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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.
Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo
João Paulo Horta Bettencourt

Nomes de citação

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

Identificadores de autor

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

Endereços de correio eletrónico

  • joao.bettencourt@uib.no (Profissional)

Moradas

  • Allégaten 70, 5007, Bergen, Bergen, Noruega (Profissional)

Websites

Domínios de atuação

  • Ciências Naturais - Ciências da Terra e do Ambiente - Oceanografia
  • Ciências Exatas - Física
  • Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias - Engenharia do Ambiente - Engenharia Naval

Idiomas

Idioma Conversação Leitura Escrita Compreensão Peer-review
Inglês Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Espanhol; Castelhano Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador proficiente (C1) Utilizador independente (B1) Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Português (Idioma materno)
Formação
Grau Classificação
2010/10/01 - 2014/12/04
Concluído
 Física (Doctor of Philosophy)
Universitat de les Illes Balears Departament de Física, Espanha

Instituto de Física Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos, Espanha
"THREE DIMENSIONAL LAGRANGIAN STRUCTURES IN TURBULENT FLOWS: APPLICATION TO OCEANIC PROCESSES" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)
 Cum laude
2009/07/09
Concluído
 Engenharia e Arquitectura Naval (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2003/12
Concluído
 Engenharia e Arquitectura Naval (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Percurso profissional

Ciência

Categoria Profissional
Instituição de acolhimento 		Empregador
2022/04/01 - Atual Pós-doutorado (Investigação) Universitetet i Bergen Det Matematisk-naturvitenskapelige Fakultet, Noruega
Universitetet i Bergen Geofysisk institutt, Noruega
2019/04/01 - 2021/09/30 Investigador Contratado (Investigação) 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 Investigador Contratado (Investigação) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, França
Laboratoire d'études en Géophysique et océanographie spatiales, França
2014/09/01 - 2016/08/31 Investigador Contratado (Investigação) University College Dublin, Irlanda
University College Dublin School of Mathematical Sciences, Irlanda
2009/09/01 - 2010/09/30 Investigador Contratado (Investigação) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Espanha
Instituto de Física Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos, Espanha
Projetos

Bolsa

Designação Financiadores
2022/04/01 - 2025/05/31 Sustainable Norwegian Fjords in the Anthropocene
101034309
Investigador responsável
Universitetet i Bergen Geofysisk institutt, Noruega
 European Union

Universitetet i Bergen
Em curso

Projeto

Designação Financiadores
2024/07/02 - Atual WAPOSAL
4000144113/24/I-DT-bgh
Bolseiro de Cientista Convidado
Centro de Engenharia e Tecnologia Naval e Oceanica, Portugal

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

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

University of Cambridge Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Reino Unido
Concluído
Produções

Publicações

Artigo em conferência
  1. J. H. Bettencourt; Frédéric Dias. "Analysis of Vorticity Dynamics in Oscillating Flows at Low Keulegan-Carpenter Numbers". Trabalho apresentado em 11th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference, Nantes, 2015.
    Publicado
  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". Trabalho apresentado em 1st International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering, Lisboa, 2011.
    Publicado
  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". Trabalho apresentado em Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Nonlinear Science and Complexity, Ankara, 2010.
    Publicado
  5. Bettencourt, João Paulo Horta; Fonseca, Nuno; Guedes Soares, Carlos. "A Procedure for the Optimization of the Hydrodynamic Performance of Sailing Yachts' Keels". Trabalho apresentado em I International Symposium on Yacht Design and Production (MDY'04), Madrid, 2004.
    Publicado
Artigo em revista
  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. Autor correspondente: 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.
    Submetido • 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.
    Publicado • 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.
    Publicado • 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.
    Publicado • 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.
    Publicado • 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.
    Publicado • 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.
    Publicado • 10.1016/j.csr.2011.07.003
Capítulo de livro
  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, Países Baixos: Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
    Publicado
  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.
    Publicado
Poster em conferência
  1. J. H. Bettencourt; Torunn Sagen; Elin Darelius. "Can we predict fjord basin water renewals?". Trabalho apresentado em 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". Trabalho apresentado em Annual Meeting of the Norwegian Association of Marine Scientists, 2023.
  3. Joao H. Bettencourt. "Are fjords losing their breath in the Anthropocene?". Trabalho apresentado em 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". Trabalho apresentado em European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 2018.
  5. Bettencourt, João Paulo Horta. "Impact of submesoscale motions in dissolved O2 in an upwelling system.". Trabalho apresentado em 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". Trabalho apresentado em 46th International Liége Colloquium, 2014.
  7. Bettencourt, João Paulo Horta. "Lagrangian coherent structures and plankton dynamics". Trabalho apresentado em The Ramón Margalef Summer Colloquia, 2013.
  8. Bettencourt, João Paulo Horta. "Lagrangian variability of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Oxygen Minimum Zone". Trabalho apresentado em European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 2013.
  9. Bettencourt, João Paulo Horta. "Oceanic three-dimensional Lagrangian Coherent Structures in the Benguela ocean region". Trabalho apresentado em European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 2012.
  10. Bettencourt, João Paulo Horta. "Coherent Structures in Three-Dimensional Flows". Trabalho apresentado em Workshop Coherent Structures in Dynamical Systems, 2011.
  11. Bettencourt, João Paulo Horta. "Coherent Structures in a Three Dimensional Turbulent Velocity Field". Trabalho apresentado em Living organisms in flows: From small-scale turbulence to geophysical flows, 2010.
Recurso online
  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.
Resumo em conferência
  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

