Publications

Costa, N. V., & R. R. Rodrigues (2021). Future summer marine heatwaves in the western South Atlantic. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL094509 (link).

Rodrigues, R.R. (2021). Downside up: Science matters equally to the Global South. Communications Earth & Environment, 2(1), 1-2 (link).

– Ham, Y.G., H.J. Lee, H.S. Jo, S.G. Lee, W. Cai, R.R. Rodrigues (2021). Inter‐Basin Interaction Between Variability in the South Atlantic Ocean and the El Niño/Southern Oscillation. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL093338 (link).

– Cai, W., M. McPhaden, A. Grimm, R.R. Rodrigues, A. Taschetto, R. Garreaud, B. Dewitte, G. Poveda, Y.-G. Ham, A. Santoso, B. Ng, W. Anderson, G. Wang, T. Geng, H.-S. Jo, J. Marengo, L. Alves, M. Osman, S. Li, L. Wu, C. Karamperidou, K. Takahashi, C. Vera (2020). Impact of El Niño-Southern Oscillation on South America in a changing climate. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 1 (4), 215-231 (link).

– Sen Gupta, A., M. Thomsen, J.A. Benthuysen, A.J. Hobday, E. Oliver, L.V. Alexander, M.T. Burrows, M.G. Donat, M. Feng, N.J. Holbrook, S. Perkins‑Kirkpatrick, P. Moore, R.R. Rodrigues, H.A. Scannell, A.S. Taschetto, C.C. Ummenhofer, T. Wernberg, S.A. Smale (2020). Drivers and impacts of the most extreme marine heatwaves events. Scientific Report, 10, 19359 (link).

– Rodrigues, R.R., A.S. Taschetto, A. Sen Gupta, G. Foltz (2019). Common cause of severe droughts in South America and marine heatwaves in the South Atlantic. Nature Geoscience, 12, 620-626 (link).

– Rodrigues, R.R., A. Subramanian, L. Zanna, J. Berner (2019). ENSO bimodality and extremes. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 4883-4893 (link).

– Foltz, G.R., P. Brandt, I. Richter, B. Rodríguez-Fonseca, F. Hernandez, M. Dengler, R.R. Rodrigues, J.O. Schmidt, L. Yu, N. Lefevre, and Co-Authors (2019). The tropical Atlantic observing system. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 206 (link).

– Todd, R.E., and Co-Authors (2019). Global perspectives on observing ocean boundary current systems. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 423 (link).

– Marcello, F., I. Wainer, R.R. Rodrigues (2018). South Atlantic Subtropical Gyre Late Twentieth Century Changes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123, 5194-5209 (link).

– Amorim, P.B., Bernhofer, R.R. Rodrigues (2018). Extreme rainfall indices in Distrito Federal, Brazil: trends and links with ENSO and MJO. International Journal of Climatology, 38, 4550-4567 (link).

– Woollings, T., E. Barnes, B. Hoskins, Y.-O. Kwon, R.W. Lee, C. Li, E. Madonna, M. Mcgraw, T. Parker, R.R. Rodrigues, C. Spensberger, K. Williams (2018). Daily to Decadal Modulation of Jet Variability. Journal of Climate, 31, 1297-1314 (link).

– Rodrigues, R.R. & T. Woollings (2017). Impact of atmospheric blocking on South America in austral summer. Journal of Climate, 30, 1821-1837 (link).

– Fernandes, L.G. & R.R. Rodrigues (2017). Changes in the patterns of extreme rainfall events in southern Brazil. International Journal of Climatology, 38, 1337-1352 (link).

– Debortoli, N.S., P.I.M. Camarinha, J.A. Marengo, R.R. Rodrigues (2017). An index of Brazil’s vulnerability to expected increases in natural flash flooding and landslide disasters in the context of climate change. Natural Hazards, 86, 557–582 (link).

– Taschetto, A.S., R.R. Rodrigues, G.A. Meehl, S. McGregor, M.H. England (2016). How sensitive are the Pacific–tropical North Atlantic teleconnections to the position and intensity of El Niño-related warming? Climate Dynamics, 46, 1841–1860 (link).

– Rodrigues, R.R., E.J.D. Campos, R.J. Haarsma (2015). The impact of ENSO on the South Atlantic Subtropical Dipole Mode. Journal of Climate, 28, 2691–2705 (link).

– Rodrigues, R.R. & M.J. McPhaden (2014). Why did the 2011-12 La Niña cause a severe drought in the Brazilian Northeast? Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 1012–1018 (link).

– Rodrigues, R.R., R.J. Haarsma, E.J.D. Campos, T. Ambrizzi (2011). Impacts of Inter-El Niño Variability on the Tropical Atlantic and Northeast Brazil Climate. Journal of Climate, 24, 3402–3422 (link).

– Rodrigues, R.R., M. Wimbush, D.R. Watts, L. Rothstein, M. Ollitrault (2010). South Atlantic mass transports obtained from subsurface float and hydrographic data. Journal of Marine Research, 68, 819–850 (link).

– Rodrigues, R.R., L. Rothstein, M. Wimbush (2007). Seasonal Variability of the South Equatorial Current Bifurcation in the Atlantic Ocean: A Numerical Study. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37, 16–30 (link).