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Flávio Justino

Postdoctoral Research  Fellow, 

University of Toronto, 
60 St. George St.
Toronto, ON, M5S 1A7 
phone: +1 416 978 7796
Canada 
Flavio Justino
"I realized science is a lot more fun than taking exams."
           David Thompson
Citizenship: Brazil

Birth: Jan 01, 1971; São Paulo, São Paulo,

Education:
Jun/2004 - Ph.D., Leibniz-Institute of Marine Research - CAU - Germany. Thesis: The influence of boundary conditions on the climate system during the Last Glacial Maximum
Apr/2000 - M.Sc. Physical Oceanography, University of São Paulo. Thesis: Analysis of seasonal cycle of tropical Atlantic Ocean from observed data and numerical modeling - in Portuguese
Jun/1996- B. Sc. Meteorology - Federal University of Paraiba - Brazil

Research Interests:
Mechanisms and predictability of long-term climate variability
Air-Sea interaction during the last glacial period, present day and future climates
Thermohaline Circulation
Tropical-Extratropical Climate Interaction

Publications:
1. JUSTINO, F., Timmermann, A. , U. Merkel and W.R. Peltier. An initial intercomparison of atmospheric and oceanic climatology for the ICE-5G and ICE-4G models of LGM paleotopography. J. Climate, Vol. 19, No. 1, 3-14 (2006). (PDF).
2. JUSTINO, F., Timmermann, A.; Merkel, U., Souza, E.A. Baroclinic reorganization of the atmospheric flow during the Last Glacial Maximum. J. Climate. Vol.18 2826-2846 (2005). (PDF)
3. JUSTINO, F. and W.R. Peltier. The glacial North Atlantic Oscillation. Geophys. Res. Lett. Vol. 32, No. 21, L21707, 10.1029/2005GL023435 (2005)(PDF).
4. Timmermann, A., Krebs, U., JUSTINO, F., Goosse, H., Ivanochko, T. Mechanisms for millennial-scale global synchronization during the last glacial period. Paleoceanography, Vol. 20, No. 4, PA4008, 10.1029/2004PA001090 (2005). (PDF).
5. An, A. Timmermann, F.F. Jin, Bejerano, JUSTINO, F., Liu, Tudhope
Modeling evidence for enhanced El Niño-Southern Oscillation amplitude during the Last Glacial Maximum. Paleoceanography. Vol. 19, No. 4, PA4009, doi:10.1029/2004PA001020 (2004). (PDF)
6. A. Timmermann, JUSTINO, F., F.F. Jin, H. Goosse, U. Krebs
Surface temperature control in the north and tropical Pacific during the Last Glacial Maximum. Climate Dynamics. Vol. 23, p.353 - 370 (2004). (PDF)
7. JUSTINO, F. The influence of boundary conditions on the Last Glacial Maximum. Shaker Verlag, 120 pp. ISBN 3-8322-2801-2. 2004.(PDF).

Submitted and in preparation
JUSTINO, F. Climate Feedbacks Induced by Stationary Glacial Meltwater Forcing in a Coupled Model of Intermediate Complexity.
JUSTINO, F. and Peltier, R. W. Climate Patterns Associated with the Main Modes of Climate Variability: Present day and glacial perspectives.

Profissional Reviews for:
Journal of Climate

Professional Experience :
08.08.2004 - 08.09.2004 Visiting Scientist at University of Barcelona
23.04.2002 - 22.05.2003 Research with research vessel SONNE to the tropical Atlantic Ocean
25.08.2002 - 25.09.2002 Summer school - Helmholtz Institute (HISP) for Supercomputational Physics - Potsdam , Germany. "Scientific Supercomputing in Climate Research"
1998-2001- Consultant of United Nation Development Program - UNDP - Brazil
1996 - 20/06 to 20/07 Experimental Project Climatic Changes in Semi-arid regions- MUCLISA Second experimental phase.
1996 - 15/01 to 15/02 Experimental Project Climatic Changes in Semi-arid regions - MUCLISA First experimental phase.
1995 - Supervised apprenticeship CPTEC/INPE November 15 to December 15
1993/1995 - Meteorological observer of the didactic station of DCA/UFPB

