2025

CLAUDINO, C. M.A. ; BERTRAND, G. F. ; NÓBREGA, R. L. B. et al. ESTIMET: Enhanced and Spatial-Temporal Improvement of MODIS EvapoTranspiration algorithm for all sky conditions in tropical biomes. REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 325, 114771.

MENDES, K. R.; OLIVEIRA, P. E. S.; LIMA, J. R. S. et.al . The caatinga dry tropical forest: A highly efficient carbon sink in South America. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY, 369: 110573.

DE OLIVEIRA-JÚNIOR, J. F.; MENDES, D.; PORTO H. D. et al. Analysis of drought and extreme precipitation events in Thailand: trends, climate modeling, and implications for climate change adaptation. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 15: 4501.

2024

ALVES, M. P. ; SILVA, R. B. C. ; SANTOS E SILVA, C. M. S. et al. Carbon and Energy Balance in a Primary Amazonian Forest and Its Relationship with Remote Sensing Estimates. REMOTE SENSING, 16: 3606.

SILVA, H. J. F. ; GONÇALVES, W. A. ; BEZERRA, B. G. et al. Analysis of environmental variables and deforestation in the amazon using logistical regression models. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT. 196: 911. 

SANTOS E SILVA, C. M.; RODRIGUES, D.T.; MEDEIROS, F. et al Diurnal cycle of precipitation in Brazil. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY. 155: 1-16 

SANTOS E SILVA, C. M. ; BEZERRA, B. G. ; MENDES, K. R. et al. Rainfall and rain pulse role on energy, water vapor and CO2 exchanges in a tropical semiarid environment. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY. 345: 109829. 

SILVA, I. W. H.; MARQUES, T. V.; URBANO, S. A. et al.  Meteorological and biophysical controls of evapotranspiration in tropical grazed pasture under rainfed conditions. AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT. 299: 108884.

BATISTA, F. F.; RODRIGUES, D. T.; SANTOS E SILVA, C. M. Analysis of climatic extremes in the Parnaíba River Basin, Northeast Brazil, using GPM IMERG-V6 products. WEATHER AND CLIMATE EXTREMES. 43: 100646.

SANTOS, A. L. M.; GONÇALVES, W. A.; ANDRADE, L. M. B. et al. Space-Time Characterization of Extreme Precipitation Indices for the Semiarid Region of Brazil. CLIMATE. 12: 43.

LIMA, G. C.; RODRIGUES, D. T.; SANTOS E SILVA, C. M. et al. Evolution of wind speed observed in between 1961 and 2020. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY. 44: 1932-1954.

NASCIMENTO, M. B.; Silva, I. W. H.; SANTOS E SILVA, C.M.  Nornais Climatológicas da Precipitação Pluviométrica nos Município de João Pessoa e Campina Grande, Estado da Paraíba, entre 1981 a 2020. Revista Geonorte. 5(50): 91-110

OLIVEIRA-JÚNIOR, J. F.; MENDES, D.; SZABO, S. et al. Impact of the El Niño on Fire Dynamics on the African Continent. EARTH SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT. 8: 45–61.

KRÜGER, E.; GOBO, J. P. A.; TEJAS, G. T.; SILVA DE SOUZA, R. M. et al. The impact of urbanization on heat stress in Brazil: A multi-city study. URBAN CLIMATE. 53: 101827.

FERREIRA-NETO, J. A.; MENDES, D.; GONÇALVES, W. A. et al. Temporal evolution of hurricane activity: insights from decades of category 1-5 analysis. ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES. 3: 202. 

PERES, L. V.; PINHEIRO, D. K.; BENCHERIF, H. et al. Observations, Remote Sensing, and Model Simulation to Analyze Southern Brazil Antarctic Ozone Hole Influence. REMOTE SENSING. 16: 2017.

CINTRA, M. M.; SILVA-CAVALCANTI, J. S.; ARAÚJO, M. C. et al. Sudden arrival of marine litter on the northeastern coast of Brazil: physical forcings and associated transport. REGIONAL STUDIES IN MARINE SCIENCE. 71: 1033821.

