INSTAAR: Nicole Lovenduski

Research Scientist of INSTAAR; Assistant Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder.

PhD: 2007, University of California at Los Angeles.

nicole.lovenduski@colorado.edu
(303) 492-5259

Specialty: Marine carbon cycle; ocean climate variability and change; ocean modeling.

Research Interests: My research is focused on understanding the physical, chemical, and biological processes controlling air-sea carbon dioxide exchange. Using modeling and observational studies, I investigate how these processes operated in the past, how they function today, and how they might respond to anthropogenic climate change in the future. Some current topics include: testing the sensitivity Southern Ocean carbon uptake to changes in wind stress and stratification; quantifying the impact of thermocline induction on decadal variability of the North Atlantic carbon sink; and high-resolution modeling of the Southern Ocean carbon cycle.

Selected Publications:

Lovenduski, N.S., and T. Ito, 2009: The future evolution of the Southern Ocean CO2 sink. Journal of Marine Research, 67(5), 597-617, doi:10.1357/002224009791218832
Lovenduski, N.S., N. Gruber, and S.C. Doney, 2008: Toward a mechanistic understanding of the decadal trends in the Southern Ocean carbon sink. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 22, GB3016, doi:10.1029/2007GB003139
Lovenduski, N.S., N. Gruber, S.C. Doney, and I.D. Lima, 2007: Enhanced CO2 outgassing in the Southern Ocean from a positive phase of the Southern Annular Mode. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 21, GB2026, doi:10.1029/2006GB002900.
Lovenduski, N.S, and N. Gruber, 2005: Impact of the Southern Annular Mode on Southern Ocean circulation and biology. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L11603, doi:10.1029/2005GL022727.

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