Brazil - Geotraces

LA REPORT 2014-2015
Vanessa Hatje
GEOTRACES SSC Meeting (Vancouver - July, 2015)
On going activities
1. R/V Atlântico Sul has a new clean sampling system
January, 2015 - Deep sea test cruise
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1 good transect, then...
Bad weather + lack of
experience...long way to go
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Real cruise: January, 2016
INCT MAR-COI (CNPQ) + LEMAR:
Geotraces trial study within the Brazil-Malvinas convergence
F. Niencheski, L. Contreira, G. Sarthou & H. Planquete
- Intercalibration of the new
Brazilian sampling system
Nutrients, Fe, POC, PN, 234Th,
238U, 223, 224, 226, 288Ra, 222Rn,
REE
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On going activities
2. R/V Vital de Oliveira is cruising to Brazil!!!
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78 m
50 scientists
5 labs
60 days at sea
On going activities
GOALS: ocean-atmosphere interactions occurring inside
and outside eddies, together with the physical, chemical and
biological processes in the ocean water column
On going activities
Meeting with Navy + Ministry of Science and Technology
- clean van
- clean sampling system
Good news: great access to Ministry + CNPq
Bad news: $$$$$ crises
Next meeting, after arrival of the ship, with the Ship
Management Committee of the ship…sell our GEOTRACES
demands
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On going activities
3. GEOTRACES Brazil WK, Santos – March, 2015
UFF(Rio de Janeiro),UFBA (Bahia), USP (São Paulo),PUC
(Rio de Janeiro), UFPR (Paraná), FURG (Rio Grande do
Sul), UENF (Rio de Janeiro)
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Discussion on the infrastructure demands, training and
tools to implement the study of TEIs;
ii.  GEOTRACES BRAZIL collaboration network;
iii.  Identify opportunities for technology transfer, training
(ICP-MS) and international collaborations
On going activities
4. Collaborative Project Brazil-Argentina
SGD Influence and Atmospheric Contribution in Marine
Biogeochemical Cycles. Comparative Study Between
Cabo Frio Upwelling (Brazil) And Chubut River Estuary
(Patagonia, Argentina).
IPs: Emmanoel V Filho, Luis F H Niencheski, José
Luis Esteves. Funded by CAPES/MINCYT (BrazilArgentina).
Ra, Rd, Fe and nutrients
On going activities
5. Two FONDECYT (CHILE) project for 2015-2018:
-  coastal cruises at 50°S (off Patagonia)
-  30°S (upwelling area)
Fe and ligands
Rodrigo Torres (PI), José Luis Iriarte and Peter Croot
6. South Atlantic Cooperation in Marine Sciences (South
Africa, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay & Brazil)
-  Meeting in October: capabilities and common interests in
oceanography (ocean observing activities) studies in the SA
Ocean
Capacity Building
•  Course Bill Burnett (July, 2015) “Applications of
Radioisotopes in Coastal and Environmental
Sciences”
SGD experiment in Todos os Santos Bay, Bahia
–  Researches + students from IPEN, FURG, UFBA and UFF
–  Ra, Rd, nutrients, REE and Fe
Near future developments
Brazilian Congress on Oceanography
Salvador - October 22-27, 2016
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II GEOTRACES BRAZIL Workshop
Session on GEOTRACES
Two invited speakers from GEOTRACES ($ for one so far)
GEOTRACES & SCOR Booth?
Maybe a good oportunity to meet LA researches
GEOTRACES related research
Grants submissions
1.  Horizon 2020, project entitled MARBREU
GEOTRACES section (GA09) is planned as two collaborative
Brazilian-French cruises on board R/V Vital de Oliveira/Atlântico
Sul and Marion Dufresne/ Pourquoi Pas?.
G. Sarthou, F. Niencheski, L. Contreira, V. Hatje
2. Catalyzing New International Collaborating (CNIC –
NSF) USA –Brazil: Facilitating collaborative research on
the Southern Brazilian Continental Shelf.
C Buck, H Window, R. Petersen, F. Nienchescki