Biography

Luiz Muniz Barreto, Brazilian geophysicist and astronomer (Rio de Janeiro 02 April 1925 – 12 April 2006)

With E.P. Lopes, E.P. Lopes & J. M. Barreto. A new selective filter for improving the performance of geotomographic algorithms (1997)

SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY

Observações de estrelas variáveis. Primeira série 1959/1960. Publ. Serv. Astr. Rio de Janeiro 13:1-28, 1960  

Ocultações lunares. J. Intern. Lunar Soc. 1(7):183-7, 1960

With J.J. D. Nogueira & M. Migon. Occultations of stars by the Moon. Acta Astron. 21(1), 1970

Secular variation and geomagnetic normal field modeling in Brazil. Deutsch. Hydrogr. Zeitsch. 4, 1988

With A.L. Orozco. Magnetic effects during the solar eclipse of July 11, 1991. Geof. Intern. 3213-13, 1993  

Methods of Azimuth determination at a magnetic repeat station: a comparison. J. Geomagn. Geoelectron. 48:1522-30, 1996

With E. P. Lopes. Multiplicative version of the Dinis and Lytle algorithm. Electr. Letters 33(9): 763-5, 1997 

With E. P. Lopes. Robust nonlinear inversion of wave-tilt data. Inverse Problems 14(4): 955-77, 1998

With G.K. Rangarajan. Use of Kp index of geomagnetic activity in the forecast of solar activity. Earth, Planets & Space 51:363-72, 1999

With G.K. Rangarajan. Secular change in the location of the magnetic dip equator in the twentieth century. Geofis, Intern. 39:323-6, 2000

With G.K. Rangarajan. Long term variability in solar wind velocity and IMF intensity and relationship between solar wind parameters and geomagnetic activity. Earth, Planets & Space 52:121-32, 2000

With G.K. Rangarajan. Cyclic components in the length of solar cycle. Rev. Geof. 56:5-15, 2002

With N.B. Trivedi, N.J. Schuch & B.M. Pathan. Electron precipitation in the South Atlantic Anomaly Region in Brazil. Geophys. Res. Abstracts 5, 2003

With A.R.R. Papas & N.A.B. Seixas. Statistical study of magnetic disturbances at the Earth’s surface. J. Atm. Solar Terr. Phys. 68(8):930-6, 2006 

HONORS

Asteroid Munizbarreto (6595)