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Boris DEWITTE

Researcher

CEAZA

La Serena, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


physical oceanography, tropical dynamics, air-sea interactions, physical forcing of oxygen minimum zones

Educación

  •  Physical oceanography, UNIVERSITE PAUL SABATIER TOULOUSE III. Francia, 1998
  •  Ingeniero, ISAE-SUPAERO Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace. Francia, 1993

Experiencia Académica

  •   Senor Researcher Full Time

    CEAZA

    La Serena, Chile

    2018 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Researcher Full Time

    CEAZA

    La Serena, Chile

    2018 - A la fecha

Formación de Capital Humano


12 PhDs, 11 Undergraduate and 12 Master students.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Boris DEWITTE

    UNIVERSITE PAUL SABATIER TOULOUSE III

    Francia, 1999

    French Naval Academy Achievements Special Recognition for a PhD work


 

Article (120)

Biogeochemistry of greenhouse gases in coastal upwelling systems: Processes and sensitivity to global change
ENSO complexity controlled by zonal shifts in the Walker circulation
Evaluating future climate change exposure of marine habitat in the South East Pacific based on metabolic constraints
Spatial and seasonal variability of horizontal temperature fronts in the Mozambique Channel for both epipelagic and mesopelagic realms
The ENSO-induced South Pacific Meridional Mode
On the Relationship Between Tropical Instability Waves and Intraseasonal Equatorial Kelvin Waves in the Pacific From Satellite Observations (1993-2018)
A Global Ocean Oxygen Database and Atlas for Assessing and Predicting Deoxygenation and Ocean Health in the Open and Coastal Ocean
Environmental Drivers of Mesophotic Echinoderm Assemblages of the Southeastern Pacific Ocean
High levels of connectivity over large distances in the diadematid sea urchin Centrostephanus sylviae
High-Sustained Concentrations of Organisms at Very low Oxygen Concentration Indicated by Acoustic Profiles in the Oxygen Deficit Region Off Peru
Understanding the impact of climate change on the oceanic circulation in the Chilean island ecoregions
Change in strong Eastern Pacific El Nino events dynamics in the warming climate
Climate impacts of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation on South America
ENSO diversity driving low-frequency change in mesoscale activity off Peru and Chile
Intraseasonal Hydrographic Variations and Nearshore Carbonates System Off Northern Chile During the 2015 El Niño Event
Air-Sea Turbulent Fluxes From a Wave-Following Platform During Six Experiments at Sea
Assessing multidecadal runoff (1970-2010) using regional hydrological modelling under data and water scarcity conditions in Peruvian Pacific catchments
Decadal modulation of the relationship between intraseasonal tropical variability and ENSO
Diversity of moderate El Nino events evolution: role of air-sea interactions in the eastern tropical Pacific
Dynamics of the Carbonate System Across the Peruvian Oxygen Minimum Zone
In search for the sources of plastic marine litter that contaminates the Easter Island Ecoregion
Is Precipitation a Good Metric for Model Performance?
Marine protected areas invaded by floating anthropogenic litter: An example from the South Pacific
Seasonal Variability of the Southern Tip of the Oxygen Minimum Zone in the Eastern South Pacific (30 degrees-38 degrees S): A Modeling Study
Sensitivity of the Near-Shore Oceanic Circulation Off Central Chile to Coastal Wind Profiles Characteristics
Subsurface Mesoscale Eddy Generation in the Ocean off Central Chile
A theoretical model of strong and moderate El Niño regimes
Asymmetric connectivity of the lobster Panulirus pascuensis in remote islands of the southern Pacific: importance for its management and conservation
First Deployment and Validation of in Situ Silicate Electrochemical Sensor in Seawater
Increased variability of eastern Pacific El Niño under greenhouse warming
Modulation of the vertical particle transfer efficiency in the oxygen minimum zone off Peru
Rainfall along the coast of Peru during strong El Nino events
State of the Climate in 2017
The seasonal relationship between intraseasonal tropical variability and ENSO in CMIP5
Diversity of moderate El Niño events evolution: role of air–sea interactions in the eastern tropical Pacific
Hydroclimatic change disparity of Peruvian Pacific drainage catchments
Regionalization of rainfall over the Peruvian Pacific slope and coast
Surface winds off Peru-Chile: Observing closer to the coast from radar altimetry
The OMZ and nutrient features as a signature of interannual and low-frequency variability in the Peruvian upwelling system
Vertical energy flux at ENSO time scales in the subthermocline of the Southeastern Pacific
Influence of Oceanic Intraseasonal Kelvin Waves on Eastern Pacific Hurricane Activity
Seasonal variability of the Ekman transport and pumping in the upwelling system off central-northern Chile (???30??S) based on a high-resolution atmospheric regional model (WRF)
Seasonal variability of the oxygen minimum zone off Peru in a high-resolution regional coupled model
Strong and moderate nonlinear El Niño regimes
Boundaries of the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone shaped by coherent mesoscale dynamics
Impact of Sea Level Assimilation on ENSO Initialization and Prediction: The Role of the Sea Level Zonal Tilt and Zonal Mean
Low-frequency modulation and trend of the relationship between ENSO and precipitation along the northern to centre Peruvian Pacific coast
On the Relationship between the North Pacific Climate Variability and the Central Pacific El Niño
Reconstruction of super-resolution fields of ocean p CO 2 and air–sea fluxes of CO 2 from satellite imagery in the Southeastern Atlantic
Understanding ENSO Diversity
Changes in the spatial structure of strong and moderate El Niño events under global warming
Forcing mechanisms of intraseasonal SST variability off central Peru in 2000-2008
High-resolution modeling of the Eastern Tropical Pacific oxygen minimum zone: Sensitivity to the tropical oceanic circulation
The Central Pacific El Niño intraseasonal Kelvin wave
Absolute or convective instability in the equatorial Pacific and implications for ENSO
An analysis of SST gradients off the Peruvian Coast: The impact of going to higher resolution
Assessing the impact of downscaled winds on a regional ocean model simulation of the Humboldt system
Enhancement of near-annual variability in the equatorial Pacific in 2000–2008
