Renellys C. Perez (Ph.D.)
Cooperative Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Studies
NOAA/AOML/Physical Oceanography Division
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway,
Miami, FL 33149, USA
Phone: (305) 361-4518
Renellys.C.Perez@noaa.gov
rcperez@miami.edu
Research Focus
- Describing the spatio-temporal structure of upper-ocean currents and their response to winds and transient features
- Determining the South Atlantic ocean's role in global meridional overturning circulation and global heat budget
- Investigating near-intertial energy pathways using high-resolution surface drifters
- Using numerical models and sampling experiments to suggest locations for sustained ocean observations
Publications
Refereed Publications
Perez, R. C., C. F. Lumpkin, W. E. Johns, G. Foltz, V. Hormann, 2012. Interannual variations of Atlantic tropical instability waves. J. Geophys. Res., 117, C03011, doi:10.1029/2011JC007584.
Perez, R. C., S. L. Garzoli, C. S. Meinen, R. P. Matano, 2011. Geostrophic Velocity Measurement Techniques for the Meridional Overturning Circulation and Meridional Heat Transport in the South Atlantic. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 28, 1504-1521.
Perez, R. C., M. F. Cronin, and W. S. Kessler, 2010. Tropical cells and a secondary circulation near the northern front of the equatorial Pacific cold tongue. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 40(9), 2091-2106.
Perez, R. C., and W. S. Kessler, 2009. The three-dimensional structure of tropical cells in the central equatorial Pacific ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39(1), 27-49.
Perez, R. C., D. B. Chelton, and R. N. Miller, 2005. The effects of wind forcing and background mean currents on the latitudinal structure of equatorial Rossby waves. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35(5), 666-682.
Submitted Manuscripts
Anderson, B. T., R. C. Perez, A. Karspeck. Triggering of El Nino onset through the trade-wind induced charging of the equatorial Pacific. Submitted to Nature Geoscience.
Garzoli, S. L., M. O. Baringer, S. Dong, R. C. Perez, Q. Yao. South Atlantic meridional fluxes. Submitted to Deep Sea Res.
Goes, M., G. J. Goni, V. Hormann, and R. C. Perez. Variability of eastward currents in the equatorial Atlantic during 1993-2010. Submitted to J. Geophys. Res..
Meinen, C. S., A. Piola, R. C. Perez, and S. L. Garzoli. Deep Western Boundary Current transport variability in the South Atlantic: Preliminary results from a pilot array at 34.5S. Submitted to Ocean Science. (link to Ocean Science Discussion)
Other Publications
Garzoli, S., P. Abrahamsen, I. Ansorge, A. Biastoch, E. Campos, M. Mata, C. Meinen, J. Pelegri, R. Perez, A. Piola, C. Reason, M. Roberts, S. Speich, J. Sprintall, R. Watts, and all of the SAMOC IV participants, 2012. South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (SAMOC) - Fourth Workshop. CLIVAR Exchanges, No. 58 pp. 2-4 (Unpublished manuscript).
Thompson, L., R. C. Perez, and A. E. Shevenell, 2011. Closed ranks in oceanography. Nature Geoscience, doi:10.1038/ngeo1113.
Thompson, L., R. C. Perez, and A. E. Shevenell, 2011. Reply to "Not just family matters". Nature Geoscience, doi:10.1038/ngeo1165.