Coordinator of the Bachelor's Degree in Meteorology, Full Professor at the Federal University of Santa Maria, and advisor in the Postgraduate Program in Meteorology at the Federal University of Santa Maria. She has experience in Atmospheric Sciences, with an emphasis on Meteorology, focusing mainly on precipitation, climate variability, intraseasonal oscillations, and climate forecasting.
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s degree and teaching degree in Physics (UFPR)
Master’s degree in Science – Meteorology (USP)
PhD in Science – Meteorology (USP)
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Atmospheric Science
2138
Scholar Citations
18
Scholar h-index
29
Scholar i10-index
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Journal of Climate Change, Disaster Risk and Resilience Studies TCA Sumila, SET Ferraz, A Durigon 2026
From Anomalous SST Gradients in the Indian Ocean to Floods and Tornadoes in Southern Brazil: The Multiscale Nature of a Historical Precipitation Event EL Nascimento, NT Boiaski, SET Ferraz, E Dal Piva, V Anabor, JD Tatsch, ... Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 107 (3), E485-E500 , 2026 2026
Impacts of climate change on extreme weather indices in Ecuadorian cities: A socioeconomic analysis D Portalanza, M Torres-Ulloa, E Alava, J Facuy, C Zuluaga, R Bucaram, ... Weather and Climate Extremes, 100810 , 2025 2025 Citations: 3
Modeling of rice production areas in southern Brazil, under extreme climate scenarios LM de Mello, SET Ferraz Revista Thema 24 (2), 1-18 , 2025 2025
Eventos Extremos de Precipitação no Brasil em diferentes fases da Oscilação de Madden e Julian SET Ferraz, NT Boiaski XV Congreso Argentino de Meteorología (CONGREMET XV)(La Plata, 30 de … , 2025 2025
Investigating Extreme Temperature Events in the Brazilian Pampa Biome M Stefanello, T Zimmer, CE da Rosa, A Mergen, VDA Souza, ST Ferraz, ... AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2024 (1999), A23D-1999 , 2024 2024
Climate variability and change in Ecuador: dynamic downscaling of regional projections with RegCM4 and HadGEM2-ES for informed adaptation strategies D Portalanza, M Torres, F Rosso, CF Zuluaga, A Durigon, FG Horgan, ... Frontiers in Climate 6, 1344868 , 2024 2024 Citations: 19
Projected heat waves in Ecuador under climate change: insights from HadGEM-RegCM4 coupled model D Portalanza, C Ortega, L Garzon, M Bello, CF Zuluaga, C Bresciani, ... Earth 5 (1), 90-109 , 2024 2024 Citations: 9
Climate change impact on Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) life cycle in Mozambique TCA Sumila, SET Ferraz, A Durigon PLoS Climate 3 (1), e0000325 , 2024 2024 Citations: 8
Maize phenology as an indicator of climate change simulated by RegCM4 under RCP4. 5 and RCP8. 5 in Mozambique TCA Sumila, SET Ferraz, A Durigon African Journal of Agricultural Research 19 (8), 774-788 , 2023 2023 Citations: 1
Brazilian Annual Precipitation Analysis Simulated by the Brazilian Atmospheric Global Model C Bresciani, NT Boiaski, SET Ferraz, FV Rosso, D Portalanza, ... Water 15 (2), 256 , 2023 2023 Citations: 5
Evaluating possible changes in air temperature and precipitation patterns in mozambique by comparing present and future RegCM4 simulation TCA Sumila, SET Ferraz, A Durigon Meteorology 2 (1), 15-36 , 2023 2023 Citations: 7
Atmospheric and oceanic patterns associated with extreme drought events over the Paraná hydrographic region, Brazil AA de Freitas, MS Reboita, VSB Carvalho, A Drumond, SET Ferraz, ... Climate 11 (1), 12 , 2023 2023 Citations: 19
Variabilidade da termoclina no Hemisfério Sul associada a eventos de zona de convergência do Atlântico Sul nas diferentes fases da oscilação de Madden-Julian MLC Pontes, NT Boiaski, CB Carpenedo, DC Santos, FUF Lima, ... 2023
Simulação do microclima urbano de Santa Maria-RS através do software ENVI-met JB Santos, SET Ferraz, NT Boiaski, AO Cardoso 2023
Assessing the risk of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4 outbreaks in Ecuadorian banana crops using spatial climatic data CMF Ledesma, FRG Fiallos, F Rosso, N Cordero, S Ferraz, A Durigon, ... Scientia Agropecuaria 14 (3), 301-312 , 2023 2023 Citations: 6
Summer dry events on synoptic and intraseasonal timescales in the Southeast Region of Brazil AA Bier, SET Ferraz, T Ambrizzi Atmósfera 36 (1), 57-76 , 2023 2023 Citations: 1
Spatial–temporal analysis of a summer heat wave associated with downslope flows in Southern Brazil: implications in the atmospheric boundary layer M Stefanello, CE da Rosa, C Bresciani, NCS dos Reis, DS Facco, ... Atmosphere 14 (1), 64 , 2022 2022 Citations: 9
Potential impact of future climates on rice production in Ecuador determined using kobayashi’s ‘very simple model’ D Portalanza, FG Horgan, V Pohlmann, S Vianna Cuadra, M Torres-Ulloa, ... Agriculture 12 (11), 1828 , 2022 2022 Citations: 10
