2015 - Ph. D. in Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa
2007 - Master in Physical Oceanography, University of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
2004 - Degree in Oceanology, Federal University of Rio Grande (Brazil)
Research Interests
Ocean turbulence and internal gravity waves.
Scale interactions in ocean processes.
Observational and model data analysis.
Coupled ocean-atmosphere interactions.
Salinity variability.
Biological and physical interactions.
Numerical modeling
Scientific Work Experience
Postdoctoral Fellow, IPRC/SOEST, University of Hawaii at Manoa, February 2015-present
Refereed Publications
Soares, S.M., K.J. Richards, F.O. Bryan, and K. Yoneyama, 2019: On the Seasonal Cycle of the Tropical South Indian Ocean. Part I: Mixed Layer Heat and Salt Budgets. J. Climate, 32 (6), 1951-1972, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0036.1. IPRC-1358.
Soares, S.M., A. Natarov, and K.J. Richards, 2016: Internal swells in the tropics: Near-inertial wave energy fluxes and dissipation during CINDY. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 121 (5), 3297-3324, doi:10.1002/2015JC011600. IPRC-1200.
Richards, K.J., A. Natarov, E. Firing, Y. Kashino, S.M. Soares, M. Ishizu, G.S. Carter, J.H. Lee, and K.I. Chang, 2015: Shear-generated turbulence in the equatorial Pacific produced by small vertical scale flow features. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 120 (5), 3777-3791, doi:10.1002/2014JC010673. IPRC-1124.
Soares, S.M., and K.J. Richards, 2013: Radiation of inertial kinetic energy as near-inertial waves forced by tropical Pacific Easterly Waves. Geophys. Res. Lett., 40 (9), 1760-1765, doi:10.1002/grl.50387. IPRC-964.