Influence of Recent Stratification Changes on ENSO Stability in a Conceptual Model of the Equatorial Pacific
Reinterpreting the thermocline feedback in the western-central equatorial Pacific and its relationship with the ENSO modulation
Small-scale features of temperature and salinity surface fields in the Coral Sea
SST subseasonal variability in the central Benguela upwelling system as inferred from satellite observations (1999-2009)
The 2002/2003 El Niño: Equatorial waves sequence and their impact on sea surface temperature
Change in El Niño flavours over 1958–2008: Implications for the long-term trend of the upwelling off Peru
Equatorially forced intraseasonal propagations along the Peru-Chile coast and their relation with the nearshore eddy activity in 1992-2000: A modeling study
Intraseasonal Tropical Atmospheric Variability Associated with the Two Flavors of El Niño
Sensitivity of the Humboldt Current system to global warming: a downscaling experiment of the IPSL-CM4 model
The influences of interannual stratification variability and wind stress forcing on ENSO before and after the 1976 climate shift
Upwelling response to atmospheric coastal jets off central Chile: A modeling study of the October 2000 event
Vertical structure variability and equatorial waves during central Pacific and eastern Pacific El Niños in a coupled general circulation model
Coastal cooling and increased productivity in the main upwelling zone off Peru since the mid-twentieth century
ENSO nonlinearity in a warming climate
ENSO regimes: Reinterpreting the canonical and Modoki El Nino
Modes of covariability between sea surface temperature and wind stress intraseasonal anomalies along the coast of Peru from satellite observations (2000-2008)
Sensitivity of ENSO to Stratification in a Recharge–Discharge Conceptual Model
Statistical downscaling of sea-surface wind over the Peru-Chile upwelling region: diagnosing the impact of climate change from the IPSL-CM4 model
The relationship between intraseasonal tropical variability and ENSO and its modulation at seasonal to decadal timescales
The role of open ocean boundary forcing on seasonal to decadal-scale variability and long-term change of natural shelf hypoxia
ENSO Feedbacks and Associated Time Scales of Variability in a Multimodel Ensemble
Intraseasonal tropical variability in an intermediate complexity atmospheric model
Natural and human-induced hypoxia and consequences for coastal areas: synthesis and future development
Role of the upper ocean structure in the response of ENSO-like SST variability to global warming
Changes in mixed layer depth under climate change projections in two CGCMs
Eddy activity in the four major upwelling systems from satellite altimetry (1992–2007)
El Niño in a changing climate
ENSO's non-stationary and non-Gaussian character: the role of climate shifts
Impact of atmospheric coastal jet off central Chile on sea surface temperature from satellite observations (2000-2007)
Interactive Feedback between the Tropical Pacific Decadal Oscillation and ENSO in a Coupled General Circulation Model
Low-Frequency Variability of Temperature in the Vicinity of the Equatorial Pacific Thermocline in SODA: Role of Equatorial Wave Dynamics and ENSO Asymmetry
Impacts of Kelvin wave forcing in the Peru Humboldt Current system: Scenarios of spatial reorganizations from physics to fishers
Low-Frequency Modulation of Intraseasonal Equatorial Kelvin Wave Activity in the Pacific from SODA: 1958–2001
Vertical propagation of extratropical Rossby waves during the 1997-1998 El Nino off the west coast of South America in a medium-resolution OGCM simulation
Interaction between Near-Annual and ENSO Modes in a CGCM Simulation: Role of the Equatorial Background Mean State
Rectification of ENSO Variability by Interdecadal Changes in the Equatorial Background Mean State in a CGCM Simulation
Source of low frequency modulation of ENSO amplitude in a CGCM
Local Coupled Equatorial Variability versus Remote ENSO Forcing in an Intermediate Coupled Model of the Tropical Atlantic
Remote ENSO forcing versus local air-sea interaction in QTCM: a sensitivity study to intraseasonal variability
Seasonal variability of the permanent thermocline off northern Chile
The 1996 equatorial Atlantic warm event: Origin and mechanisms
Mechanisms of tropical Pacific interannual-to-decadal variability in the ARPEGE/ORCA global coupled model
Quasi-decadal and inter-decadal climate fluctuations in the Pacific Ocean from a CGCM
A non-linear statistical downscaling model: El Niño/Southern Oscillation impact on precipitation over New Caledonia
Interannual long equatorial waves in the tropical Atlantic from a high-resolution ocean general circulation model experiment in 1981–2000
RECTIFICATION OF THE ENSO VARIABILITY BY INTERDECADAL CHANGES IN THE EQUATORIAL BACKGROUND MEAN STATE IN A CGCM SIMULATION
SEASONAL AND MESOSCALE VARIABILITY IN THE PERU UPWELLING SYSTEM FROM IN SITU DATA DURING THE YEARS 2000 TO 2004
Vertical structure variability in the equatorial Pacific before and after the Pacific climate shift of the 1970s
Equatorial forcing of interannual Rossby waves in the eastern South Pacific
The deep currents in the Eastern Equatorial Atlantic Ocean
Tropical Pacific baroclinic mode contribution and associated long waves for the 1994–1999 period from an assimilation experiment with altimetric data
Dynamics of seasonal and interannual variability of the Peru-Chile Undercurrent
On the importance of subsurface variability for ENSO simulation and prediction with intermediate coupled models of the Tropical Pacific: A case study for the 1997-1998 El Niño
The characteristic oscillation induced by coupled processes between oceanic vertical modes and atmospheric modes in the tropical Pacific
Equatorial waves and warm pool displacements during the 1992-1998 El Niño Southern Oscillation events: Observation and modeling
Sensitivity of an Intermediate Ocean–Atmosphere Coupled Model of the Tropical Pacific to Its Oceanic Vertical Structure
Using Data and Intermediate Coupled Models for Seasonal-to-Interannual Forecasts
Vertically Propagating Annual and Interannual Variability in an OGCM Simulation of the Tropical Pacific Ocean in 1985–94
Vertical Structure of an OGCM Simulation of the Equatorial Pacific Ocean in 1985–94
On the role of meridional wind anomalies in a coupled model of ENSO
El Niño-La Niña events simulated with the Cane and Zebiak’s model and observed with satellite or in situ data. Part I: Model data comparison
El Niño-La Niña events simulated with the Cane and Zebiak’s model and observed with satellite or in situ data. Part I: Model forced with observations

