PMA, Alves JMR and Serra N (2013) Climate change and upwelling: response of Iberian upwelling to atmospheric forcing in a regional climate scenario Climate Dynamics, 40 (11-12), pp.2813-2824 doi: http://dx.doi.org.10.1007/s00382-012-1442-9

  • Alves JMR and Miranda PMA (2013) Variability of Iberian upwelling implied by ERA-40 and ERA-Interim reanalyses. Tellus A. 65, 19245. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.19245

  • Carton X, Daniault N, Alves J, Cherubin L, Ambar I (2010) Meddy dynamics and interaction with neighboring eddies southwest of Portugal: Observations and modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115(C6), C06017. doi:10.1029/2009JC005646

Projects (10 most relevant): 

PORTCOAST – Clima Costeiro Presente e Futuro de Portugal e seus Impactos nas Comunidades Biológicas

AMIC – Assessing the Mid-Century Climate

MARPOCS – Multinational Response and Preparedness to Oil and Chemical Spills

OOM – Oceanic Observatory of Madeira