Biogeosciences, carbon cycle, carbon data assimilation, spatial-temporal problems at multiple scales.

Inverse estimation of atmospheric trace gas concentration, surface fluxes, and chemistry. Carbon cycle inverse modeling. Estimation of surface carbon fluxes and parameters in carbon cycle models via variational data assimilation and Kalman filtering.

Natural and human changes in land cover and ecosystem functions and their effects on climate, water resources, and biogeochemistry. Development and use of climate, hydrological, and ecological models.

Biogeosciences, carbon cycle, carbon data assimilation, spatial-temporal problems at multiple scales.

Community Land Model (CLM) development. River routing, dust mobilization and deposition, biogenic volatile organic compound emissions, and dynamic vegetation. Scientific support for the user community, i.e. biogeochemical processes.

Desert dust variability and climate and biogeochemistry impacts, atmospheric transport of trace species, and variability of natural aerosols.

Representation of land surface processes within climate models and examination of land-atmosphere interactions with an emphasis on land cover and land use change.

Terrestrial carbon; carbon flux through ecosystems, and soil carbon accumulation in the landscape.

Carbon data assimilation.

Land-atmosphere interactions and their impact on Sahel precipitation; adaptability of Caribbean islands to climate change

Terrestrial carbon, nitrogen, water, energy cycles, and interactions with climate system. Numerical model development and evaluation against observations at multiple spatial scales. Biometeorology.

Vertenstein, Mariana

Software engineer focusing on the Climate System Model (CSM), i.e. atmospheric and land model portions.