Outros

Outra produção
  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
Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

Título da apresentação Nome do evento
Anfitrião (Local do evento)
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, Noruega)
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, Itália)
2024/10/17 Internal tides in Masfjorden from glider observations BCCR Climate Hazards Theme Meeting
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (Bergen, Noruega)
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, Espanha)
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, Noruega)
2024/01/18 The Science-Diplomacy Nexus in Deep-Sea Mining NSPN Committee Meeting
National Science Policy Network (Estados Unidos)
2024/01/10 Going forward with fjord deoxygenation research Bjerknes Getaway 2024
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (Voss, Noruega)
2023/11/30 Hybrid Model of Fjord Basin Deoxygenation KAOS Seminar
Institute of Marine Research (Bergen, Noruega)
2022/10/07 Norwegian Fjords in the Anthropocene Open SEAS Day
University of Bergen (Bergen, Noruega)
2022/06/29 Sustainable Norwegian Fjords in the Anthropocene BCCR Climate Hazards Theme Meeting
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (Bergen, Noruega)
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, Estados Unidos)
2018/04 Impact of submesoscale motions in dissolved O2 in an upwelling system European Geosciences Union General Assembly
European Geosciences Union (Viena, Áustria)
2017/05 Impact of submesoscale turbulence in dissolved O2 in an upwelling system 49th International Liége Colloquium
University of Liége (Liége, Bélgica)
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, Espanha)
2012/06 Estruturas Lagrangianas coerentes na mesoescala oceânica. Encontro de Oceanografia Física
(Figueira da Foz, Portugal)

Organização de evento

Nome do evento
Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação) 		Instituição / Organização
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)
Mesa-redonda (Coorganizador)
 Universitetet i Bergen, Noruega
2024/02/21 - 2024/02/21 Ocean Futures 2030 (2024/02/21 - 2024/02/21)
Simpósio (Coorganizador)
 Universitetet i Bergen, Noruega
2024/02/21 - 2024/02/21 Looking towards the future of Ocean Governance (2024/02/21 - 2024/02/21)
Mesa-redonda (Coorganizador)
 Universitetet i Bergen, Noruega

Participação em evento

Descrição da atividade
Tipo de evento 		Nome do evento
Instituição / Organização
2024/01/29 - 2024/01/29 Norway-EU Science Diplomacy Network: Developing a European Framework for Science Diplomacy
Mesa-redonda
 Arctic Frontiers 2024: Actions and Reactions side event Norway-EU Science Diplomacy Network: Developing a European Framework for Science Diplomacy
Arctic Frontiers, Noruega
2023/07/03 - 2023/07/07 Science and Technology Diplomacy Summer School
Oficina (workshop)
 Science and Technology Diplomacy Summer School
Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals, Espanha

Barcelona Science and Technology Diplomacy Hub, Espanha

Júri de grau académico

Tema
Tipo de participação 		Nome do candidato (Tipo de grau)
Instituição / Organização
2022/05/30 Lagrangian transport of sinking particles. From theoretical characterization to oceanic applications.
Arguente
 Rebeca de la Fuente (Doutoramento)
Universitat de les Illes Balears Departament de Física, Espanha

Arbitragem científica em conferência

Nome da conferência Local da conferência
2020/02/16 - 2020/02/16 MARTECH 2020 Lisboa, Portugal

Arbitragem científica em revista

Nome da revista (ISSN) Editora
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

Curso / Disciplina lecionado

Disciplina Curso (Tipo) Instituição / Organização
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, Noruega

Expedição científica

Descrição da atividade Instituição / Organização
2024/01/24 - 2024/02/01 Arctic Science Diplomacy Field Trip to Svalbard Norway-EU Science Diplomacy Network, Noruega

Membro de associação

Nome da associação Tipo de participação
2023/10/01 - Atual European Union Science Diplomacy Alliance Member
2023/10/01 - Atual Norway-EU Science Diplomacy Network Member
2023/09/01 - Atual Norwegian Association of Marine Scientists