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Dr. Elena Ceballos<\/h2>\nAssociate Professor & Guest Investigator\u00a0<\/b>
\nUniversity of Sevilla<\/a> & Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry<\/a>\nContact Information:<\/strong>
\neceballos1@us.es & eceballos@whoi.edu\nMailing Address:<\/strong>
\nAv. Reina Mercedes 4A
\nDepartment of Applied Physics II
\nUniversity of Sevilla
\n41012, Seville, Spain\n\t

Research Interests<\/h3>\n

The ultimate purpose of my research is to contribute to better quantifying the role of the oceans in the global carbon cycle. I aim at increasing the precision of the carbon export assessments in the oceans via the Biological Carbon Pump (BCP) and the parameterization of the key processes controlling it. To that purpose, I use high resolution underwater cameras, UVP (Underwater Vision Profiler) type, for particle imaging coupled to a novel autonomous platform that acts as a sediment trap. I use these experimental results as input parameters for stochastic simulations of particle dynamics in the ocean.<\/p>\n

Namely, I focus on:<\/p>\n

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  1. coupling the understanding of the biological processes obtained from the camera images to algorithms to precisely estimate carbon fluxes, and<\/li>\n
  2. developing improved global parametrizations of the BCP efficiency and carbon flux attenuation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I identify these goals as key areas for describing the present and future role of the BCP in global climate models.<\/p>\n\t

    Awards<\/h3>\n