Current Post: Senior Research Associate

Room Number: 01.37G

Telephone: 01603 593763 (+44 1603 593763)

Fax: 01603 591327 (+44 1603 591327)

Email: u.schuster@uea.ac.uk

Research Interests

The marine carbon cycle and its interaction with the atmosphere; air-sea flux of CO2; anthropogenic carbon transport in the interior oceans; biogeochemical effects;

Biography

I have been involved in marine carbon research for over 10 years, especially in the North Atlantic. This work includes the study of the seasonal, interannual, to decadal variability of sea surface pCO2 and air-to-sea flux of CO2, as well as the variability of the transport of carbon within the interior of the ocean. The observational effort includes the design of automated instruments to be installed on commercial vessels, and manual instruments to be used during hydrographic research cruises. It leads through the building and testing of these instruments, to the final installation, utilization and ongoing maintenance, to insure the collection of high quality data. We know there have been change in both the air-to-sea flux of CO2 and in the transport of carbon in the interior of the ocean, and I am involved in an international effort to identify the underlying reasons for the observed changes. Major projects I have been part of include IMCORP (1996 to 1999), CAVASSOO (2001 to 2003), and CarboOcean (2005 to 2009).