2023

SOUSA SANTOS, J.; OLIVEIRA-JÚNIOR, J. F.; SILVA COSTA, . et al. Effects of extreme phases of El Niño-Southern Oscillation on rainfall extremes in Alagoas, Brazil. International Journal of Climatology. 43: 7700-7721.

MENDONÇA SILVA, I.; MEDEIROS, D. M.; MENDES, D.; MESQUITA, M. D. S. Intraseasonal and interannual mechanisms of summer rainfall over Northeast Brazil using a hidden Markov model. Climate Dynamics.  61: 5805–5826. 

MENDES, K. R.; MARQUES, A. M. S.; MUTTI, P. R. et al. Interannual Variability of Energy and CO2 Exchanges in a Remnant Area of the Caatinga Biome under Extreme Rainfall Conditions. SUSTAINABILITY. 15: 10085.

SILVA, M. L.; OLIVEIRA, C. P.; SANTOS E SILVA, C. M.et al. Dynamic downscaling of climate simulations and projected changes in tropical South America using RegCM4.7. International Journal of Climatology. 43: 3391-3415.

ALESSANDRO E. D.; POZZOBON, O. C.; ACEVEDO, F. S.et al. Observed Budgets of Tublence Kinetic Energy, Heat Flux and Temperaturae Variance Under Convective and Stable Conditions. Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 187: 619-642.

MORALES, F. E. C.; RODRIGUES, D. T.; MARQUES, T. V. et al. Spatiotemporal Analysis of Extreme Rainfall Frequency in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Atmosphere 14(3): 531.

VALE, T. M. C.; SPYRIDES, M. H. C.; CABRAL JÚNIOR, J. B. et al.Climate and water balance influence on agricultural productivity over the Northeast Brazil. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY. 154: 1-22. 

2022

LIMA, F. V. M. S.; GONÇALVES, R. M.; MONTECINO, H. D. et al. Multi-sensor geodetic observations for drought characterization in the Northeast Atlantic Eastern Hydrographic Region, Brazil. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. 846: 157426. 

MENDONÇA DA SILVA, I.; MEDEIROS, D. M.; SAKAMOTO, M. S. et al. Evaluating homogeneity and trends in extreme daily precipitation indices in a semiarid region of Brazil. Frontiers in Earth Science. 10: 1071128.

DOS REIS, J. S.; GONCALVES, W.A.; SOUZA, D. O.; MENDES, D. Evaluation of Atmospheric Features in Natural Disasters due Frontal Systems over Southern Brazil. ATMOSPHERE. 13(11): 1886.

MONTEIRO, L. S.; OLIVEIRA-JÚNIOR, J. F.; GHAFFAR, B. Rainfall in the Urban Area and Its Impact on Climatology and Population Growth. ATMOSPHERE. 13(10): 1610.

MENDES, K. R.; BATISTA-SILVA, W.; DIAS-PEREIRA, J. et al. Leaf plasticity across wet and dry seasons in Croton blanchetianus (Euphorbiaceae) at a tropical dry forest. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 12: 954.

MORTARINI, L. ;  DIAS-JÚNIOR, C. Q. ; ACEVEDO, O. et al. Vertical propagation of submeso and coherent structure in a tall and dense amazon forest in different stability conditions. PART II: Coherent structures analysis. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY. 322: 108993.

CAVA, D. ;  DIAS-JÚNIOR, C. Q. ; ACEVEDO, O. et al. Vertical propagation of submeso and coherent structure in a tall and dense Amazon Forest in different stability conditions PART I: Flow structure within and above the roughness sublayers. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY. 322: 108993.

BRITO NETO, F. A, ;  MENDES, D. ; SPYRIDES, M. H. C. Analysis of extreme wind events in the Weddell Sea region (Antarctica) at Belgrano II Station. JOURNAL OF SOUTH AMERICN EARTH SCIENCES. 322: 108993.

OLIVEIRA-JÚNIOR, J. F. ;  SHAH, M. ; ABBAS, A. et al. Spatiotemporal Analysis of Fire Foci and Environmental Degradation in the Biomes of Northeastern Brazil. SUSYENTAINABILITY. 14(11): 6935.

