Antonio Divino de Moura, Brazilian meteorologist (Ituitutaba, Minas Gerais State 21 October 1945 -
His thesis Eigensolutions of the balance equations over a sphere (1975) was Rossby Award winner as the Best Thesis of Year in Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Proposed a mechanism for the occurrence of severe droughts over Northeastern Brazil by establishment of an anomalous thermally circulation in Atlantic Ocean
With J. Shukla. On the dynamics of droughts in Northeastern Brazil: observations, theory and numerical experiments with a general circulation model. J. Atmos. Sciences 38(12), 1981
With L. Sun, D.F. Moncunil, H. Li, F.D.A.D.S. Filho & S.E. Zebiak developed the first operational climate dynamical downscaling prediction system (2006)
HONOURS
Honorary Fellow, Royal Meteorological Society
IMO Prize 2018