Melo, Nelson 

Affiliation: CIMAS - RSMAS - UM, PHOD - AOML - NOAA

Position Title: Oceanographer (Associate Research Senior)

Division: Physical Oceanography Division (PHOD - AOML)

Telephone: (305) 361-4329

E-mail: nelson.melo@noaa.gov

Research Interests

Nelson Melo 's main interests include Physical Oceanography and Remote Sensing. He's been a Research Oceanographer at AOML since 2001.  If you'd like to know more about his work, you might peruse his ongoing projects or his Curriculum Vitae and Publications. Actually he is working in the following topics:

•	Regional hydrography and circulation of south Florida coastal waters.
•	Circulation patterns and water mass transport into and out of the Caribbean Sea.
•	Implementation of moored oceanographic sensor arrays.
•	South Florida oceanographic monitoring stations.

Ongoing works and projects include:

·AOML's South Florida Program (SFP) WEB

·South Florida Coastal Oceanographic Database WEB

· Creation of a newly designed Shallow Water Drifters

· HPCC Project: Exploring New WEB-Based Techniques for Analysis and Visualization of Environmental Data

· South Florida Ecosystem Restoration and Modeling Program (SFERPM)

· Real Time Oceanographic Observations in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS)

· Florida Bay Inner Basins Circulation Study

· Interdisciplinary Coastal Oceanographic Observations

· Meso-American System Transport & Ecology Research

Publications

Other Publications

Power Point Presentations and Posters:

Shallow Water Drifters (Presentation)

HPCC Project (WEB)

CZCS (Paper, PhD. Abstract)

Florida Bay Hypersalinity (Paper)

Coastal Zone Research Methods (Presentation)

Movie of Florida Bay Sea Level Response to Wind (Poster)

Florida Bay Sea Level Response to Wind [High Resolution] (MPEG Movie)

Florida Bay Sea Level Response to Wind [Low Resolution] (MPEG Movie)

Florida Bay Sea Level Response to Wind (Hurricane Gabriel Slide Show)

Fl Bay West Basin Salinity (Poster) PDF

Fl Bay Hypersalinity (Presentation)

Fl Bay Hypersalinity (Poster) PDF

Florida Bay Innerbasin Study (Presentation)

Curriculum Vitae:

Abstract

Detailed

Other activities and skills: Nelson own a computer related company (AM Computers Corp.) for sales and installation of computers, science devices, electronic, network installation and maintenance, cabling, hardware and software maintenance, setup, and operation.

Hobbies: Photography, Diving.

Contact Information:

Nelson Melo
NOAA/AOML/PhOD-RSMAS/CIMAS
Physical Oceanography Division.
4301 Rickenbaker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149-1026, USA.
Ph: 305-361-4329
Fax: 305-361-4412
E-mail: nelson.melo@noaa.gov
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/phod/
http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/
http://cimas.ccs.miami.edu/