TENÓRIO, R. B. A. ;  FERNADEZ, J. H. ; MENDES, D. ; SILVA, J. P . Estimação da Cobertura de Gelo Marinho nos Mares Antárticos de Weddell, Belingshausen e Amundsen com Redes Neurais Artificiais. ANUÁRIO DO INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS. 45: 1-17.

MENDES, D. ;  OLIVEIRA-JÚNIOR, J. F. ; MENDES, M. C. D. ; CORREIA FILHO, W. L . Simple hurricane model: asymmetry and dynamics. CLIMATE DYNAMICS. 60: 1467-1480.

CINTRA, M. M.; LENTINI, C. A. D.; SERVAIN, J. et al. Causes and Processes of two Opposite Climatic Years in the Tropical Atlantic Warm Pools. DYNAMICS OF ATMOSPHERES AND OCEANS.100: 101337.

MUTTI, P. R. ; DUBREUIL, V.; BEZERRA, B. G. et al. Long-term meteorological drought characterization in the São Francisco watershed, Brazil: a climatic water balance approach. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY. 42: 8162-8183

PINHEIRO, M. E. O. ; DE OLIVEIRA, P. E. S. ; ACEVEDO, O. C. Wind-Speed Controls on Scalar Gradients, Fluxes, and Cospectra in the Stable Boundary Layer. BOUNDARY-LAYER METEOROLOGY. 183: 79-96

COSTA, G. B. ; SANTOS E SILVA, C. M. ; MENDES, K. R. WUE and CO2 Estimations by Eddy Covariance and Remote Sensing in Different Tropical Biomes. REMOTE SENSING. 14: 3241.

MENDES, M. C. D.; DA SILVA ARAGÃO, M. R.; MENDES, D. et al. Synoptic–dynamic indicators associated with blocking events over the Southeastern Pacific and South Atlantic oceans. CLIMATE DYNAMICS. 60: 2285-2301.

BEZERRA, B. G.; SANTOS E SILVA, C. M.; MENDES, K. R. et al. CO2 exchanges and evapotranspiration of a grazed pasture under tropical climate conditions. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY. 323: 109088

COSTA, G. B. ; MENDES, K. R. ; VIANA, L. B. et al.  Seasonal Ecosystem Productivity in a Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest (Caatinga) Using Flux Tower Measurements and Remote Sensing Data. REMOTE SENSING. 14: 3955

COSTA, G. B. ; MENDES, K. R. ; VIANA, L. B. et al.  Seasonal Ecosystem Productivity in a Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest (Caatinga) Using Flux Tower Measurements and Remote Sensing Data. REMOTE SENSING. 14: 3955

GOBO, J. P. A.; WOLLMANN, C. A.; CELUPPI, M. C. et al. The bioclimate present and future in state of São Paulo/Brazil: Space-time analysis of human thermal comfort. SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY. 78: 103611

2021

ABREU, L. P.; GONÇALVES, W. A.; MATTOS, E. V. et al. Clouds’ Microphysical Properties and Their Relationship with Lightning Activity in Northeast Brazil. REMOTE SENSING. 13,(21): 4491. 

MALBONI, C.; BREMM, T.; AGUIAR, L. J. G. et al. The fallow period plays an inmportant role in annual CH4 emission in a Rice paddy in southern Brazil. SUSTAINABILITY. 13,(20): 11336. 

OLIVEIRA-JÚNIOR, J. F.; CORREIA FILHO, W. L. F.; MONTEIRO, L. S. et al. Urban rainfall in the Capitals of Brazil: Variability, trend, and wavelet analysis. ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH. 267: 105984. 

DUTRA, F. R. L. S; VITAL, H.; MENDES, D. et al. Extremos climáticos de precipitação no delta do Piauí. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT RESEACH. 11 (03): 45744-45751. 

DOS REIS, J. S.; GONÇALVES, W. A.; MENDES, D. et al. Climatology of the dynamic and thermodynamic features of upper tropospheric cyclonic vortices in Northeast Brasil. CLIMATE DYNAMICS. 57: 3413-3431. 

