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Dr. João Bettencourt is an ocean scientist with a background in oceanography and ocean technology. He is currently a Research Fellow in the SEAS – Shaping European Research Leaders for Marine Sustainability Programme at the University of Bergen, where he studies the effects of climate change and anthropogenic pressures on marine sustainability. In addition, he studies deep-sea mining and its intersections with science and diplomacy. He is a member of the Informal Group on Science-Policy Interface in Deep Sea Mining and a member of the European Science Diplomacy Alliance.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
João Paulo Horta Bettencourt

Citation names

  • Bettencourt, João Paulo Horta
  • João H. Bettencourt
  • J. H. Bettencourt
  • João Bettencourt

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
181A-1689-B7D8
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1678-5266
Google Scholar ID
S0pwKBcAAAAJ
Researcher Id
A-1675-2016
Scopus Author Id
56973961600

Email addresses

  • joao.bettencourt@uib.no (Professional)

Addresses

  • Allégaten 70, 5007, Bergen, Bergen, Norway (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Oceanography
  • Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences
  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering - Marine Engineering, Sea Vessels

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2010/10/01 - 2014/12/04
Concluded
 Física (Doctor of Philosophy)
Universitat de les Illes Balears Departament de Física, Spain

Instituto de Física Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos, Spain
"THREE DIMENSIONAL LAGRANGIAN STRUCTURES IN TURBULENT FLOWS: APPLICATION TO OCEANIC PROCESSES" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Cum laude
2009/07/09
Concluded
 Engenharia e Arquitectura Naval (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2003/12
Concluded
 Engenharia e Arquitectura Naval (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/04/01 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universitetet i Bergen Det Matematisk-naturvitenskapelige Fakultet, Norway
Universitetet i Bergen Geofysisk institutt, Norway
2019/04/01 - 2021/09/30 Contracted Researcher (Research) Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
Centro de Engenharia e Tecnologia Naval e Oceanica, Portugal
2016/09/15 - 2018/11/30 Contracted Researcher (Research) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Laboratoire d'études en Géophysique et océanographie spatiales, France
2014/09/01 - 2016/08/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) University College Dublin, Ireland
University College Dublin School of Mathematical Sciences, Ireland
2009/09/01 - 2010/09/30 Contracted Researcher (Research) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
Instituto de Física Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos, Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/04/01 - 2025/05/31 Sustainable Norwegian Fjords in the Anthropocene
101034309
Principal investigator
Universitetet i Bergen Geofysisk institutt, Norway
 European Union

Universitetet i Bergen
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2024/07/02 - Current WAPOSAL
4000144113/24/I-DT-bgh
Invited Scientist Fellow
Centro de Engenharia e Tecnologia Naval e Oceanica, Portugal

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Portugal
European Space Agency
Ongoing
2022/05/01 - 2023/04/30 Glider surveys of hydrography and dissolved oxygen distribution in Masfjorden
100517112
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universitetet i Bergen Geofysisk institutt, Norway
 Bjerknessenteret for klimaforskning
Ongoing
2019/04/01 - 2021/09/30 Observa.FISH
PTDC/CTA-AMB/31141/2017
Researcher
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal

Centro de Engenharia e Tecnologia Naval e Oceanica, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2016/09/15 - 2018/11/30 TEASAO - Turbulence Effects on Active Species in Atmosphere and Ocean
Toulouse IDEX
Researcher
Laboratoire d'études en Géophysique et océanographie spatiales, France

