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CURRICULUM VITAE

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Name: Juan Carlos Labraga

Business Address:    Centro Nacional Patagónico - CONICET
                                     9120 Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
                                     Tel: +54 -2965-451024
                                     Fax: +54-2965-451543
                                     E-mail: labraga@cenpat.edu.ar

Residence Address: Viamonte 35
                                      (9120) Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
                                      Tel: +54-2965-451939

Nationality: Argentine

Birth Date: 18 November 1949

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Universidad de Buenos Aires, Licenciado en Meteorología, 1974.

University  of Maryland, Master of  Science, 1982. MS Thesis:  "A simple second-order closure model of the planetary  boundary layer for use in general circulation  models: design and test", Meteorology Department, U M and Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA), Director of Thesis: Dr. Mark Helfand.

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1974-1979 Buenos Aires University, Meteorology Department, Teaching Assistant.

1979-1998 Argentine Council for Science and Technology (CONICET), Centro
                     Nacional Patagónico (CENPAT), Research Scientist.

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American Meteorological Society (Member).

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Climate  change  in South America. Climate change and variability in  Argentina. Wind Climatology in Patagonia, Argentina.

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"National Academy of Agronomy and Veterinary 1997 Award", for contributions to a better understanding of the climate change in South America.

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  1. "Modelo de Circulación de la Brisa de Mar y Tierra".  J. A. Rodriguez Seró, J .L. Aiello, and J. C. Labraga; Geoacta, IX, 1979, 71-80.

  2. "Un modelo Numérico de Difusión de Contaminantes".  J. C. Labraga and V. Barros, Geoacta, X, 1980, 245-259.

  3. "Simulación Numérica del Efecto de la Estabilidad Estática en un modelo Hidrodinámico de la Capa Límite". J. C. Labraga and V. Barros, Meteorológica, X, (1), 1980, 7-18.

  4. "A Level 2.4 Second-order Closure Model for the Prediction of Turbulence". Helfand H. M. and J. C. Labraga, NASA. Technical Memorandum 84983, Research Review 1982, Jan. 1983, 83-88.

  5. "Selection of a Best Candidate Higher-order Closure Scheme for Turbulence in the GLAS Fourth Order GCM". J. C. Labraga y H. M. Helfand, NASA, Technical Memorandum 84983, Research Review 1982, Jan. 1983, 89-93.

  6. "Simulación Numérica de la Capa Límite Atmosférica Mediante un modelo de Clausura Turbulenta de Segundo Orden:Estructura Diurna". J. C. Labraga, Meteorológica, 15, (1), 1984.

  7. "Análisis de la varianza y autocorrelaciones de la temperatura de la provincia del Chubut". J. C. Labraga, CENPAT, Cont. Nr. 90, 1984.

  8. "Design of a Non-singular Level-2.5 Second-order Closure Model for the prediction of Atmospheric Turbulence". Helfand H.M. and J. C. Labraga, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 45, (2), 113-132, 1988.

  9. "Una Metodología para la Estimación Local de la Velocidad del Viento Mediante un Modelo Numérico". J. C. Labraga, Geoacta, 13, (2), 73-84, 1986.

  10. "Near-Surface Wind Estimates Using Statistics from a Planetary Boundary Layer Model". J. C. Labraga, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 43, 171-182, 1988.

  11. Answer to comments on "Design of a non-singular Level 2.5 second-order closure model for the prediction of atmospheric turbulence", from Juvanon du Vachat (Direction de la Météorologie EERM/CRMD) , Helfand H. M. and J. C. Labraga, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 46, (11), 1633-1635, 1989.

  12. "Statistics Estimate of the Near Surface Wind over Complex Topographies". V. R. Barros, J. C. Labraga and O. Frumento, Wind Engineering. 14, (4), 275-285, 1990.

  13. "On extreme winds in Pampa del Castillo plateau, Patagonia Argentina, with reference to wind farms settlement". J. C. Labraga, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 33, (1), 85-95, 1994.

  14. "The Climate Change in South América due to a Doubling in the CO2 Concentration: Intercomparison of General Circulation Model equilibrium experiments". J.C. Labraga, International Journal of Climatology, 17, 1-22, 1997.

  15. "A comparison of the climate response to increased carbon dioxide simulated by GCM with mixed-layer and dynamic ocean representations in the region of South America". Labraga J.C. and M. López. International Journal of Climatology, Vol. 17, 1635-1650, 1997.

  16.   "Escenario de cambio climático para la Argentina".  J.C. Labraga, Ciencia Hoy, (8)44, 18-25, 1998.

  17. "Latitudinal UVR-PA measurements in Argentina: extent of the ‘ozone hole’". Orce, V.L., E.W. Helbling, A.A. Paladini,  J.C. Labraga and N. San Roman, Global and Planetary Change, 15, 113-121, 1997.

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  1. "Climate Change, People and Policy: Developing Southern Hemisphere Perspectives". Chapter 4: Southern Hemisphere Climate: Comparing Models with Reality, P. Whetton, A.B. Pittock, J.C. Labraga, A.B. Mullan, and A. Joubert. Edit. Henderson-Sellers and Tom Giambelluca, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 1995.

  2. Lucha contra la desertificación en la Patagonia. Evaluación del estado actual de la desertificación en áreas representativas de la Patagonia: Informe final dela Fase I. Capítulo II.2, Biozonas de la Región Patagónica, del Valle H., Labraga J. C. and Goergen J, Proyecto INTA-GTZ, 182 pp, 1995.

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  1. Evaluación del recurso energía eólica en Gobernador Costa. J.C. Labraga and O.A. Frumento, CENPAT, ISBN 950-692-038-9, 151 pp, 1995.

  2. Latitudinal UV-PAR Monitoring Network in Argentina. Orce L.V., San Román N. A., Rae G., Paladini A., Labraga J. C., Buittrago L.G., Villafañe V. E. y Helbling E. W., International Symposium on UV Measurements and Effects, WHO-WMO-NOAA, Boulder, Colorado. 1995.

  3. Evaluation of GCM performance in the South American region, Labraga J.C.. Development and Application of Climate Change Scenarios. Climate Impacts Assessment Workshop Abstracts, Melbourne, Australia, ISBN 0643056084, 33-35, 1995.

  4. Validación de modelos analógicos y numéricos para la predicción de los cambios antropogénicos del clima en América del Sur en relación con los impactos socio-económicos. Communication of J.J Burgos, contributors: G.Menzhulin, J.C. Labraga, and A. Salvatore, Acad. Nac. de Agronomía y Veterinaria, Tomo L, No. 1, ISSN 0327-8093, 21 pp, 1996.

  5. Sensitivity of regional climate change simulations to the representation of oceanic processes at high latitudes in Southern Hemisphere. P.H. Whetton, A.M. Joubert, y J.C.Labraga, Abstracts of the AMS Southern Hemisphere Conference, South Africa, Abril 1997.

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  1. Atmospheric and fuel conditions related to the Puerto Madryn fire of January 21, 1994. Dentoni M.C., G.E. Defossé, J.C. Labraga and H. del Valle. Accepted in Meteorological Applications.

  2. The atmospheric water vapor cycle in South America and the tropospheric circulation. Labraga, J.C., O. Frumento and M. Lopez. Journal of Climate, in press.

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"International Journal of Climatology", Royal Meteorological Society.

"Meteorological Applications", Royal Meteorological Society.

"Geoacta", Asociación Argentina de Geofísicos y Geodestas.

"The regional Impacts of Climate Change, An Assessment of Vulnerability". Intergovernamental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Special Report 1998, Working Group II, Cambridge University Press