Inverse modeling activities in oceanography have recently been intensified, aided by the oncoming observational data stream of WOCE and the advance of computer power. However, interpretations of inverse model results from climatological hydrographic data are far from simple. This thesis examines the behavior of an inverse model in the WOCE CME (Community Modeling Effort) results where the physi...

Due to waterway transport efficiency, mainly for commercial trades, the use of sea/river routes has grown recently. So, importance producing high quality nautical charts stands out. A chart is hydrographic survey final product and its accuracy depends on data collected, primarily vertical (depth). In this sense, despite theoretical practical difficulty in obtaining homologous points surveys, ev...

ii Acknowledgements I would like to thank the following people and organizations for their assistance and support of this research: my adviser, Shengru Tu, as well as my committee members Tamjidul Hoque and Vassil Roussev. for the opportunity of this work. As well as my friends and family for their continuous encouragement.

Ocean (T, S) data analysis/assimilation, conducted in the three-dimensional physical space, is a generalized average of purely observed data (data analysis) or of modeled/observed data (data assimilation). Because of the high nonlinearity of the equation of the state of the seawater and nonuniform vertical distribution of the observational profile data, false static instability may be generated...

This article presents an analysis of the process of industrialization and urbanization of the Sinos Valley in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, starting from the establishment of leather goods and footwear manufacturing in the region during the 19th century when tanneries and factories producing footwear and/or components for footwear began to appear, and with special attention to aspects relate...

The Greenland Sea intermediate waters transported via the Jan Mayen Channel (JMCh) are a significant source for Iceland-Scotland Overflow Water. Based on hydrographic data collected by Norway-China survey in 2015 and Argo floats, we classify water masses of outflow then reveal their distributions Norwegian Sea. Atlantic-origin produced density increase during winter northern was an important co...