OLIVEIRA-JÚNIOR, J. F.; MENDES, D.; CORREIA FILHO, W. L. F. et al. Fire foci in South America: impact and causes, fire hazards and future scenarios. JOURNAL OF SOUTH AMERICAN EARTH SCIENCES. 112: 103623. 

VILLAVICENCIO, L. M. M.; MENDES, D.; SILVA, G. A. M. et al. Snow cover area analysis and its relation with the temperature in sibinacocha lake watershed, Peru, during 1984-2019 using landsat and ERA5 data. REMOTE SENSING LETTERS. 12(4): 353-363. 

ACEVEDO, O. C.; COSTA, F. D.; CARVALHO, A. D. et al. External controls on the transition between stable boundary-layer turbulence regimes. QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. 147, 737: 2335-2351. 

ACEVEDO, O. C.; COSTA, F. D.; CARVALHO, A. D. et al. Detecção e atribuições das anomalias dos índices de extresmo de chuva e tempertaturas máximas e mínimas diárias sobre o litoral de São Paulo/Brasil. RESVISTA BRASILEIRA DE GEOGRAFIA FÍSICA. 14, 5: 3008-3043. 

MARTINS, L. G. N; ACEVEDO, O. C.; PUHALES, F. S. et al. Vertical profiles of turbulence parameters in thermal internal boundary layer. BOUNDARY-LAYER METEOROLOGY. 179: 423-446. 

DA SILVA, P. E.; SPYRIDES, M. H. C.; ANDRADE, L. de M. B. et al. An epidemiological index for drought vulnerability in the Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY. 65: 325–335. 

MENDES, K.; CAMPOS, S.; MUTTI, P. R. et al. Assessment of SITE for CO2 and Energy Fluxes Simulations in a Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest (Caatinga Ecosystem). FORESTS. 12: 86.

FERREIRA, R. R.; SANTOS E SILVA, C. M.; BEZERRA, B. et al. A brief evaluation of the MOD17A2H product over a pasture in northeast Brazil. REMOTE SENSING LETTERS. 12: 50-57.

RODRIGUES, D.; SANTOS E SILVA, C. M.; REIS, J. S. et al. Evaluation of the Integrated Multi-SatellitE Retrievals for the Global Precipitation Measurement (IMERG) Product in the São Francisco Basin (Brazil). WATER. 13: 2714.

SILVA, A. C.; MENDES, K. R.; SANTOS E SILVA, C. M. et al. Energy Balance, CO2 Balance, and Meteorological Aspects of Desertification Hotspots in Northeast Brazil. WATER. 13: 2962

MELO, D. C. D.; ANACHE, J. A. A.; BORGES, V. P. et al.  Are Remote Sensing Evapotranspiration Models Reliable Across South American Ecoregions? WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH. 57: e2020WR028752.

SOUZA, A. M. ; SANTOS E SILVA, C. M.; BEZERRA, B. G. Caatinga Albedo Preserved and Replaced by Pasture in Northeast Brazil. ATMOSPHERE. 12: 1622.

2020

TUCHTENHAGEN, P.; CARVALHO, G. G. de; MARTINS, G. et al. WRF model assessment for wind intensity and power densit simulation in the southern coast of Brazil. ENERGY. 190: 116341.

SANTOS, C. A. C. ; MARIANO, D. A.; CHAGAS A. N. et al. Spatio-temporal patterns of energy exchange and evapotranspiration during an intense drought for drylands in Brazil. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION. 85: 101982.

MUTTI, P. R. ; LÚCIO, P. S. ; DUBREUIL, V. et al.  NDVI time series stochastic models for the forecast of vegetation dynamics over desertification hotspots. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING. 41: 2759-2788

MARQUES, T. V. ; MENDES, K.; MUTTI, P. et al. Environmental and biophysical controls of evapotranspiration from Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests (Caatinga) in the Brazilian Semiarid. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY. 287: 107957

MENDES, K, R.; CAMPOS, S.; SILVA, L. L. et al. Seasonal variation in net ecosystem CO2 exchange of a Brazilian seasonally dry tropical forest. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 10: 9454.

