Biography

Prof. Maria A. F. Silva Dias

Department of Atmospheric Sciences

Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil

Professor (Senior – retired)


Email: maria.silvadias@iag.usp.br


Qualifications

1979 PhD., Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University System, USA
1977 MSc., Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University System, USA
1974 BSc., Applied Mathematics, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil


Publications (Selected)

  1. Negron-Juarez, R., Wehner, M., Dias, M. A. F. S., Ullrich, P., Chambers, J. Q., & Riley, W. J. (2024). Coupled model intercomparison project phase 6 (CMIP6) high resolution model intercomparison project (HighResMIP) bias in extreme rainfall drives underestimation of amazonian precipitation. Environmental Research Communications, 6(9), 091001.
  2. Freitas, S. R., Grell, G. A., Chovert, A. D., Silva Dias, M. A. F., & de Lima Nascimento, E. (2024). A Parameterization for Cloud Organization and Propagation by Evaporation‐Driven Cold Pool Edges. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 16(1), e2023MS003982.
  3. Mantoani, M. C., Emygdio, A. P., Degobbi, C., Sapucci, C. R., Guerra, L. C., Dias, M. A., ... & Gonçalves, F. L. (2023). Rainfall effects on vertical profiles of airborne fungi over a mixed land-use context at the Brazilian Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 331, 109352.
  4. Cecchini, M. A., Heymsfield, A. J., Honeyager, R., Field, P., Machado, L. A., & Dias, M. A. D. S. (2022). Revisiting the hail radar reflectivity–kinetic energy flux relation by combining T-matrix and discrete dipole approximation calculations to size distribution observations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 79(7), 1927-1940.
  5. Artaxo, P., Hansson, H. C., Andreae, M. O., Bäck, J., Alves, E. G., Dias, M. A. F. S., ... & Kesselmeier, J. (2022). Tropical and boreal forest atmosphere interactions: A review. Tellus. Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 74, 24-163.
  6. Correia, A. L., Sena, E. T., Silva Dias, M. A., & Koren, I. (2021). Preconditioning, aerosols, and radiation control the temperature of glaciation in Amazonian clouds. Communications earth & environment, 2(1), 168.
  7. Cecchini, M. A., Silva Dias, M. A., Machado, L. A., Morales Rodriguez, C. A., & Biscaro, T. (2020). Macrophysical and microphysical characteristics of convective rain cells observed during SOS‐CHUVA. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125(13), e2019JD031187.
  8. Carvalho, L. M., & Silva Dias, M. A. (2020). Mesoscale and high-impact weather in the South American monsoon. In The Multiscale Global Monsoon System (pp. 151-160).
  9. Da Rocha, H. R., Cabral, O. M. R., Dias, M. D. S., Ligo, M. A., Elbers, J. A., Freitas, H. C., ... & Brunini, O. (2019). Atmospheric CO2 fluxes and soil respiration measurements over sugarcane in southeast Brazil. In Global Climate Change and Tropical Ecosystems (pp. 405-414). CRC Press.
  10. Santos, M. J., Medvigy, D., Silva Dias, M. A., Freitas, E. D., & Kim, H. (2019). Seasonal flooding causes intensification of the river breeze in the Central Amazon. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(10), 5178-5197.
  11. Sena, E. T., Dias, M. S., Carvalho, L. M. V., & Dias, P. S. (2018). Reduced wet-season length detected by satellite retrievals of cloudiness over Brazilian Amazonia: a new methodology. Journal of Climate, 31(24), 9941-9964.
  12. Machado, L. A., Calheiros, A. J., Biscaro, T., Giangrande, S., Silva Dias, M. A., Cecchini, M. A., ... & Wendisch, M. (2018). Overview: Precipitation characteristics and sensitivities to environmental conditions during GoAmazon2014/5 and ACRIDICON-CHUVA. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18(9), 6461-6482.


Profile Details

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8591-6090

https://www.iag.usp.br/node/54734

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=n1JdnBMAAAAJ&hl=en

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria-Dias

WoS ResearcherID: JXY-4653-2024

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