University of Cambridge Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, United Kingdom
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Bettencourt, João Paulo Horta; Guedes Soares, Carlos. "Surface circulation in the Eastern Central North Atlantic". In Developments in Maritime Technology and Engineering, 785-790. Leiden, Netherlands: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
    Published
  2. Bettencourt, João Paulo Horta; Fonseca, Nuno; Guedes Soares, Carlos. "Speed prediction program for sailing vessel (in Portuguese)". In As Actividades Marítimas e a Engenharia, 545-564. Lisbon, Portugal: Edições Salamandra, Lda., 2005.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. J. H. Bettencourt. "Seasonal Variability of Mesoscale Instabilities in the Azores Current System". 2020.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-846
  2. J. H. Bettencourt. "Composite distribution of North Atlantic extreme wind waves inferred from satellite altimetry data". 2020.
    10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-5909
Conference paper
  1. J. H. Bettencourt; Frédéric Dias. "Analysis of Vorticity Dynamics in Oscillating Flows at Low Keulegan-Carpenter Numbers". Paper presented in 11th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, Nantes, 2015.
    Published
  2. De Léon, S.P.; Bettencourt, J.H.; Brennan, J.; Dias, F.. "Evolution of the extreme wave region in the north atlantic using a 23 year hindcast". 2015.
    10.1115/OMAE201541438
  3. Bettencourt, João Paulo Horta; Nuno Fonseca; Carlos Guedes Soares. "Experimental Study of the Performance of a Rigid Wing Sail". Paper presented in 1st International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering, Lisboa, 2011.
    Published
  4. E. Hernández-García; J. H. Bettencourt; V. Garçon; I. Hernández-Carrasco; C. López; V. Rossi; J. Sudre; E. Tew-Kai. "Biological Impact of Ocean Transport: A Finite-Size Lyapunov Characterization". Paper presented in Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Nonlinear Science and Complexity, Ankara, 2010.
    Published
  5. Bettencourt, João Paulo Horta; Fonseca, Nuno; Guedes Soares, Carlos. "A Procedure for the Optimization of the Hydrodynamic Performance of Sailing Yachts' Keels". Paper presented in I International Symposium on Yacht Design and Production (MDY'04), Madrid, 2004.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. J. H. Bettencourt; Torunn Sagen; Elin Darelius. "Can we predict fjord basin water renewals?". Paper presented in Bjerknes Getaway 2024, 2024.
    10.5281/zenodo.10545574.
  2. João H. Bettencourt. "Influence of offshore transport on small pelagic fish larval dispersion and recruitment in the Western Iberian Margin: A Lagrangian perspective". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of the Norwegian Association of Marine Scientists, 2023.
  3. Joao H. Bettencourt. "Are fjords losing their breath in the Anthropocene?". Paper presented in SEAS Programme Annual Meeting, 2023.
  4. João H. Bettencourt; Rossi, Vincent; Hernández-García, Emilio; Martinho Marta-Almeida; López, Cristóbal. "Characterization of the structure and cross- shore transport properties of a coastal upwelling filament using three-dimensional finite-size Lyapunov exponents". Paper presented in European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 2018.
  5. Bettencourt, João Paulo Horta. "Impact of submesoscale motions in dissolved O2 in an upwelling system.". Paper presented in European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 2017.
  6. Bettencourt, João Paulo Horta. "Mesoscale structures as barriers to mixing in the East Tropical Pacific Oxygen Minimum Zone". Paper presented in 46th International Liége Colloquium, 2014.
  7. Bettencourt, João Paulo Horta. "Lagrangian coherent structures and plankton dynamics". Paper presented in The Ramón Margalef Summer Colloquia, 2013.
  8. Bettencourt, João Paulo Horta. "Lagrangian variability of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Oxygen Minimum Zone". Paper presented in European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 2013.
  9. Bettencourt, João Paulo Horta. "Oceanic three-dimensional Lagrangian Coherent Structures in the Benguela ocean region". Paper presented in European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 2012.
  10. Bettencourt, João Paulo Horta. "Coherent Structures in Three-Dimensional Flows". Paper presented in Workshop Coherent Structures in Dynamical Systems, 2011.
  11. Bettencourt, João Paulo Horta. "Coherent Structures in a Three Dimensional Turbulent Velocity Field". Paper presented in Living organisms in flows: From small-scale turbulence to geophysical flows, 2010.
Journal article
