On-going Research
• Cooperative Research Network for Shallow
Water Coastal Hydrodynamics – Friends of
Boussinesq (COPPE/UFRJ + FEIS/UNESP +
IPH/UFRGS)
– Wave and wind measurements on Ilha Solteira lake
and on Mangueira lagoon(RS)
– Wave energy dissipation by vegetation
– Ship wave propagation using Boussinesq models
– Instrumentaion for wave measurements
– Wave-current interaction in the presence of vorticity
Experimental set-up on Ilha Solteira lake
Fetch and location on Ilha Solteira lake
Ship waves on navigation channels
Other topics
• Long term sea-level changes on Brazilian
coast
• Wind spatial distribution using the
Regional Atmospheric Circulation Model
(RAMS)