Publications
[21] Menezes, V. V. (2022). Interannual variability of Red Sea Overflow Water pathways in the western Arabian Sea in an eddy rich reanalysis. Deep-Sea Res. II, under review
[20] Menezes, V. V. (2021). Advective pathways and transit times of the Red Sea Overflow Water in the Arabian Sea from Lagrangian simulations. Progress in Oceanography, 199, 102697, doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102697
[19] Phillips, H. E., Tandon, A., Furue, R., Hood, R., Ummenhofer, C., Benthuysen, J., Menezes, V. V., Hu, S., Ben Webber, B. Sanchez-Franks, A., Cherian, D., Shroyer, E., Feng, M., Wijeskera, H., Chatterjee, A., Yu, L., Hermes, J., Murtugudde, R., Tozuka, T., Su, D., Singh, A., Centurioni, L., Prakash, S. and Wiggert, J. (2021). Progress in understanding of Indian Ocean circulation, variability, air-sea exchange and impacts on biogeochemistry. Ocean Sci., 17, 1677-1751, doi:10.5194/os-17-1677-2021
[18] Menezes, V. V. (2020) Statistical assessment of sea-surface salinity from SMAP: Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and a promising Red Sea application. Remote Sensing, 12, 447, doi: 10.3390/rs12030447
[17] Menezes, V. V., Vianna, M. L. (2019) Quasi-biennial Rossby and Kelvin waves in the South Indian Ocean: Tropical and subtropical modes and the Indian Ocean dipole. Deep Sea Research II, 166, 43-63, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2019.05.002, 2019
[16] Menezes, V. V., Bower, A. and Farrar, J. T. (2019). Evaporative implications of dry-air outbreaks over the Northern Red Sea. J. Geophys. Res – Atmosphere, 124, 4829-4861, doi: 10.1029/2018JD028853 (*JGR Atmosphere Cover)
[15] Al Senafi, F., Anis, A., Menezes, V. V. (2019) Surface heat fluxes over the Northern Arabian Gulf and the Northern Red Sea: Evaluation of ECMWF-ERA5 and NASA-MERRA2 reanalyses. Atmosphere, 10, 504, doi: 10.3390/atmos10090504
[14] Menezes, V. V., Farrar, J. T., Bower, A. S. (2018). Westward mountain-gap wind jets off the Northern Red Sea as seen by QuikSCAT satellite. Remote Sens. Environ., 209, 677-699, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2018.02.075
[13] Mazloff, M. R., Sallee, J. B., Menezes, V. V., Macdonald A. M., Meredith, M., Newman, L., Pellichero V., Roquet F., Swart, S., Wahlin, A. (2017). Southern Ocean [in “State of the Climate in 2016”]. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 98, S166-S167, doi: 10.1175/2017BAMSStateoftheClimate.1
[12] Menezes, V. V., Macdonald, A., Schatzman, C. (2017). Accelerated freshening of Antarctic Bottom Water over the last decade in the Southern Indian Ocean. Science Advances, 1, e1601426, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1601426 (*US CLIVAR research highlights, February 2017)
[11] Menezes, V. V., Phillips, H. E., Vianna, M. L., Bindoff, N. L. (2016). Interannual variability of the South Indian Countercurrent. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, 3465-3487, doi: 10.1002/2015JC011417
[10] Menezes, V. V., Phillips, H. E., Schiller, A., Bindoff, N. L., Domingues, C. M., Vianna, M. L. (2014). South Indian Countercurrent and associated fronts. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 119, 6763-6791, doi: 10.1002/2014JC010076
[9] Menezes, V. V., Vianna, M. L., Phillips, H. E. (2014) Aquarius sea surface salinity in the South Indian Ocean: Revealing annual-period planetary waves. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 119, 3883-3908, doi: 10.1002/2014JC009935 (*AGU publications highlights, AGUniverse, July 10, volume 5, issue 14)
[8] Menezes, V. V., Phillips, H., Schiller, A., Domingues, C. M., Bindoff, N. L. (2013) Salinity dominance on the Indian Ocean Eastern Gyral Current. Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 5716-5721, doi:10.1002/2013GL057887
[7] Vianna, M. L, Menezes, V. V. (2013) Bidecadal sea level modes in the North and South Atlantic Oceans. Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 5926-5931, doi:10.1002/2013GL058162
[6] Vianna, M. L., Menezes, V. V. (2011) Double-celled subtropical gyre in the South Atlantic Ocean: Means, trends and interannual changes. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 116, C03024, doi: 10.1029/2010JC006574
[5] Vianna, M. L., Menezes, V. V., Pezza, A. B., Simmonds, I. (2010). Interaction between Hurricane Catarina (2004) and warm core rings in the South Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 115, C07002, doi: 10.1029/2009JC005974
[4] Vianna, M. L., Menezes, V. V. (2010) Mean mesoscale global ocean currents from geodetic pre-GOCE MDTs with a synthesis of the North Pacific circulation. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 115, C02016, doi: 10.1029/2009JC005494
[3] Vianna, M. L., Menezes, V. V., Chambers, D. (2007). A high-resolution satellite-only GRACE-based mean dynamic topography of the South Atlantic Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L24604, doi: 10.1029/2007GL031912
[2] Vianna, M. L., Menezes, V. V. (2006) Singular spectrum analysis of non-stationary tidal currents applied to ADCP data from the northeast Brazilian shelf. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 23, 138-151, doi: 10.1175/JTECH1824.1
[1] Vianna, M. L., Menezes, V. V. (2003) A seasonal and interannual study of the western Equatorial Atlantic upper thermocline circulation variability. Interhemispheric Water Exchange in the Atlantic Ocean, G. Goni and P. Malanotte-Rizzolli, eds. Elsevier Oceanography Series, 68, Elsevier, 137-174, doi: 10.1016/S0422-9894(03)80145-9, 2003
Highlighted publications
- Menezes, V. V., Bower, A. and Farrar, J. T. (2019). Evaporative implications of dry-air outbreaks over the Northern Red Sea. J. Geophys. Res. Atmosphere, 124, 4829-4861
- Menezes, V. V., Macdonald, A., Schatzman, C. (2017). Accelerated freshening of Antarctic Bottom Water over the last decade in the Southern Indian Ocean. Science Advances, 1, e1601426
Read more
- Menezes, V. V., Vianna, M. L., Phillips, H. E. (2014). Aquarius sea surface salinity in the South Indian Ocean: Revealing annual-period planetary waves. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 119, 3883-3908
- Vianna, M. L., Menezes, V. V., Pezza, A. B., Simmonds, I. (2010). Interaction between Hurricane Catarina (2004) and warm core rings in the South Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 115, C07002
Oceanus & news Releases
- A Rusting Oil Tanker Off the Coast of Yemen Is an Environmental Catastrophe Waiting to Happen. Can Anyone Prevent It?, Time Magazine, May 2021
- WHOI scientist shares her perspective on 'imminent' oil spill in the Red Sea. Oceanus Magazine, March 2021
- Gaming out the disaster: What could go wrong with the FSO Safer. Atlantic Council, July 2019
- Mysteries of the Red Sea. Oceanus Magazine. 53, 2, 50-52, 2018
- Deep southeast Indian Ocean waters see accelerated freshening. US Clivar Research Highlights, February 2017
- Antarctic Bottom Waters Freshening at Unexpected Rate. WHOI Press Release, January 2017