BORGES, C. K. ; SANTOS, C. A. C. ; CARNEIRO, R. G. et al. Seasonal variation of surface radiation and energy balances over two contrasting areas of the seasonally dry tropical forest (Caatinga) in the Brazilian semi-arid. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT. 192: 524

REIS, L. C. ; SANTOS E SILVA, C. M.; BEZERRA, B. G. et al. Analysis of Climate Extreme Indices in the MATOPIBA Region, Brazil. PURE AND APPLIED GEOPHYSICS. 177: 4457-4478.

REIS, L. C. ; SANTOS E SILVA, C. M. ; BEZERRA, B. G. et al. Influence of Climate Variability on Soybean Yield in MATOPIBA, Brazil. ATMOSPHERE. 11: 1130.

MUTTI, P. R. ; DUBREUIL, V. ; BEZERRA, B. G. et al. Assessment of Gridded CRU TS Data for Long-Term ClimaticWater Balance Monitoring over the São Francisco Watershed, Brazil. ATMOSPHERE. 11: 1207.

MARINHO, K. F. S. ; ANDRADE, L. ; SYPIRIDES, M. H. C. et al. Climate Profiles in Brazilian Microregions. ATMOSPHERE. 11: 1217.

VALE, T. M. C.; SPYRIDES, M. H. C.; ANDRADE, L. M. B. et al. Subsistence Agriculture Productivity and Climate Extreme Events. ATMOSPHERE. 11: 1287.

FERREIRA, R.; MUTTI, P. R.; MENDES, K. R. et al. An assessment of the MOD17A2 gross primary production product in the Caatinga biome, Brazil. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING. 42: 1275-1291.

2019

OLIVEIRA, E. D.; FERNANDEZ, J.H.; MENDES, D. Validação de um modelo climático simplificado adaptado para simular os efeitos do aumento da concentração de CO2 associados à teoria dos raios cósmicos galácticos. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE GEOGRAFIA FÍSICA. 12:768

PERES, L.V.; PINHEIRO, D. K.; STEFFENNEL, L. A. et al. Monitoramento de Longo Prazo e Climatologia de Campos Estratosféricos quando da Ocorrência dos Eventos de Influência do Buraco de Ozônio Antártico sobre o Sul do Brasil. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE METEOROLOGIA. 34: 151-163.

COSTA, M. S.; LIMA, K. C. ; GONÇALVES, W. A. et al. Mesoscale Conevctive Sytems Associated to Extreme Rainfall Events on Brazil Northeast Semiarid. ANUÁRIO DO INSTITUTO DE GEOCIÊNCIAS. 42: 317-328

RODRIGUES, D. T. ; GONÇALVES, W. A.; SPYRIDES, M. H. C.; SANTOS E SILVA, C. M. Spatial and temporal assessment of the extreme and daily precipitation of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite in Northeast Brazil. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING. 40: 1-24.

MUTTI, P. R.;  ABREU, L. P.; ANDRADE, L.M.B. et al. A detailed framework for the characterization of rainfall climatology in semiarid watersheds. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY. 139: 109-125.

BEZERRA, B. G.; SILVA, L. L. ; SANTOS E SILVA, C. M. et al. Changes of precipitation extremes indices in São Francisco River Basin, Brazil from 1947 to 2012. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY. 135: 565-576.

CABRAL JÚNIOR, J. B.; SANTOS E SILVA, C. M. ; ALMEIDA, H. A. et al. Detecting linear trend of reference evapotranspiration in irrigated farming areas in Brazils semiarid region. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY. 138: 215-225.

CAMPOS, S.; MENDES, K. R. ; SILVA, L. L. et al. Closure and partitioning of the energy balance in a preserved area of a Brazilian seasonally dry tropical forest. AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY. 271: 398-412.

DA SILVA, H. J. F. ; GONÇALVES, W. A.; BEZERRA, B. G. Comparative analyzes and use of evapotranspiration obtained through remote sensing to identify deforested areas in the Amazon. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION. 78: 163-174.

MUTTI, P. R. ; SILVA, L, L. ; MEDEIROS, S. S. et al. Basin scale rainfall-evapotranspiration dynamics in a tropical semiarid environment during dry and wet years. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION. 75: 29-43.