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Renato M. Castelao is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States and works within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields including Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their main topics of research cover a range of interrelated areas such as Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Climate Variability and Models, and Mercury Impact and Mitigation Studies.

Renato M. Castelao has contributed to multiple scientific publications, with recent papers reflecting diverse aspects of oceanographic and cryospheric research. Notable papers include:

  • "Submesoscale modulation of deep water formation in the Labrador Sea" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Meltwater-Enhanced Nutrient Export From Greenland's Glacial Fjords: A Sensitivity Analysis" (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans)
  • "Influence of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation on SST Fronts Along the West Coasts of North and South America" (2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans)
  • "Freshwater Variability and Transport in the Labrador Sea From In Situ and Satellite Observations" (2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans)
  • "Coastal Summer Freshening and Meltwater Input off West Greenland from Satellite Observations" (2022, Remote Sensing)

Their collaborative work frequently involves several coauthors, including Patricia M. Medeiros, Caitlin M. Amos, Hilde Oliver, Patricia L. Yager, and Michael S. Dinniman.

Publication venues where Castelao's work appears repeatedly include the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, Remote Sensing, Scientific Reports, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

Best Publications

  • Natural and anthropogenic hydrocarbon inputs to sediments of Patos Lagoon Estuary, Brazil.

    Patricia Matheus Medeiros;Márcia Caruso Bícego;Renato Menezes Castelao;Clarissa Del Rosso

  • Upwelling around Cabo Frio, Brazil: The importance of wind stress curl

    Renato M. Castelao;John A. Barth

  • Oceanic transport of surface meltwater from the southern Greenland ice sheet

    Hao Luo;Renato M. Castelao;Asa K. Rennermalm;Marco Tedesco;Marco Tedesco

  • Sea surface temperature fronts in the California Current System from geostationary satellite observations

    Renato M. Castelao;Timothy P. Mavor;John A. Barth;Laurence C. Breaker

  • Melting glaciers stimulate large summer phytoplankton blooms in southwest Greenland waters

    Kevin R. Arrigo;Gert L. van Dijken;Renato M. Castelao;Hao Luo

  • Time-dependent, wind-driven flow over a shallow midshelf submarine bank

    John A. Barth;S. D. Pierce;R. M. Castelao

  • Seasonal evolution of hydrographic fields in the central Middle Atlantic Bight from glider observations

    Renato Castelao;Scott Glenn;Oscar Schofield;Robert Chant

  • Coastal ocean response to summer upwelling favorable winds in a region of alongshore bottom topography variations off Oregon

    Renato M. Castelao;John A. Barth

  • A Modelling Study of Coastal Upwelling Driven by Wind and Meanders of the Brazil Current

    Renato M. Castelao;Edmo J. D. Campos;Jerry L. Miller

  • Seasonal variability of alongshore winds and sea surface temperature fronts in Eastern Boundary Current Systems

    Yuntao Wang;Renato M. Castelao;Yeping Yuan

  • Seasonal variability of chlorophyll a in the Mid-Atlantic Bight

    Yi Xu;Robert Chant;Donglai Gong;Renato Castelao

  • Dispersal of the Hudson River Plume in the New York Bight: Synthesis of Observational and Numerical Studies During LaTTE

    Robert J. Chant;John Wilkin;Weifeng Zhang;Byoung-Ju Choi

  • Cross‐shelf transport of freshwater on the New Jersey shelf

    Renato Castelao;Oscar Schofield;Scott Glenn;Robert Chant

  • The decadal view of the Mid-Atlantic Bight from the COOLroom: Is our coastal system changing?

    Oscar Schofield;Robert Chant;Bronwyn Cahill;Renato Castelao

  • Temperature, salinity, and density variability in the central Middle Atlantic Bight

    Renato Castelao;Scott Glenn;Oscar Schofield

  • The relative importance of wind strength and along-shelf bathymetric variations on the separation of a coastal upwelling jet

    Renato M. Castelao;John A. Barth

  • Mesoscale eddies in the South Atlantic Bight and the Gulf Stream Recirculation region: Vertical structure

    Renato M. Castelao

  • Wind‐driven variability in sea surface temperature front distribution in the California Current System

    Renato M. Castelao;Yuntao Wang

  • Controls of subsurface temperature variability in a western boundary upwelling system

    Andre L. Belem;Renato M. Castelao;Ana Luiza Albuquerque

  • Sea Surface Temperature and Wind Stress Curl Variability near a Cape

    Renato M. Castelao

  • Time-dependent, wind-driven flow over a shallow midshelf submarine bank : Wind-driven circulation and Ecosystem Response off the Oregon Coast: Results from the coastal ocean advances in shelf transport (COAST) program

    J. A. Barth;S. D. Pierce;R. M. Castelao

  • Coastal ocean response to summer upwelling favorable winds in a region of alongshore bottom topography variations off Oregon : Wind-driven circulation and Ecosystem Response off the Oregon Coast: Results from the coastal ocean advances in shelf transport (COAST) program

    Renato M. Castelao;John A. Barth

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Barth
John A. Barth Oregon State University
Marco Tedesco
Marco Tedesco Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Oscar Schofield
Oscar Schofield Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Patricia L. Yager
Patricia L. Yager University of Georgia
Scott Glenn
Scott Glenn Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Thomas L. Mote
Thomas L. Mote University of Georgia
Patricia M. Medeiros
Patricia M. Medeiros University of Georgia
Annalisa Bracco
Annalisa Bracco Georgia Institute of Technology
Josh Kohut
Josh Kohut Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Kevin R. Arrigo
Kevin R. Arrigo Stanford University

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