Variability of the Inflow at the Intraseasonal Scale and Relationship with Precipitation from the BAM Model S Kunzler, N Boiaski, S Ferraz, D Herdies, C Bresciani EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU22-8807 , 2022 2022
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Precipitation anomalies in southern Brazil associated with El Niño and La Niña events AM Grimm, SET Ferraz, J Gomes Journal of climate 11 (11), 2863-2880 , 1998 1998 Citations: 737
Future change of climate in South America in the late twenty-first century: intercomparison of scenarios from three regional climate models JA Marengo, T Ambrizzi, RP Da Rocha, LM Alves, SV Cuadra, ... Climate Dynamics 35 (6), 1073-1097 , 2010 2010 Citations: 342
Indian Ocean Dipole mode events and austral surface air temperature anomalies NH Saji, T Ambrizzi, SET Ferraz Dynamics of atmospheres and oceans 39 (1-2), 87-101 , 2005 2005 Citations: 127
An objective criterion for determining the South Atlantic Convergence Zone T Ambrizzi, SET Ferraz Frontiers in Environmental Science 3, 23 , 2015 2015 Citations: 69
Comparação de metodologias de preenchimento de falhas em dados meteorológicos para estações no sul do Brasil AA Bier, SET Ferraz Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia 32, 215-226 , 2017 2017 Citations: 67
Variações climáticas na precipitação no sul do Brasil no clima presente e futuro JC Cera, SET Ferraz Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia 30 (1), 81-88 , 2015 2015 Citations: 61
Anomalias de precipitação no sul do Brasil em eventos El Niño AM Grimm, SE Teleginski, ED Freitas, SMS Costa, PG Ferlizi, J Gomes Congresso Brasileiro de Meteorologia 9, 1098-1102 , 1996 1996 Citations: 51
Influência do fenômeno El Niño na erosividade das chuvas na região de Santa Maria (RS) GM Paula, NA Streck, AJ Zanon, FLF Eltz, AB Heldwein, SET Ferraz Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo 34, 1315-1323 , 2010 2010 Citations: 42
Mapping ecosystem services in a rural landscape dominated by cacao crop: A case study for Los Rios province, Ecuador D Portalanza, MP Barral, G Villa-Cox, S Ferreira-Estafanous, P Herrera, ... Ecological Indicators 107, 105593 , 2019 2019 Citations: 38
Influence of the Antarctic Oscillation on the South Atlantic convergence zone FV Rosso, NT Boiaski, SET Ferraz, TC Robles Atmosphere 9 (11), 431 , 2018 2018 Citations: 35
Padrões de variabilidade de vazão de rios nas principais bacias brasileiras e associação com índices climáticos CR Capozzoli, AO Cardoso, SET Ferraz Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia 32 (2), 243-254 , 2017 2017 Citations: 31
Characterization and spatial coverage of heat waves in subtropical Brazil N Cordero Simões dos Reis, NT Boiaski, SET Ferraz Atmosphere 10 (5), 284 , 2019 2019 Citations: 27
Turbulent statistical characteristics associated to the north wind phenomenon in southern Brazil with application to turbulent diffusion MCA Arbage, GA Degrazia, GS Welter, DR Roberti, OC Acevedo, ... Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 387 (16-17), 4376-4386 , 2008 2008 Citations: 26
Trends and decadal variability in air temperature over Southern Brazil FV Rosso, NT Boiaski, SET Ferraz, CF Dewes, JD Tatsch Am J Environ Eng 5 (1A), 85-95 , 2015 2015 Citations: 23
Soybean yield in future climate scenarios for the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil JC Cera, NA Streck, CAJ Fensterseifer, SET Ferraz, KP Bexaira, ... Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira 52 (06), 380-392 , 2017 2017 Citations: 22
Mudanças climáticas e seus efeitos no rendimento de arroz irrigado no Rio Grande do Sul LC Walter, NA Streck, HT Rosa, SET Ferraz, JC Cera Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira 49, 915-924 , 2014 2014 Citations: 20
Climate variability and change in Ecuador: dynamic downscaling of regional projections with RegCM4 and HadGEM2-ES for informed adaptation strategies D Portalanza, M Torres, F Rosso, CF Zuluaga, A Durigon, FG Horgan, ... Frontiers in Climate 6, 1344868 , 2024 2024 Citations: 19
Atmospheric and oceanic patterns associated with extreme drought events over the Paraná hydrographic region, Brazil AA de Freitas, MS Reboita, VSB Carvalho, A Drumond, SET Ferraz, ... Climate 11 (1), 12 , 2023 2023 Citations: 19
Assessing climate change effects on gladiola in Southern Brazil CC Becker, NA Streck, LO Uhlmann, JC Cera, SET Ferraz, WB Silveira, ... Scientia Agricola 78, e20180275 , 2021 2021 Citations: 18
Influência da Oscilação Decadal do Pacífico e as mudanças no regime de chuva do Rio Garnde do Sul JC Cera, SET Ferraz, FD Bender Ciência e Natura, 317-320 , 2009 2009 Citations: 14