  1. Sonia Ponce de León; João Horta Bettencourt; John V. Ringwood; Jérôme Benveniste. "“Assessment of combined wind and wave energy in European coastal waters using satellite altimetry.”". Applied Ocean Research (2024): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2024.104184.
    10.1016/j.apor.2024.104184
  2. Bettencourt, João H.; Liang, Chia Chun Angela. Corresponding author: Bettencourt, João H.. "Defining Strategic Environmental Goals and Objectives for the Management of Deep-sea Mining Operations in the Seabed Beyond National Jurisdiction". Journal of Science Policy & Governance 24 01 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.38126/jspg240102.
    10.38126/jspg240102
  3. Myksvoll, Mari S.; Britt Sandø, Anne; Tjiputra, Jerry; Samuelsen, Annette; Çaglar Yumruktepe, Veli; Li, Camille; Mousing, Erik A.; Bettencourt, Joao P.H.; Ottersen, Geir. "Key physical processes and their model representation for projecting climate impacts on subarctic Atlantic net primary production: A synthesis". Progress in Oceanography 217 (2023): 103084. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103084.
    10.1016/j.pocean.2023.103084
  4. João H Bettencourt; Carlos Guedes Soares. "Seasonality of the Energy Transfers in the Azores Current". Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans (2021): https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10505788.1.
    Submitted • 10.1002/essoar.10505788.1
  5. Abdalla, Saleh; Abdeh Kolahchi, Abdolnabi; Adusumilli, Susheel; Aich Bhowmick, Suchandra; Alou-Font, Eva; Amarouche, Laiba; Andersen, Ole Baltazar; et al. "Altimetry for the future: Building on 25 years of progress". Advances in Space Research (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2021.01.022.
    10.1016/j.asr.2021.01.022
  6. Bettencourt, João H.; Rossi, Vincent; Renault, Lionel; Haynes, Peter; Morel, Yves; Garçon, Véronique. "Effects of upwelling duration and phytoplankton growth regime on dissolved-oxygen levels in an idealized Iberian Peninsula upwelling system". Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics 27 2 (2020): 277-294. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/npg-27-277-2020.
    10.5194/npg-27-277-2020
  7. Bettencourt, João Paulo Horta. "Composite analysis of North Atlantic extra-tropical cyclone waves from satellite altimetry observations". Advances in Space Research (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2019.07.021.
    10.1016/j.asr.2019.07.021
  8. João H. Bettencourt; Frédéric Dias. "Wall pressure and vorticity in the intermittently turbulent regime of the Stokes boundary layer". Journal of Fluid Mechanics 851 (2018): 479-506. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.520.
    10.1017/jfm.2018.520
  9. Bettencourt, João H; Rossi, Vincent; Hernández-García, Emilio; Marta-Almeida, Martinho; López, Cristóbal. "Characterization of the structure and cross-shore transport properties of a coastal upwelling filament using three-dimensional finite-size Lyapunov exponents". Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 122 9 (2017): 7433-7448.
    Published • 10.1002/2017JC012700
  10. Ponce de León, Sonia; Bettencourt, João H; Dias, Frederic. "Comparison of numerical hindcasted severe waves with Doppler radar measurements in the North Sea". Ocean Dynamics 67 1 (2016): 103-115.
    Published • 10.1007/s10236-016-1014-3
  11. Bettencourt, João H; López, Cristóbal; Hernández-García, Emilio; Montes, Ivonne; Sudre, Joël; Dewitte, Boris; Paulmier, Aurélien; Garçon, Véronique. "Boundaries of the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone shaped by coherent mesoscale dynamics". Nature Geoscience 8 12 (2015): 937-940.
    Published • 10.1038/ngeo2570
  12. Bettencourt, João H; López, Cristóbal; Hernández-García, Emilio. "Characterization of coherent structures in three-dimensional turbulent flows using the finite-size Lyapunov exponent". Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 46 25 (2013): 254022-254022.
    Published • 10.1088/1751-8113/46/25/254022
  13. Bettencourt, João H; López, Cristóbal; Hernández-García, Emilio. "Oceanic three-dimensional Lagrangian coherent structures: A study of a mesoscale eddy in the Benguela upwelling region". Ocean Modelling 51 0 (2012): 73-83.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.04.004
  14. Ponce de León, S.; Bettencourt, J.H.; Kjerstad, N.. "Simulation of irregular waves in an offshore wind farm with a spectral wave model". Continental Shelf Research 31 15 (2011): 1541-1557.
    Published • 10.1016/j.csr.2011.07.003
Online resource
  1. João H. Bettencourt. Climate COPs: A Modern-Day Cargo Cult?. 2023. https://seas.w.uib.no/2023/12/05/climate-cops-a-modern-day-cargo-cult/.
  2. João H. Bettencourt. GEOF211 Numerical Modelling Intro and Finite Differences. 2023. https://github.com/joaobuibergen/geof211_lectures.

