Marcel du Plessis

About

Research Scientist
Ocean & Climate Research
Polar Gliders Research Group

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow
Department of Marine Sciences
University of Gothenburg
Office 3234
Carl Skottsbergs gata 22B
Gothenburg, Sweden
SE-405 30

Email: marcel.du.plessis@gu.se

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Research interests: mixed layer dynamics; upper ocean and submesoscale processes; air-sea heat, freshwater & carbon fluxes; autonomous ocean robotics; sea ice processes; idealized numerical modelling.

Latest News

  • Official Release of King’s Environmental Award, where I have been awarded 100 000 SEK to integrate a precipitation sensor onto an autonomous surface vehicle.
  • Gothenburg Press Release of King’s Environmental Award

Recent Publications

  • Publication synthesising the progress of understanding small scale physics of the Southern Ocean from observations over the last decade. Official release 8 May.

Read more about the news and publications in the Publications Tab.

Fieldwork and Teaching Photos

Recovering a SeaExplorer on an ALSEMAR training course in Gothenburg.
Deploying Seaglider “Lussekat” with Theo in the Southern Ocean. Pic: Theo Spira
Teaching on the Skagerak. Pic: Johan Edholm
With Hanna transiting from the South African Antarctic research base to the ice shelf.
Sunrise in the Southern Ocean.
Sea trials of a Slocum microrider glider with Sarah Nicholson in Cape Town.
CTD operations in the Southern Ocean.
Sailbuoy deployment with Seb and Louise in the Skagerak.
Southern Ocean can be a tough place to do oceanography. S.A. Agulhas II aft deck.

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