Woods Hole Research Center

Postdoctoral Fellow
Woods Hole Research Center
149 Woods Hole Road
Falmouth, MA 02540-1644

Phone:

508-444-1537

Fax:

508-444-1837

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Education

2005 – Ph.D. Atmospheric Science, University of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Dissertation: ‘Aerosol optical properties and a new methodology to retrieval of the optical thickness using satellite over São Paulo’

1999 - M.S. Atmospheric Science, University of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Dissertation: ‘Aerosol source apportinment in the urban area of São Paulo , Brazil.’

1996 - B.S. Physics, University of Sao Paulo (Brazil)

1993 - Production Engineering, Universidade Paulista (Brazil)

Professional Experience

• 2010-present: Postdoctoral Fellow, Woods Hole Research Center
• 2005-2008: Postdoctoral Fellow, EAPS- MIT

Research Interests

Interaction between atmosphere and vegetation due to land use change and climate change.
Tropical forest and cerrado environments.
Numerical Modeling and field data analises.

Selected publications

(2009) Martins, J. V., P. Artaxo, Y. J. Kaufman, A. D. Castanho, And L. A. Remer. Spectral absorption properties of aerosol particles from 350–2500nm. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L13810, doi:10.1029/2009GL037435.

(2008) Castanho, A. D. A., V. Martins, P. Artaxo. MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth Retrievals with high spatial resolution over an Urban Area using the Critical Reflectance, Journal of Geophysical Research,113, D02201,doi:10.1029/2007JD008751.

(2007) Castanho, A. D. A., R. Prinn, V. Martins, M. Herold, C. Ichoku, L. T. Molina. Analysis of Visible/SWIR surface reflectance ratios for aerosol retrievals from satellite in Mexico City urban area. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7, p. 5467-5477.

(2006) Correia, A.L.; Castanho, A.D.A.; Martins, J.V.; Longo, K.M.; Yamasoe, M.A.; Artaxo, P. INFERÊNCIA DE AEROSSÓIS. IN: RUDORFF, B.F.T.; SHIMABUKURO, Y.E.; CEBALLOS, J.C. (Org.) O Sensor MODIS e suas Aplicações Ambientais no Brasil. São José dos Campos: Bookimage, ISBN 85-8739329-4, p.297-314 (book chapter).

(2005) Castanho, A.D.A., J.V. Martins, P.V. Hobbs, P. Artaxo, L. Remer , M.A. Yamasoe. Chemical characterization of aerosols on the East Coast of the United States using aircraft and ground based stations during the CLAMS Experiment. Journal of Atmospheric Science, vol. 62, No. 4, p. 934-946.

(2005)Papayannis, A. , D. Balis, V. Amiridis, G. Chourdakis, G. Tsaknakis, C. Zerefos, A. D. A. Castanho, S. Nickovic, S. Kazadzis, AND J. Grabowski. Measurements of Saharan dust aerosols over the Eastern Mediterranean using elastic backscatter-Raman lidar, spectrophotometric and satellite observations in the frame of the EARLINET project. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics., vol. 5, p. 2065–2079.

(2005) Landulfo, E., A. Papayannis, A. Z. De Freitas, N. D. Viera Junior, R. F. Souza, A. D. A. Castanho, P. Artaxo, O. R. S'Anchez-Ccoyllo, D. S. Moreira AND M. P. M. P. Jorge. Tropospheric aerosol observations in Sao Paulo, Brazil using a compact lidar system. International Journal of Remote Sensing, vol. 26, no. 13, p. 2797–2816.

(2003) Landulfo, E., A. Papayannis, P. Artaxo, A. D. A. Castanho, A. Z. De Freitas, R. F. Souza, N. D. Viera Junior, M. P. M. P. Jorge, O. R. S'Anchez-Ccoyllo, E D. S. Moreira. Synergetic measurements of aerosols over São Paulo, Brazil using LIDAR,sunphotometer and satellite data during the dry season. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, vol. 3, p. 1523-1539.

(2002) Castanho, A.D.A., M.A.F.S Dias, R. Camargo, P. S. Dias, P. Artaxo. A case study of a blocking system and its influence over the increase of the air pollution in the metropolitan área of São Paulo. In: XII Congresso Brasileiro de Meteorologia, Foz do Iguaçu, vol. 1, p. 1558-1568.

(2001) Castanho, A.D.A, Artaxo, P. São Paulo Aerosol Source Apportionment for Wintertime and Summertime. Atmospheric Environment,vol 35, p. 4889 – 4902.

(1999) Artaxo, P., Castanho, A.D.A., Yamasoe, M.A., Martins, J.V., Longo, K.M. Analysis of atmospheric aerosols by PIXE: the importance of real time and complementary measurements. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research – NIMB,B150, p.312-321.

(1998) Artaxo, P., Fernandes, T.E., Martins, J.V., Yamasoe, M.A., HOBBS, P.V., Maenhaut, W., Longo, K.M., Castanho, A.D.A. Large Scale Aerosol Source Apportionment in Amazonia. Journal of Geophysical Research - Climate and Physics of the atmosphere. vol.103, No. D24, p.31,837- 31,847.

(1998) Artaxo, P., Castanho, A.D.A. Aerosol concentrations and source apportionment in the urban area of São Paulo, Brazil. IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency, Technical Documents Series, February 1998.