Other

Other output
  1. Seasonality of the Energy Transfers in the Azores Current. 2021. João H Bettencourt; Carlos Guedes Soares. https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10505788.2.
    10.1002/essoar.10505788.2
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2025/01/28 Changes in Norwegian and Barents Sea drift patterns in the last 30 years as seen in reanalysis data Arctic Frontiers 2025
Arctic Frontiers (Tromsoe, Norway)
2024/10/23 Ocean science diplomacy: challenges facing the emerging ocean governance framework Science Diplomacy week ExPoSTEAM Experts and Politicians on Science and Technology
Università di Padova (Padova, Italy)
2024/10/17 Internal tides in Masfjorden from glider observations BCCR Climate Hazards Theme Meeting
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (Bergen, Norway)
2024/07/01 Influence of offshore transport on small pelagic fish larval dispersion and recruitment in the Western Iberian Margin: A Lagrangian perspective Applied Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Chaos
Royal Academy of Sciences (Madrid, Spain)
2024/06/13 Filling the gaps of basin water oxygen time series in Byfjorden using Machine Learning SEAS Bi-weekly Meeting
University of Bergen (Bergen, Norway)
2024/01/18 The Science-Diplomacy Nexus in Deep-Sea Mining NSPN Committee Meeting
National Science Policy Network (United States)
2024/01/10 Going forward with fjord deoxygenation research Bjerknes Getaway 2024
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (Voss, Norway)
2023/11/30 Hybrid Model of Fjord Basin Deoxygenation KAOS Seminar
Institute of Marine Research (Bergen, Norway)
2022/10/07 Norwegian Fjords in the Anthropocene Open SEAS Day
University of Bergen (Bergen, Norway)
2022/06/29 Sustainable Norwegian Fjords in the Anthropocene BCCR Climate Hazards Theme Meeting
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (Bergen, Norway)
2018/06 Physical and biogeochemical controls on dissolved oxygen in coastal upwelling systems 4th Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the Worlds Oceans
(Washington, United States)
2018/04 Impact of submesoscale motions in dissolved O2 in an upwelling system European Geosciences Union General Assembly
European Geosciences Union (Viena, Austria)
2017/05 Impact of submesoscale turbulence in dissolved O2 in an upwelling system 49th International Liége Colloquium
University of Liége (Liége, Belgium)
2012/07 Mesoscale three–dimensional Lagrangian Coherent Structures 2nd International Work- shop on Nonlinear Processes in Atmospheric and Oceanic Flows
ICMAT-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
2012/06 Estruturas Lagrangianas coerentes na mesoescala oceânica. Encontro de Oceanografia Física
(Figueira da Foz, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/09/17 - 2024/09/17 Ocean Futures 2030: the state of our common ocean governance – perspectives across sectors The University of Bergen and the Embassy of France to Norway have partnered to co-organise this special event on ocean governance. https://www.uib.no/en/osb/168951/ocean-futures-2030-state-our-common-ocean-governance-–-perspectives-across-sectors (2024/09/17 - 2024/09/17)
Round table (Co-organisor)
 Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
2024/02/21 - 2024/02/21 Ocean Futures 2030 (2024/02/21 - 2024/02/21)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
2024/02/21 - 2024/02/21 Looking towards the future of Ocean Governance (2024/02/21 - 2024/02/21)
Round table (Co-organisor)
 Universitetet i Bergen, Norway

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2024/01/29 - 2024/01/29 Norway-EU Science Diplomacy Network: Developing a European Framework for Science Diplomacy
Round table
 Arctic Frontiers 2024: Actions and Reactions side event Norway-EU Science Diplomacy Network: Developing a European Framework for Science Diplomacy
Arctic Frontiers, Norway
2023/07/03 - 2023/07/07 Science and Technology Diplomacy Summer School
Workshop
 Science and Technology Diplomacy Summer School
Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals, Spain

Barcelona Science and Technology Diplomacy Hub, Spain

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022/05/30 Lagrangian transport of sinking particles. From theoretical characterization to oceanic applications.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Rebeca de la Fuente (PhD)
Universitat de les Illes Balears Departament de Física, Spain

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2023/10/01 - Current European Union Science Diplomacy Alliance Member
2023/10/01 - Current Norway-EU Science Diplomacy Network Member
2023/09/01 - Current Norwegian Association of Marine Scientists

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2020/02/16 - 2020/02/16 MARTECH 2020 Lisboa, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/01/17 - 2023/06/02 Numerical modelling The course aims to apply numerical methods to solve some simple fluid dynamics problems. Strengths and weaknesses of various finite difference schemes for advection, oscillations and wave processes, and diffusion will be discussed. The course describes numerical methods for solving the partial differential equations (e.g., shallow water equations) of dynamical meteorology and oceanography. Numerical modeling (Master) Universitetet i Bergen Det Matematisk-naturvitenskapelige Fakultet, Norway

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2018/06/25 - 2018/07/05 Ocean Dynamics (1616-7228) Springer-Verlag
2018/04/25 - 2018/05/25 Journal of Physical Oceanography (1520-0485) American Meteorological Society
2017/10/31 - 2017/11/30 European Journal of Mechanics - B/Fluids (0997-7546) Elsevier

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/01/24 - 2024/02/01 Arctic Science Diplomacy Field Trip to Svalbard Norway-EU Science Diplomacy Network, Norway