Email: marcel.du.plessis@gu.se

Dept of Marine Sciences
University of Gothenburg
Office 3234
Carl Skottsbergs gata 22B
Gothenburg, Sweden
SE-405 30

I’m a Research Fellow in the Polar Gliders research group at the University of Gothenburg. I’m currently working on two European Commission-funded projects: Submesoscale Processes In a Changing Environment (SPICE) and the Southern Ocean Carbon and Heat Impact on Climate (SO-CHIC).

I am interested in the dynamics that modulate the transfer of heat and carbon between the ocean and the atmosphere. My work focuses on key climate variables and how these vary over time and space scales associated with atmospheric weather systems and submesoscale ocean flows. I use a combination of observations from autonomous ocean robotics, atmospheric forecasting models, satellites and ship-based measurements.

I aim to be transparent about my work and, where possible, share the code I have developed [here]. Please feel free to reach out.


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.


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