Regional Team: South and Central America

Building local, thinking global

A regional team for South and Central America

The South and Central America Regional Team is the Oceanprediction DCC regional node for the mentioned region. The Regional Teams are the organizational backbone of OceanPrediction DCC community, and they are formed by individuals and organizations with very diverse background and interests: scientists and users, experts and interested persons, private and public sector, etc... 

The regional team will promote Operational Ocean Forecasting Services as a key tool for Blue Economy and ocean policy. It is also supporting the coordination and the cooperation of ocean forecasting-related Decade actions in the area, and it is advocating for the regional implementation of Best Practices, Standards and Tools derived from OceanPrediction technical activity. The Regional Team is active in the design and organization of regional events for capacity building, ocean literacy and other purposes, such as courses, workshops, hackathons, etc.

Working together with the regional teams in other regions, it will form a worldwide network to achieve all the above-mentioned objectives, ensuring that regional singularities are considered during the process.

Boris Dewitte is an oceanographer of the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development who has worked within the Laboratory for Geophysical and Oceanographic Space Studies in Toulouse. He is currently working for the Centre for Advanced Studies in Arid Zones (CEAZA), based in Chile.

Clemente Augusto Souza Tanajura is a professor of the Department of Physics Earth Environment at the Federal University of Bahia.  

Organizing the activities and ensuring the connection between the different components of OceanPrediction DCC

Steering team

Alberto Piola
Ocean Observing : Professor of Oceanography at the Department of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences | Universidad de Buenos Aires
Carlos Alberto Eiras Garcia
Ocean Observing : Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Diego Narvaez
Ocean Forecasting physics : Professor| Universidad de Concepcion
Camila Artana
Ocean Forecasting physics : IRD & UFSC Argentina
Luiz Cláudio Monteiro da Fonseca
Ocean Forecasting physics : Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Center, CHM, BR
Leonardo Moreno
Ocean forecasting physics: Colombian Maritime Authority | Scientific Research Group Master's in Meteorology
Julio Scheinbaum
Ocean forecasting: Biogeochemistry : Professor | Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE,Mexico)
Ronald Buss de Souza
Ocean forecasting Climate: Senior Researcher | Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais BR
Susannah Buchan
Ocean health | Postdoctoral Researcher, Universidad de Concepción (UdeC, Chile)
Francisco Garcia
Capacity building : Deputy Director | I+D en SENACYT
Carlos Kan
Capacity building : Director | Government Innovation Authority
Claudia Urbano
Ocean forecasting: physics - (DIMAR, CO)
Claudia Simionato
Ocean forecasting: physics (CIMA, Argentina)
Matias Dinapoli
Ocean forecasting: physics
Clemente Tanajura
Ocean forecasting: physics - (Universidade Federal da Bahia and REMO, Brazil)
Ivonne Montes
Ocean forecasting: Biogeochemistry - (Instituto Geofisico del Peru)
Boris Dewitte
Ocean forecasting: Climate - (CEAZA, CH)
Diego Moreira
Connection with users : (CIMA, Argentina)