Gustavo
Jorge Goni
Position Title: Oceanographer
Telephone: (305) 361-4339
Fax: (305) 361-4412
Email: Gustavo.Goni”at”noaa.gov (please replace “at” by @ )
Mailing address:
NOAA/AOML/PHOD
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
My CV
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My main interests include the analysis of the upper ocean dynamics and
thermal structure using remote sensing (particularly satellite altimetry) and
hydrographic observations. Additionally,
I manage the
Books, Editorial:
Interhemispheric
Water Exchange in the Atlantic Ocean
edited by
G. Goni and P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, Elsevier Oceanographic Series no. 68.
Links to web pages containing some of my
current ‘operational’ projects
Several global and regional products derived mostly from
altimetry observations are distributed through these web pages, including the
monitoring of volume transport of currents, shedding of rings and variability
of sea height and temperature. This web
site is particularly useful if you are interested in studying the variability
of ring shedding in the North Brazil Current and in the Agulhas region. If your interest is in the southwestern
- Near-real time
estimates of Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential from satellite altimetry.
These estimates are used by several laboratories, agencies and universities to identify regions where there are appropriate upper ocean conditions for tropical cyclone intensification. Data are provided upon request.
- Near-real
time surface currents from satellite altimetry.
Estimates of geostrophic current fields. You can choose from different mean sea heights and superimpose drifter observations to visually compare the estimates. Data are provided upon request.
NOAA/AOML currently manages a large component of the global ocean observing system through its GOOS Center. I am currently managing the SEAS-XBT-TSG programs.
SEAS is a real-time ship and environmental data acquisition and transmission system. The SEAS 2K software acquires atmospheric, oceanographic data and transmits the data real-time for addition to scientific and operational databases. SEAS 2K is employed on ships of the SOOP, VOS, and on NOAA and some UNOLS ships.
In collaboration with other NOAA and US and international universities NOAA/AOML works in the acquisition, deployment, data quality control, and distribution of approximately 80% of all XBTs deployed annually, some 24,000. The XBT Program is part of the WMO and IOC-sponsored Ship Of Opportunity Program (SOOP). These deployments are done through cargo (container) ships and as these ships also help with the deployment of surface drifters and profiling floats, the SOOP is sometimes referred as the backbone of the global ocean observing system. A few of these ships also allow us to install thermosalinographs.
Another important aspect of the SEAS operation includes the transmission of meteorological reports from these ships of the Voluntary Observing System (VOS). Coast Guard vessels use the AMVER component of the SEAS software to create a series of reports, which describe point of departure, route and arrival and are used for search and rescue purposes. SEAS 2K is also used to provide real-time ice reports.
Latest maps of SEAS transmissions can be obtained here. The electronic version of the brochure that we use for recruiting purposes in located here.
- XBT fallrate workshop
During March 10-12 we held an international XBT fall rate workshop at NOAA/AOML. Analyses of concurrent XBT, CTD and Argo float observations indicate that there is a systematic difference in temperature profiles, which is likely due to an error in the XBT fall-rate equation. This error is thought to have introduced a warm bias in the global XBT data base. This workshop was dedicated to discuss the findings related to this issue by different groups. As a consequence, a new fall rate equation may need to be developed and applied to both past and future XBT data.
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Global XBT transects
NOAA/AOML manages several XBT
transects in high
density mode in the Atlantic Ocean and several transects in frequently repeated
mode in the
- Thermosalinographs
(TSGs)
Some of the ships of the SOOP have
TSGs installed. TSGs are instruments
mounted close to the water intake of research and cargo ships and that
continuously measure the sea surface salinity and temperature along the track
of the ship. AOML currently operates several TSG transects from three ships of
the SOOP. There are two cruise ships that
currently have TSG installed.
Additionally, we are working with NOAA/Marine Operations to implement
real-time transmissions of TSG data from 15 ships of the NOAA fleet. We are currently testing the transmission of
TSG data in real-time in 6 NOAA ships.
More information on the NOAA/TSG operations can be found here.
Click here
for a list of publications provided
through the NOAA/AOML server.
