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Antonio Fetter

Education

PhD. in Physical Oceanography with minor in Mathematics, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences. Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 2008.
M.A. in Physical, Chemical & Geological Oceanography, Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 1999.
M.A. in Structures, Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 1992.
B.S. Civil Engineering, Fundação Universidade do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 1991.
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Fundação Universidade do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 1990.

Research Interests

Ocean circulation and dynamics.
Numerical modeling of the ocean circulation.
The dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and its inter-basin connections.

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Scholar, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, (2008-present).
Graduate Research Assistant, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA, (2000-present).

Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, (1996-1999).

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Physics, Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, (1997-1999).
Physics Instructor, Department of Physics, Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, (1996-1997).

Head Engineer, Engenharia Industrial e Representações Ltda, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil., 1993-1995).
Teaching Assistant, Applied Thermodynamics, Department of Physics, Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, (1988).

Selected Awards

Recipient of the ‘Wayne V. Burt Award’ for academic excellence in Physical Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA, 2004.

Selected Publications

Fetter, A. F. H. & R. P. Matano (2008), ‘On the Origins of the Variability of the Malvinas Current in a Global, Eddy-permitting Numerical Simulation’, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113(C14), doi: 10.1029/2008JC004875.
Fetter, A. F. H., J. R. E. Lutjeharms and R. P. Matano (2007), Atmospheric Driving Forces for the Agulhas Current in the Subtropics. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L15605, doi:10.1029/2007GL030200.
Fetter, A. F. H. and R. P. Matano, The Remotely and Locally Wind-forced Variability of the South Atlantic Ocean. Manuscript in preparation.