Renellys C. Perez (Ph.D.)
Cooperative Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Studies
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway,
Miami, FL 33149, USA
Phone: (305) 361-4518
rperez@rsmas.miami.edu
Renellys.C.Perez@noaa.gov
Mailing address:
NOAA/AOML/Physical Oceanography Division
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway,
Miami, FL 33149, USA
Research Focus
- Investigating processes that influence upper ocean currents (from the near-surface down to 1000 m)
- Examining the role of the South Atlantic in the meridional overturning circulation and global heat budget
- Examining how sea level pressure changes over the central North Pacific can trigger El Nino events
- Examining how the equatorial Atlantic and Pacific circulation is modified by the presence of strong cold tongue fronts and equatorially trapped waves
- Investigating near-intertial energy pathways using high-resolution surface drifters
Peer-Reviewed Publications by Region of Interest
Tropical Atlantic:
Goes, M., G. J. Goni, V. Hormann, and R. C. Perez. Variability of eastward currents in the equatorial Atlantic during 1993-2010. J. Geophys. Res.,in press, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20186.
Hormann, V., R. Lumpkin, and R. C. Perez, 2013. A generalized method for estimating the structure of the equatorial Atlantic cold tongue: Application to drifter observations. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., in press, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00173.1.
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.
South Atlantic:
Garzoli, S. L., M. O. Baringer, S. Dong, R. C. Perez, Q. Yao, 2013. South Atlantic meridional fluxes. Deep Sea Res. I, 71, 21-32, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.09.003.
Meinen, C. S., A. Piola, R. C. Perez, and S. L. Garzoli, 2012. Deep Western Boundary Current transport variability in the South Atlantic: Preliminary results from a pilot array at 34.5S. Ocean Science, 8, 1041-1054, doi:10.5194/os-8-1041-2012.
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. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 28, 1504-1521.
Tropical Pacific:
Anderson, B. T., R. C. Perez, A. Karspeck, 2013. Triggering of El Nino onset through the trade-wind induced charging of the equatorial Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1002/grl.50200.
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.
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.