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OceanExpert ID : 44582

Ph.D. Nancy Liliana VILLEGAS BOLAÑOS

Professor

Geosciences

Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Bogota

Location

Carrera 45 N° 26-85 - Edificio Uriel Gutiérrez

Bogotá D.C, Cund., 0001
Colombia

Nationality

Colombia

Email(s)

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Telephone

+573115585572

Profile URL

https://www.oceanexpert.org/expert/Nancy

Persistent Digital Identifiers (UIDs)

ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3932-2106

Highest Degree

Ph.D.

Job Type

Teaching/Education
Research

Subject Area

Climatology, Meteorology
Physical Oceanography

Activities

The teaching activities are carried out for the undergraduate program in Geology, Master in Meteorology, Master in Exact and Natural Sciences and Doctorate in Geosciences. The subjects are: Introduction to oceanology, General oceanography, Regional oceanography, Marine meteorology, Ocean physics, Ocean dynamics, and Numerical modeling of oceanological processes.

The research topics are: 1- the influence of ocean-atmospheric processes of different spatial and time scales on the thermohaline and dynamic fields of marine waters. 2- climate change and climate variability. 3- study of oceanic-atmospheric interaction through regional and global circulation models.
The geographic areas of interest are the Caribbean Sea, the Colombian Pacific Basin, Gerlache and Brandsfield Straits, Antarctica.
The research activities are carried out as leader of the Research Group in Oceanology - CENIT.

Sea regions of study

Caribbean Sea
North Pacific Ocean
South Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean

Skills

Climate Variability

Physical Oceanography

Ocean Modeling

Ocean Currents and Circulation

Upwelling

Pacific Ocean

Caribbean

Ocean Dynamics

Climate Change