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Contact details

Group:

Ocean BioGeosciences

Site:

Southampton

Email:

filcar at noc.ac.uk

Telephone:

+44 (0)23 8059 6014

Profile

Biography

I'm an oceanographer at the National Oceanography Centre, interested in biophysical interactions and the biological carbon pump. I use data from underwater gliders as well as other autonomous platforms, remote sensing and shipboard oceanographic data to understand how water column dynamics affects phytoplankton and the consequent carbon export. I use high resolution data from gliders to look at mixed layer depth dynamics and the role it plays in controlling the phytoplankton population. I'm interested in using autonomous platforms to answer ecosystem-wide questions.

I'm currently working on GOCART (ERC funded), COMICS, CUSTARD and BIARRITZ (NERC funded) and NASA EXPORTS projects. Further details can be found on my my personal webpage.

For an up-to-date list of my publications check out my google scholar profile.

You can also find me on ORCiD and ResearchGate.

Committees

at NOC:

- Research and Innovation Strategy Committee (RISC) member - ERC representative

International:

- OceanGliders Steering Committee member

- Working Group to develop guidelines and best practices for using OOI biogeochemical sensor data

- Atlantic Observatory - Data and Monitoring Infrastructure project, Advisory Board Panel member

Projects

GOCART

GOCART will use AUVs to investigate seasonal and high frequency variability in organic carbon fluxes and remineralisation. Glider deployments will be used to establish the characteristics and significance of temporal variability in organic carbon flux and remineralisation depth. This will give new insights into the factors driving variability in remineralisation depth, ultimately leading to development of a new model parameterisation incorporating temporal variability.

COMICS

COMICS (Controls over Ocean Mesopelagic Interior Carbon Storage) aims to quantify the flow of carbon in the ocean’s ‘twilight’ zone in order to more accurately model global climate change. We have had two expeditions to two fascinating sites: The Benguela Upwelling off the coast of Namibia and the Southern Ocean around South Georgia. By studying these two contrasting environments, we can better understand what drives ocean carbon storage.

CUSTARD

CUSTARD (Carbon Uptake and Seasonal Traits in Antarctic Remineralisation Depth)will examine how seasonal changes in food availability for phytoplankton at a key junction of the global ocean circulation influences how long carbon is trapped in the ocean rather than escape to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.

Publications