BookSection (3)

ENSO Oceanic Teleconnections
Land-Sea-Atmosphere interactions exacerbating ocean deoxygenation in Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems (EBUS)
Extreme El Niño events

Review (4)

Ocean Climate Observing Requirements in Support of Climate Research and Climate Information
El Nino-Southern Oscillation complexity
ENSO Atmospheric Teleconnections and Their Response to Greenhouse Gas Forcing
Vertical structure variability in a seasonal simulation of a medium-resolution regional model of the Eastern South Pacific
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Boris DEWITTE

Researcher

Oceanography

CEAZA

La Serena, Chile

12
Marcel Ramos

Associate professor

Departamento de Biología Marina

Universidad Católica del Norte

Coquimbo, Chile

9
Oscar Pizarro

Profesor titular

Departamento de Geofísica

DEPARTAMENTO DE GEOFÍSICA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Concepcion, Chile

8
Katerina Goubanova

Investigador Asociado

CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS

La Serena, Chile

5
Luis Bravo

Académico - Investigador

Biología Marina

Universidad Católica del Norte

Coquimbo, Chile

4
orlando astudillo

Full researcher

Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Áridas (CEAZA)

La Serena, Chile

2
Guillermo Luna

Profesor Titula

Biología Marina

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE / CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA

Coquimbo, Chile

2
Osvaldo Ulloa

Profesor Titular

Oceanografía

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Concepción, Chile

1
Caren Vega

Profesor Asistente

Departamento Ciencias Ecológicas

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
David Veliz

Assistant Professor

Departamento de Ciencias Ecologicas

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Jose Rutllant

Full Professor

Geophysics

Universidad de Chile, Fac. Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas

Santiago, Chile

1
Praxedes Muñoz

Associate professor

Biologia Marina

UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE

Coquimbo, Chile

1
María Valladares

Conservación

Instituto de Políticas Públicas de la Universidad Católica del Norte / Universidad de Cornell

Coquimbo, Chile

1
Hector Sepulveda

Profesor Asociado

Geofisica

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN

Concepción, Chile

1
Gabriel Easton

Full Professor

Geology

University of Chile/ Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Santiago, Chile

1
Aldo Montecinos

Profesor Asociado

Departamento de Geofísica

UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

Concepción, Chile

1
Carlos Gaymer

Profesor Asociado

Biología Marina

UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL NORTE

Coquimbo, Chile

1
René Garreaud

Profesor

DEPARTAMENTO DE GEOFISICA, U. DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Nicolas Ory

Postdoctorate

CEAZA

La Serena, Chile

1
Cristian Martinez

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Engineering and Science

Universidad Adolfo Ibánez

Santiago, Chile