Dr. Douglas Vieira da Silva
Dr. Douglas Vieira da Silva
Hydrodynamics and Data Assimilation
ScientistPhone: +49 (0)4152 87-1505
Research Interest
• Continental Shelves Processes
• Lagoons and Estuaries
• Coastal Plumes
• Air-sea Interactions
• Tropical Meteorology
Professional Experience
2024 - Today | Scientist (Post-doc) | Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Germany | Topics: FOCCUS |
2023 - 2024 | Post-graduated Internship | CETESB Environmental Agency of Sao Paulo State, Brazil | Topics: Hydropower and Dams |
Projects/Collaborations
2024 - Today | FOCCUS: Forecasting and observing the open-to-coastal ocean for Copernicus users |
2021 - Today | IVIDES: Open source collaborative for research and development |
Education
2019-2024 | PhD in Meteorology | Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics, and Atmospheric Sciences, University of São Paulo, Brazil | Title: Interaction of Coastal Squall Lines of the Amazon Coast with the Stratification of the Werstern Tropical Atlantic - Supervisor: Dr. Ricardo de Camargo and Dr. Doris Veleda |
2016-2018 | Msc in Physical, Chemical and Gelogical Oceanography | Oceanology Departament, Federal University of Rio Grande, Brazil | Title: Circulation and Transport Patterns of Simulated Drifters in the Mirim Lagoon and Patos Lagoon's Coastal Plume - Supervisor: Dr. Wiliam Correa Marques |
2011-2016 | Bsc in Oceanography | Institute of Oceanography, University of São Paulo, Brazil | Conclusion Work: Thermal Gradients at Sao Paulo Bight - Supervisor: Dr. Olga Tiemi Sato |
- de Souza, D.C., Crespo, N.M., da Silva, D.V., Harada, L.M., de Godoy, R.M.P., Domingues, L.M., Luiz, R., Bortolozo, C.A., Metodiev, D., de Andrade, M.R.M., Hartley, A.J., de Abreu, R.C., Li, S., Lott, F.C., & Sparrow, S. (2024): Extreme rainfall and landslides as a response to human-induced climate change: a case study at Baixada Santista, Brazil, 2020. Natural Hazards, doi:10.1007/s11069-024-06621-1
- Bendô, A. R. R., Silva, D. V., Costi, J., Kirinus, E. P., Paula, D. P., Albuquerque, M. G., & Marques, W. C. (2023). Hydromorphodynamics modeling of dredging and dumping activities in Mirim lagoon, RS, Brazil. Ocean Engineering, 289, 116219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.116219
- Silva, D. V., Oleinik, P. H., Costi, J., de Paula Kirinus, E., Marques, W. C., & Moller, O. O. (2022). Variability of the spreading of the Patos Lagoon plume using numerical drifters. Coasts, 2(2), 51-69.https://doi.org/10.3390/coasts2020004
- Silva, D. V., Oleinik, P. H., Costi, J., de Paula Kirinus, E., & Marques, W. C. (2019). Residence time patterns of Mirim Lagoon (Brazil) derived from two-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations. Environmental earth sciences, 78, 1-11.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-019-8162-y
- Vasconcellos Lopes, B., Pavlovic, A., Beloti Trombetta, T., Oleinik, P. H., Barbosa Monteiro, C., Cardoso Guimarães, R., Silva, D. V., ... & Correa Marques, W. (2019). Numerical study of oil spill in the Patos Lagoon under flood and ebb conditions. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 7(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse7010004