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Joel Bracamontes Ramírez

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  • Email: bracamon [at] uni-bremen.de

Research Interests

  • Internal Waves, Eddies and Mixing Processes
  • Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction
PhD Projekt
Internal waves redistribute energy in the ocean, provide the link between energy input by wind and tides, and maintain the stratification by vertical mixing. In the past, the sea ice covered areas of the Arctic Ocean had a quiescent internal wave climate, with a strong stratification and weak diapycnal mixing mainly maintained by tidal forcing. A changing climate implies a changed forcing for the internal wave field. For instance, with a retreating ice cover, there will be seasonally more open water for the wind stress to act on, and the frequency and intensity of storms might increase. In the Canada Basin, those factors have been shown to increase internal wave energy as the sea-ice coverage declines, with a local enhancement of nearinertial wave energy and mixing linked to storm activity in open water conditions. On the other hand, in the Eastern Arctic, near-inertial wave and local storm activity have been associated even with vertical heat fluxes, mostly when they are close to steep topography and near-surface Atlantic Water. However, the strong stratification, today still suppresses wind-driven mixing.

Therefore, using data from MOSAiC campaign and carrying out idealized numerical experiments, the aim of this project is to study the future response of the internal wave field to changes in the ice coverage as well as its effect on vertical mixing.
Curriculum Vitae  
since 02/2020 PhD student at Institute of Environmental Physics and MARUM –
Center of Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen, Germany
01/2019 - 06/2019 Research Assistant, National Autonomous University of Mexico,
Mexico
2016 - 2018 Studies in Earth Sciences Sciences, National Autonomous University of
Mexico, Mexico. Degree: M.Sc.
2010 - 2015 Studies in Oceanography, University of Colima, Mexico. Degree: B.Sc.
Projects  
since 02/2020 Member of the International Research Training Group ArcTrain
since 04/2020 Member of the Bremen International Graduate School for Marine
Sciences GLOMAR
Presentations
Bracamontes-Ramírez, J., Sein, D., Zavala-Hidalgo, J. Moreles-Vázquez, and E. Martínez-López, B. (2018) Effect of the ocean-atmosphere coupling in the eddy shedding from the Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico (In Spanish). Mexican Geophysical Union, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Bracamontes-Ramírez, J., Gaviño-Rodríguez, J., H. Carbajal-Pérez, N. Obeso-Nieblas, M. (2015) Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport in Juluapan Lagoon, Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico (In Spanish). Mexican Geophysical Union, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Scientific Posters
Bracamontes-Ramírez, J., and Martínez-López, B. (2017) On the Simulation of Eddyshedding from the Loop Current, using the global oceanic model FESOM (In Spanish). Mexican Geophysical Union, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Bracamontes-Ramírez, J., and Martínez-López, B. (2017) Effect of ocean-atmosphere coupling on the eddy-shedding period from the Loop Current (In Spanish). Central Pacific Ocean Meeting, Colima, Mexico.
Participation in Scientific Cruises
RV El Puma Central Mexican Pacific April 2011 Sinaloa (Mexico) - Michoacán (Mexico)