Selected reprints of publications, newsletters, etc:
Transport variability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current south of
Application of oceanic heat content estimation to operational forecasting of recent Atlantic category 5 hurricanes, M. Mainelli, M. DeMaria, L. Shay, and G. Goni, Weather and Forecasting, February 2008. (pdf)
Investigation of Brazil Current rings in the Confluence Region, C. Lentini, G. Goni and D. Olson, J. Geophys. Res., 111, 2006. (pdf)
Monitoring the oceanic flow between Africa and
Investigation of the North Brazil Current retroflection and North Equatorial Countercurrent variability, C. Fonseca, G. Goni, W. Johns, and E. Campos, Geophys. Res. Let., vol 31, L21204, doi:10.1029/2004GL020901, 2004. (pdf)
Ocean thermal structure monitoring could aid in the intensity forecast of tropical cyclones, G. Goni and J. Trinanes, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 84, pp.573-580, 2003. (pdf)
Molinari, R., R. Lusic, S. Garzoli, M. Baringer and G. Goni, Benchmarks for
Atlantic Ocean Circulation, CLIVAR Exchanges,Number 25, Vol7, No.3-4, 2003. (pdf)
Implementacion de un Sistema
Multiescala para la Distribucion de datos Medioambientales, en Teledeteccion de
Pesquerias y Prediccion de Mareas Toxicas, 191pp., F. Pose (Ed.), by Instituto
Universitario de Estudios Maritimos, Spain, December 2002.
Goni, G, P. Black and J. Trinanes: Using satellite altimetry to identify regions of hurricane intensification, AVISO Newsletter, May 2003. (pdf)
Goni, G. P. Black and J. Trinanes: Utiliser l'altimetrie pour identifier les
regions d'intensification des cyclones, AVISO Newsletter, May 2003 (in French).
(pdf)
Trinanes, J. and G. Goni: Une application web pour diffuser et visualiser des produits derives de l'altimetrie, AVISO Newsletter, May 2003 (in French). (pdf)
Trinanes, J. and G. Goni: A web application to distribute and visualize altimeter-related products, AVISO Newsletter, May 2003. (pdf)
Goni.G, and M. Baringer: Surface Currents in the tropical
Garraffo, Z., W. Johns, E. Chassignet and G. Goni: North Brazil Current
rings and transport of southern waters in a high resolution numerical simulation
of the North Atlantic, in Interhemispheric Water Exchange in the
Goni, G. and W. Johns: Synoptic study of warm rings in the North Brazil
Current retroflection region using satellite altimetry, in Interhemispheric
Water Exchange in the
Johns, W. , R. Zantopp and G. Goni: Cross-gyre transport by North Brazil
Current rings, in Interhemispheric Water Exchange in the
Mayer, D., M. Baringer and G. Goni: Comparison of hydrographic and altimeter based estimates of sea level height variability in the Atlantic Ocean, in Interhemispheric Water Exchange in the Atlantic Ocean, Elsevier Oceanographic Series 68, 2003. (pdf)
Goni, G. and I. Wainer: Investigation of the
Mayer, D., R. Molinari, M. Baringer and G. Goni: Transition
Regions and their Role in the Relationship between Sea Surface Height and
Subsurface Temperature Structure in the
Goni, G. and W. Johns: A Census of
Sainz-Trapaga, S. M., G. J. Goni and T. Sugimoto: Identification of the Kuroshio Extension, its bifurcation and northern branch from altimetry and hydrographic data during October 1992- August 1999: Spatial and temporal variability, Geophys. Res. Let., 28, 1759-1762,May 15, 2001. (pdf)
Shay, L.K., G. J. Goni and P. G. Black: Effects of Warm Oceanic Features on Hurricane Opal , Month. Weath. Rev. , 128, 131-148, 2000. (pdf)
Kelly, P. S., Lwiza, K. M. M., R. K. Cowen and G. J. Goni: Low-salinity
pools at
Additional Presentations and Links:
Gustavo Goni and Joaquin Trinanes: Upper ocean conditions during hurricanes Frances and Ivan (2004).
Aviso web page: Nida - altimetric view of a typhoon.
Susan Digby, T. Antczak, R. Leben, G. Born, S. Barth, R. Cheney, D. Foley,
G. Goni, G. Jacobs, L. Shay: Altimeter Data for operational Use in the Marine
Environment. Oceans 99.
Conferences Convener:
2003 IUGG
General Assembly,
PORSEC (Pan Ocean Remote
SEnsing Conference) 2002,
Seventh
International Conference - Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments,
IAPSO 2001, Mar
del Plata, Argentina, October 21-26, 2001. Interhemispheric Water Exchange
in the
Deploying surface
drifters and profiling floats from the
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