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Overview

Rui M. Ponte is affiliated with Atmospheric and Environmental Research in the United States and has a research focus spanning Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their scholarly work primarily addresses topics related to oceanographic and atmospheric processes, geophysics and gravity measurements, and climate variability and models.

The scientist's research activities have encompassed subfields such as oceanography, global and planetary change, atmospheric science, molecular biology, and environmental chemistry. Their main topics of investigation include:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

Rui M. Ponte has published extensively, with frequent contributions to venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, Geophysical Research Letters, the Journal of Climate, and the Journal of Physical Oceanography.

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Synopsis of the ECCO Central Production Global Ocean and Sea-Ice State Estimate, Version 4 Release 4" (2021), published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • "How Salty Is the Global Ocean: Weighing It All or Tasting It a Sip at a Time?" (2021), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Local and Remote Forcing of Interannual Sea-Level Variability at Nantucket Island" (2022), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "A Comparison of the Variability and Changes in Global Ocean Heat Content from Multiple Objective Analysis Products During the Argo Period" (2021), published in Journal of Climate
  • "Synopsis of the ECCO Central Production Global Ocean and Sea-Ice State Estimate, Version 4 Release 4" (2020), published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with various researchers, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their work. Frequent coauthors include Michael Schindelegger, Mengnan Zhao, Thierry Penduff, Ichiro Fukumori, and Ou Wang.

Best Publications

  • ECCO version 4: an integrated framework for non-linear inverse modeling and global ocean state estimation

    G. Forget;J.-M. Campin;P. Heimbach;P. Heimbach;C. N. Hill

  • Concepts and terminology for sea level: mean, variability and change, both local and global

    Jonathan M. Gregory;Jonathan M. Gregory;Stephen M. Griffies;Chris W. Hughes;Jason A. Lowe;Jason A. Lowe

  • Global sea-level budget 1993 - present

    Anny Cazenave;Benoit Meyssignac;Michael Ablain

  • Causes for Contemporary Regional Sea Level Changes

    Detlef Stammer;Anny Cazenave;Rui M. Ponte;Mark E. Tamisiea

  • Barometric Tides from ECMWF Operational Analyses

    R. D. Ray;R. M. Ponte

  • The Global General Circulation of the Ocean Estimated by the ECCO-Consortium

    Carl Wunsch;Patrick Heimbach;Rui Ponte;Ichiro Fukumori

  • Decadal Trends in Sea Level Patterns: 1993–2004

    Carl Wunsch;Rui M. Ponte;Patrick Heimbach

  • Oceanic signals in observed motions of the Earth's pole of rotation

    Rui M. Ponte;Detlef Stammer;John Marshall

  • Understanding the relation between wind- and pressure-driven sea level variability

    Rui M. Ponte

  • A preliminary model study of the large‐scale seasonal cycle in bottom pressure over the global ocean

    Rui M. Ponte

  • A Primer on Global Internal Tide and Internal Gravity Wave Continuum Modeling in HYCOM and MITgcm

    Brian K. Arbic;Matthew H. Alford;Joseph K. Ansong;Maarten C. Buijsman

  • Variability in a homogeneous global ocean forced by barometric pressure

    Rui M. Ponte

  • De‐aliasing of global high frequency barotropic motions in altimeter observations

    Detlef Stammer;Carl Wunsch;Rui M. Ponte

  • Sea Level Response to Pressure Forcing in a Barotropic Numerical Model

    Rui M. Ponte;David A. Salstein;Richard D. Rosen

  • The partition of regional sea level variability

    Gaël Forget;Rui M. Ponte

  • Regional analysis of the inverted barometer effect over the global ocean using TOPEX/POSEIDON data and model results

    Rui M. Ponte;Philippe Gaspar

  • Low-Frequency Sea Level Variability and the Inverted Barometer Effect

    Rui M. Ponte

  • River-discharge effects on United States Atlantic and Gulf coast sea-level changes.

    Christopher G. Piecuch;Klaus Bittermann;Andrew C. Kemp;Rui M. Ponte

  • Relation between sea level and bottom pressure and the vertical dependence of oceanic variability

    Nadya T. Vinogradova;Rui M. Ponte;Detlef Stammer

  • The relationship between U.S. East Coast Sea Level and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: A review

    Christopher M. Little;Aixue Hu;Chris W. Hughes;Chris W. Hughes;Gerard D. McCarthy

  • A Comparison of Atmospheric Reanalysis Surface Products over the Ocean and Implications for Uncertainties in Air–Sea Boundary Forcing

    Ayan H. Chaudhuri;Rui M. Ponte;Gael Forget;Patrick Heimbach

  • Global General Circulation of the Ocean Estimated by the ECCO-Consortium

    Carl Wunsch;Patrick Heimbach;Rui M. Ponte;Ichiro Fukumori

  • Concepts and Terminology for Sea Level: Mean, Variability and Change, Both Local and Global (vol 40, pg 1251, 2019)

    Jonathan M Gregory;Stephen M Griffies;Chris W Hughes;Jason A Lowe

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Heimbach
Patrick Heimbach The University of Texas at Austin
Carl Wunsch
Carl Wunsch Harvard University
Ichiro Fukumori
Ichiro Fukumori California Institute of Technology
Detlef Stammer
Detlef Stammer Universität Hamburg
Emma M. Hill
Emma M. Hill Nanyang Technological University
Christopher M. Little
Christopher M. Little Atmospheric and Environmental Research
James L. Davis
James L. Davis Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Ross N. Hoffman
Ross N. Hoffman University of Maryland, College Park
Jonathan M. Gregory
Jonathan M. Gregory University of Reading
Catia M. Domingues
Catia M. Domingues National Oceanography Centre

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