Welcome!

PURA VIDA 🇨🇷

I am Rodney Eduardo

And I am Meteorologist & Physical Oceanographer

Research

Waves Data in Costa Rica: Validating the WAVERYS Reanalysis using Waves Data
La respuesta de modelos espectrales de olas en condiciones de huracanes intensos en el golfo de México
Desviaciones entre predicciones y mediciones de las mareas en Costa Rica, América Central
Simulación de oleaje en los alrededores de la Isla del Coco, Costa Rica
Distribución de temperatura y salinidad en campañas oceanográficas recientes en el Pacífico Tropical Oriental de Costa Rica
Simulación de las condiciones oceanográficas de los huracanes que han pasado más cerca de Costa Rica

Thesis

A numerical study of the wave field structure on hurricane conditions

Projects

Doctoral candidate in Physical Oceanography. My research proposal is: A study about the initial stages of wind-wave growth in the presence of mixed sea state conditions
Advisor: PhD. Pedro Osuna, Ph.D Francisco Ocampo-Torres, Ph.D Héctor García-Nava, and Ph.D Alexander Babanin

Wave and Wind Climate Analysis Tool

Explore my wind and wave climatology project app (WWCAT) for adjacent Costa Rica and Central American waters. The tool uses the 30-year hindcast of WAVEWATCH III. See this link:

WWCAT

Gallery

Quepos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (march 5, 2020)

UCR buoy deployment

Puntarenas, Costa Rica (november 25, 2019)

Sea surface taken from a Drone [horizontal view]

Jaco Beach, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (july 30, 2018)

Sea surface taken from a Drone [plain view]

Osa Conservation Park, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (december 1, 2018)

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About

I am currently a Physical Oceanographer and Ph.D. candidate in Physical Oceanography at CICESE, Baja California, México. I collaborate with the wave group of the Department of Physical Oceanography. My interests are ocean-atmosphere interaction, wind wave dynamics, wave modeling, wave and wind climatology, and extreme events. Also, other exciting topics include tides and tropical ocean dynamics.

I love programming in Python but also use Matlab to tackle data challenges. I use Latex to write my documents. I use bash Linux to automatize and speed up my process. Sometimes, I use Fortran to program specified tasks.

Education