Search Results - "Polito, P. S."

In situ shifts of predominance between autotrophic and heterotrophic feeding in the reef-building coral Mussismilia hispida: an approach using fatty acid trophic markers by Mies, M., Güth, A. Z., Tenório, A. A., Banha, T. N. S., Waters, L. G., Polito, P. S., Taniguchi, S., Bícego, M. C., Sumida, P. Y. G.

“…Many species of reef-building corals are mixotrophic, relying on both photoautotrophy performed by their dinoflagellate symbionts and heterotrophy from…”
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Influence of salinity on the interannual heat storage trends in the Atlantic estimated from altimeters and Pilot Research Moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic data by Sato, O. T., Polito, P. S.

“…Changes in the oceanic heat storage (HS) can reveal important evidences of climate variability related to ocean heat fluxes. Specifically, long‐term variations…”
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Seasonal dynamics of megafauna on the deep West Antarctic Peninsula shelf in response to variable phytodetrital influx by Sumida, P. Y. G., Smith, C. R., Bernardino, A. F., Polito, P. S., Vieira, D. R.

“…The deep West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) shelf is characterized by intense deposition of phytodetritus during spring/summer months, while very little food…”
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On the Spatio‐Temporal Scales of the Subtropical Mode Water Formation in the South Atlantic by Sato, O. T., Polito, P. S., Dottori, M.

“…We examined the changes in the ocean’s upper layer structure involved in the formation of the subtropical mode water in the South Atlantic. Here we present the…”
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Long baroclinic Rossby waves detected by TOPEX/POSEIDON by Polito, Paulo S., Cornillon, Peter

“…Residual sea surface height anomaly fields are obtained over the North Atlantic Basin from TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data. Evidence of westward propagating…”
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Atmospheric manifestation of tropical instability wave observed by QuikSCAT and tropical rain measuring mission by Liu, Timothy W., Xie, Xiaosu, Polito, Paulo S., Xie, Shang-Ping, Hashizume, Hiroshi

“…Observations from two new spaceborne microwave instruments in 1999 clearly reveal the atmospheric manifestation of tropical instability waves north of the…”
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Patterns of sea surface height and heat storage associated to intraseasonal Rossby waves in the tropics by Polito, P. S., Sato, O. T.

“…Propagating signals with periods of ∼50 days are detected in global sea surface height anomaly data from the TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter. The sea surface height…”
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NASA scatterometer provides global ocean-surface wind fields with more structures than numerical weather prediction by Liu, W. Timothy, Tang, Wenqing, Polito, Paulo S.

“…The major differences between monthly‐mean ocean‐surface wind fields derived from the observations of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)…”
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Influence of the South China Sea Biweekly Sea Surface Temperature on the South China Sea Summer Monsoon Especially during the Indian Ocean Dipole by Vaid, B. H., Polito, P. S.

“…The influence of the biweekly sea surface temperature (SST) in the South China Sea (SCS) on the SCS summer monsoon, especially during the Indian Ocean Dipole…”
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Anti-persistence in the global temperature anomaly field by Carvalho, L. M. V., Tsonis, A. A., Jones, C., Rocha, H. R., Polito, P. S.

“…In this study, low-frequency variations in temperature anomaly are investigated by mapping temperature anomaly records onto random walks. We show evidence that…”
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Observation of South Atlantic subtropical mode waters with Argo profiling float data by Sato, O. T., Polito, P. S.

“…South Atlantic subtropical mode water (SASTMW) is detected using temperature and salinity profiles obtained by Argo floats. Marked by low potential vorticity…”
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Importance of salinity measurements in the heat storage estimation from TOPEX/POSEIDON by Sato, Olga T., Polito, Paulo S., Liu, W. Timothy

“…Sea surface height anomalies from satellite altimeter data are used to estimate heat storage. Since variability in sea surface height is mostly due to…”
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Intra-decadal variability in the Ekman heat flux from scatterometer winds by Sato, O. T., Polito, P. S., Timothy Liu, W.

“…We examine evidences of low frequency variability in the Ekman heat flux due to changes in the global temperature and wind patterns. The 10‐year long time…”
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Examining the Subtropical Mode Water in the Southwestern Atlantic From in Situ Observations by Ferreira, M. B., Sato, O. T., Polito, P. S., Bernardo, P. S.

“…We investigated the formation and evolution of the South Atlantic subtropical mode water using data from profiling conductivity, temperature, and depth sensors…”
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Characterization and validation of the heat storage variability from TOPEX/Poseidon at four oceanographic sites by Polito, Paulo S., Sato, Olga T., Liu, W. Timothy

“…Oceanic heat storage and heat storage rate are correlated to the sea surface height anomaly signals from the TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter data from 1992 to 1998…”
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Impact of Biannual Rossby Waves on the Indian Ocean Dipole by Gnanaseelan, C., Vaid, B.H., Polito, P.S.

“…TOPEX/Poseidon sea surface height anomalies during 1993-2002 are decomposed using 2-D finite impulse response filters which showed biannual Rossby waves (BRWs)…”
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Seasonal dynamics of megafauna on the deep West Antarctic Peninsula shelf in response to variable phytodetrital influx by Sumida, P. Y. G., Smith, C. R., Bernardino, A. F., Polito, P. S., Vieira, D. R.

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Influence of Pacific on Southern Indian Ocean Rossby Waves by Vaid, B. H., Gnanaseelan, C., Polito, P. S., Salvekar, P. S.

“…The sea-surface height anomalies derived from Simple Ocean Data Assimilation (SODA) during 1958-2001, Topex/Poseidon satellite during 1993-2001 and the SODA…”
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Height variability from the MIROC – IPCC model for the 20th century compared to that of the TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter by Polito, P.S., Sato, O.T., Wainer, I.

“…Planetary waves are key to large-scale dynamical adjustment in the global ocean as they transfer energy from the east to the west side of oceanic basins; they…”
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Global characterization of Rossby waves at several spectral bands by Polito, Paulo S., Liu, W. Timothy

“…Global sea surface height anomaly signals from the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite altimeter from 1992 to 2000 are filtered into several spectral bands. These bands…”
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