Prize:
Best Presentation as Young Scientist at the "Scientific Supercomputing in Climate Research - HISP Summer School", Germany

Grants:
2002-2004 -  Brazilian Science Foundation - CAPES, PhD Fellowship. Subject - Air-sea interactions during the last glacial maximum
1995/1996 - Research Grant of the National Council of Research / PIBIc Project: Climate changes in the Semi-arid of Northeast Brazil.
1992/1994 - Research Grant of the Special Program of Training - PET / CAPES - Brazilian Science Foundation

Conferences and Proceedings:

Justino, F. ; Timmermann, A; Merkel, U; W.R. Peltier. The impact of ice sheet topography on the glacial atmosphere: An intercomparison of results for ICE-5G and ICE-4G models.EGS-AGU Meeting. Vienna, Austria, 2005.
Timmermann, A.; An, S.I.; Bejarano, L.; Jin, F.-F; Justino, F.; Liu, Z. ENSO dynamics during the Last Glacial Maximum. EGS-AGU Meeting. Nice, France, 2004.
Justino, F. ; Timmermann, A.: Atmospheric respose to Heinrich Events. EGS-AGU Meeting. Nice, France, 2004.
Justino, F. ; Timmermann, A.; Goosse, H. Quantifying climate feedback during the Last Glacial Maximum. EGS-AGU Meeting. Nice - France 2003.
Justino, F. ;Sousa, S.; Setzer, A. Relationship between hot spot and meteorological conditions in Brazil. XII Brazilian Congress of Meteorology. Foz do Iguaçu, 2002.
Sismanoglu, R.; Setzer A.; Justino, F.; Flauber, W. Evaluation of the fire risk developed by the CPTEC. XII Brazilian Congress of Meteorology. Foz do Iguacçu, 2002.
Justino, F. Analysis of seasonal cycle of tropical Atlantic Ocean from observed data and numerical modeling Climate Conference 2001 - pgs. 18-19. Ultrecht, Holland. 2001.
Justino, F. Analysis of seasonal cycle of tropical Atlantic Ocean from observed data and numerical modelling Climate Conference 2001 - pgs. 18-19. Utrecht, Holland. 2001.
Justino, F.; Pires de Menezes, P.C. Analysis of Hot Spot: A confront with the vegetation. First LBA Scientific Conference. Belém. 2000.
Justino, F. Analysis of Irradiative Fluxes in Tropical Atlantic. XI Brazilian Congress of Meteorology. Rio de Janeiro. 2000.
Justino, F.; Souza, S. S.; Tomasella, J. Evapotranspiration assessment in the northeast area starting from the measured irradiance for satellite. VII Brazilian Congress of Agrometeorology. Florianópolis. 1999.
Justino, F. ; Ramos.M.M.V.B. et al. - Evaluation of maximum temperature in caatinga areas and areas reforested with algaroba in the semi-arid area of the Northeast. In: Proceedings of the Brazilian Congress of Agrometeorology, Piracicaba - SP, pgs 516 - 519, 1997.
Justino, F.. - Analysis of precipitation of CPTEC model associated to the observed data for the State of Minas Gerais. In: Proceedings of the IX Brazilian Congress of Meteorology, Campos do Jordão - SP, p. 1427 to 1428, 1996.
Justino, F.; Ramos.M.M.V.B. et al. - An evaluation of the transfer of water vapour to the atmosphere in caatinga areas and reforested with algaroba in the semi-arid area of the Northeast Brazil. In: Proceedings of the IX Brazilian Congress of Meteorology, Campos do Jordão - SP, pgs. 1194 to 1197, 1996.
Justino, F.; Ramos.M.M.V.B. et al. - Radiation assessment in reforested areas with algaroba in the semi-arid of the Northeast Brazil. In: Meeting of Scientific Initiation of the Federal University of Paraíba. 516-518. 1995.
Justino, F.; et al. Climatic Bulletin of Campina Grande. In: VIII Brazilian Congress of Meteorology. Belo Horizonte - MG. 1992.
 
 


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