Projeto de pesquisa

The present project aims to perform several actions towards planning, acquiring and developing equipments and knowledge training, seeking the implementation of the "Brazilian Coastal Monitoring System (SiMCosta)", throughout the cooperation among five Brazilian research institutes, one Canadian university and three private companies (two Brazilian and one Canadian).
The SiMCosta aims to improve the Brazilian coastal observing systems, by using advanced and integrated methodologies, which can obtain, analyze and distribute permanent and continuous temporal series of climatic and oceanographic parameters, collected in several points along the coast. The SiMCosta seeks to detect long term trends, improve the capability of predicting the effects of climatic variability and climate changes and contribute with other national efforts of early warning systems for extreme events. In the medium term, the SiMCosta aims to install platforms embracing the entire Brazilian coastal region. At this early stage, it will attend the Southern Brazilian Region, covering approximately 3,000 km of the coast.
The project SiMCosta was created in December 2011, attending a specific request from the Ministry of Environment (MMA) and an old need identified by the Brazilian scientific community. It has been first financed with resources from the Climate Change National Funds (MMA/ Fundo Clima), summing R$ 1.96 million. The Coastal Zones Network, linked to the Brazilian Network for Global Climate Change Studies (Rede CLIMA) and the National Institute of Science and Technology for Climate Changes (INCT for Climate Changes)1 , will be responsible for establishing and implementing the monitoring system. The Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG) and its Institute of Oceanography (IO) are national leaders in oceanic and coastal sciences. The IO is the headquarter of several integrated Brazilian programs and initiatives, such as the Coastal Zone Network, the Natio