João Albuquerque

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A long way for a surfer who pretends to be able to sing and happens to have a degree in Computer Science:

I got my BSc and MSc in Computer Science at Federal University of Paraná (UFPR, Curitiba – Brazil). My MSc thesis is an assessment of computer’s memory hierarchy behaviour, based on CPU performance counters on linux machines.

Outside of academia, for a number of years I worked as a linux/Unix support analyst as well as a system analyst, building software tools and designing project’s solutions for SIMEPAR Technological Institute, a meteorological research centre in Curitiba. The interest in a PhD sparked after I started lecturing at Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR) and UFPR universities.

Under Giovanni Coco's supervision, I've done my PhD research on offshore and near-shore wave climate projections for the 21st century, the New Zealand area in particular. I am absolutely passionate about this work and happy to share the project outcome with the wave community, improving our understanding of the future wave climate of New Zealand.

After the PhD journey, I started to work for MetOcean Solutions. My main activities are investigating infra-gravity wave penetration on ports, analysing potential changes in the local wave climate (or surf-breaks) caused by changes in nearby port structures, plus all kinds of statistical analyses.

So far this has been a great experience, and I look forward to whatever comes next.

First author / Presenter

• Albuquerque, J., Antolínez, J. A. A., Méndez, F. J., & Coco, G. (2020). On the projected changes in New Zealand's wave climate and its main drivers [submitted].

• Albuquerque, J., Antolínez, J. A. A., Gorman, R. M., Méndez, F. J., & Coco, G. (2021). Seas and swells throughout New Zealand: a new partitioned hindcast. Ocean Modelling, 168, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2021.101897.

•  Albuquerque, J., Cagigal, L. & Coco, G. (2020). Storm surge and wave climate projections (2020-2100) for Aotearoa New Zealand [webinar]. New Zealand Coastal Society Webinar Series 2020. Auckland, Auckland

•  Albuquerque, J., Antolínez, J. A. A., Gorman, R., Méndez, F. J., & Coco, G. (2019). The past and future wave climate of New Zealand: from hindcasts to projections [presentation]. New Zealand Coastal Society annual conference. Invercargill, Murihiku.

• Albuquerque, J., Antolínez, J. A. A., Rueda, A., Méndez, F. J., & Coco, G. (2018). On the development of a calibrated wave hindcast for New Zealand [poster os31e-1849]. AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, DC.
   
• Albuquerque, J., Antolínez, J. A. A., Rueda A., Méndez, J. F. and Coco, G. (2018) Directional correction of modeled sea and swell wave heights using satellite altimeter data. Ocean Modelling, 131, doi: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2018.09.001
   
• Albuquerque, J., Antolínez, J. A. A., Rueda, A., Méndez, F. J., & Coco, G. (2017). A method for sea and swell wave heights correction based on satellite measurements: application and assessments in the New Zealand area [presentation]. Third Australian wind wave symposium. Perth, Western Australia.  
   

Co-author

• W. Saidelles, C., S. Ramos, M., Farina, L., L. Nicolodi, J., Albuquerque, J., J. Méndez, F, (2022). Directional correction of ERA5 and CAWCR wave spectrum partitions in the Southeast Brazil. Ocean Engineering, 265, doi: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.112475 

• Greenslade, D., Hemer, M., Babanin, A., Lowe, R., Turner, I., Power, H., Young, I., Ierodiaconou, D., Hibbert, G., Williams, G., Aijaz, S., Albuquerque, J., Allen, S., Banner, M., Branson, P., Buchan, S., Burton, A., Bye, J., Cartwright, N., Chabchoub, A., Colberg, F., Contardo, S., dufois, f., Earl-Spurr, C., Elliott, G., Farr, D., Flynn, J., Goodwin, I., Gunson, J., Hansen, J., Hanslow, D., Harley, M., Hetzel, Y., Hoeke, R., Jones, N., Kinsela, M., Liu, Q., Makarynskyy, O., Marcollo, H., Mazaheri, S., McConochie, J., Millar, G., Moltmann, T., Moodie, N., Morim, J., Morison, R., Orszaghova, J., Pattiaratchi, C., Pomeroy, A., Proctor, R., Provis, D., Reef, R., Rijnsdorp, D., Rutherford, M., Schulz, E., Shayer, J., Splinter, K., Steinberg, C., Strauss, D., Stuart, G., Symonds, G., Tarbath, K., Taylor, P., Taylor, D., Taylor, J., Thotagamuwage, D., Toffoli, A., Valizadeh, A., van Hazel, J., Vieira da Silva, G., Wandres, M., Whittaker, C., Williams, D., Winter, G., Xu, J., Zed, M., Zhong, A., & Zieger, S.(2020). Priorities for Wind-Waves Research. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101(6), 505-507. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0262.A

• Cid, A., Albuquerque, J., Erikson, L., Coco, G., & Mendez, F. J. (2019). Hybrid Downscaling methodology for high-resolution 21 century wave projections: A case study at New Zealand [presentation]. 2nd International Workshop on Waves, Storm Surges and Coastal Hazards. Melbourne, Victoria.

• Greenslade, D., Hemer, M., Babanin, A., Lowe, R., Turner, I., Power, H., Young, I., Ierodiaconou, D., Hibbert, G., Williams, G., Aijaz, S., Albuquerque, J., Allen, S., Banner, M., Branson, P., Buchan, S., Burton, A., Bye, J., Cartwright, N., Chabchoub, A., Colberg, F., Contardo, S., dufois, f., Earl-Spurr, C., Elliott, G., Farr, D., Flynn, J., Goodwin, I., Gunson, J., Hansen, J., Hanslow, D., Harley, M., Hetzel, Y., Hoeke, R., Jones, N., Kinsela, M., Liu, Q., Makarynskyy, O., Marcollo, H., Mazaheri, S., McConochie, J., Millar, G., Moltmann, T., Moodie, N., Morim, J., Morison, R., Orszaghova, J., Pattiaratchi, C., Pomeroy, A., Proctor, R., Provis, D., Reef, R., Rijnsdorp, D., Rutherford, M., Schulz, E., Shayer, J., Splinter, K., Steinberg, C., Strauss, D., Stuart, G., Symonds, G., Tarbath, K., Taylor, P., Taylor, D., Taylor, J., Thotagamuwage, D., Toffoli, A., Valizadeh, A., van Hazel, J., Vieira da Silva, G., Wandres, M., Whittaker, C., Williams, D., Winter, G., Xu, J., Zed, M., Zhong, A., & Zieger, S. (2019). 15 priorities for wind-waves research: An australian perspective. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society , 101(4), E446-E461. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0262.1

• Rueda, A., Cagigal, L., Antolínez, J. A. A., Albuquerque, J. C., Castanedo, S., Coco, G., & Méndez, F. J. (2019). Marine climate variability based on weather patterns for a complicated island setting: The New Zealand case. International Journal of Climatology, 39 , 1777-1786. doi: 10.1002/joc.5912.

• Rueda, A., Cagigal, L., Antolínez, J. A. A., Coco, G., Albuquerque, J., & Méndez, F. J. (2017). New Zealand wave climate variability based on weather patterns [presentation]. 1st International Workshop on Waves, Storm Surges, and Coastal Hazards. Liverpool, UK.

• Méndez, F. J., Rueda, A., Barnard, P., Mori, N., Nakajo, S., & João, A. (2016). Interannual variability of the frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones striking the California coast [poster a13e-0324]. AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California.