Efrén López-Blanco, Postdoc

Researcher

Department
Department of Environment and Minerals
Phone
+299 361231
Email
elb@natur.gl

Job description

My research is focused on terrestrial carbon exchange in high latitudes with a particular focus on the integration between field observations and numerical modelling. In a nutshell, I use process-based modelling and model-data fusion approaches together with in-situ and remote sensing data to establish robust baselines for model calibration and validation and explore prognostic scenarios applying modern ecological forecasting techniques.

Scientific articles

Christensen TR, Scheel M, Scheller J, Rudd DA, Jackowicz-K M, Mastepanov M, López-Blanco E (2023) Rapid shift in greenhouse forcing of emerging arctic peatlands. Sci Rep 13:2828

Hou E, Ma S, Huang Y, Zhou Y, Kim HS, López-Blanco E, Jiang L, Xia J, Tao F, Williams C, Williams M, Ricciuto D, Hanson PJ, Luo Y (2023) Across-model spread and shrinking in predicting peatland carbon dynamics under global change. Glob Change Biol 00:1-17

van Beest FM, López-Blanco E, Hansen LH, Schmidt NM (2023) Extreme shifts in habitat suitability under contemporary climate change for a high-Arctic herbivore. Climatic Change 176:31

López-Blanco E, Langen P L, Williams M, Christensen J H, Boberg F, Langley K, Christensen T R (2022) The future of tundra carbon storage in Greenland – Sensitivity to climate and plant trait changes. Sci Total Environ 846:157385

Oehri J, Schaepman-Strub G, Kim J-S, Grysko R, Kropp H, Grünberg I,..... Chambers S D (2022) Vegetation type is an important predictor of the arctic summer land surface energy budget. Nat Commun 13:6379

Virkkala AM, Natali SM, Rogers BM, Watts JD, Savage K, Connon SJ, Mauritz M, Schuur EAG, Peter D, Minions C, Nojeim J, Commane R, Emmerton CA, Goeckede M, Helbig M, Holl D, Iwata H, Kobayashi H, Kolari P, López-Blanco E, Marushchak ME, Mastepanov M, Merbold L, Parmentier FJW, Peichl M, Sachs T, Sonnentag O, Ueyama M, Voigt C, Aurela M, Boike J, Celis G, Chae N, Christensen TR, Bret-Harte MS, Dengel S, Dolman H, Edgar CW, Elberling B, Euskirchen E, Grelle A, Hatakka J, Humphreys E, Järveoja J, Kotani A, Kutzbach L, Laurila T, Lohila A, Mammarella I, Matsuura Y, Meyer G, Nilsson MB, Oberbauer SF, Park SJ, Petrov R, Prokushkin AS, Schulze C, St. Louis VL, Tuittila ES, Tuovinen JP, Quinton W, Varlagin A, Zona D, Zyryanov VI (2022) The ABCflux database: Arctic-boreal CO2 flux observations and ancillary information aggregated to monthly time steps across terrestrial ecosystems. Earth Syst Sci Data 14:179-208

Virkkala A-M, Natali SM, Rogers BM, Watts JD, Savage K, Connon … Zyryanov VI (2022) The ABCflux database: Arctic–boreal CO2 flux observations and ancillary information aggregated to monthly time steps across terrestrial ecosystems Earth Syst Sci Data 14:179–208

Wei J, Li X, Liu L, Christensen TR, Jiang Z, Ma Y, Wu X, Yao H López-Blanco E (2022) Radiation, soil water content, and temperature effects on carbon cycling in an alpine swamp meadow of the northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau Biogeosciences 19:861-75

Zona D, Lafleur PM, Hufkens K, Bailey B, Gioli B, Burba G, Goodrich JP, Liljedahl AK, Euskirchen ES, Watts JD, Farina M, Kimball JS, Heimann M, Göckede M, Pallandt M, Christensen TR, Mastepanov M, López-Blanco E, Jackowicz-Korczynski M, Dolman AJ, Marchesini LB, Commane R, Wofsy SC, Miller CE, Lipson DA, Hashemi J, Arndt KA, Kutzbach L, Holl D, Boike J, Wille C, Sachs T, Kalhori A, Song X, Xu X, Humphreys ER, Koven CD, Sonnentag O, Meyer G, Gosselin GH, Marsh P, Oechel WC (2022) Earlier snowmelt may lead to late season declines in plant productivity and carbon sequestration in Arctic tundra ecosystems. Sci Rep 12:3986

Zona D, Lafleur PM, Hufkens K, Gioli B, Bailey B, Burba G, Euskirchen ES, Watts JD, Arndt KA, Farina M, Kimball JS, Heimann M, Göckede M, Pallandt M, Christensen TR, Mastepanov M, López-Blanco E, Dolman AJ, Commane R, Miller CE, Hashemi J, Kutzbach L, Holl D, Boike J, Wille C, Sachs T, Kalhori A, Humphreys ER, Sonnentag O, Meyer G, Gosselin GH, Marsh P, Oechel WC (2022) Pan-Arctic soil moisture control on tundra carbon sequestration and plant productivity. Glob Change Biol 29:1267-1281

Virkkala A-M, Aalto J, Rogers B M, Tagesson T, Treat C C, Natali S M, … Luoto M 2021 Statistical upscaling of ecosystem CO2 fluxes across the terrestrial tundra and boreal domain: Regional patterns and uncertainties, Global Change Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15659, 2021

Virkkala AM, Aalto J, Rogers BM, Tagesson T, Treat CC, Natali SM, Watts JD, Potter S, Lehtonen A, Mauritz M, Schuur EAG, Kochendorfer J, Zona D, Oechel W, Kobayashi H, Humphreys E, Goeckede M, Iwata H, Lafleur PM, Euskirchen ES, Bokhorst S, Marushchak M, Martikainen PJ, Elberling B, Voigt C, Biasi C, Sonnentag O, Parmentier FJW, Ueyama M, Celis G, St.Louis VL, Emmerton CA, Peichl M, Chi J, Järveoja J, Nilsson MB, Oberbauer SF, Torn MS, Park S-J, Dolman H, Mammarella I, Chae N, Poyatos R, López-Blanco E, Christensen TR, Kwon MJ, Sachs T, Holl D, Luoto M (2021) Statistical upscaling of ecosystem CO2 fluxes across the terrestrial tundra and boreal domain: Regional patterns and uncertainties. Glob Change Biol 27:4040-4059

Christensen TR, Lund M, Skov K, Abermann J, López-Blanco E, Scheller J, Scheel M, Jackowicz-Korcynski M, Langley K, Murphy J, Mastepanov M (2020) Multiple ecosystem effects of extreme weather events in the Arctic. Ecosystems 24:122–136,

López-Blanco E, Jackowicz-Korczynski M, Mastepanov M, Skov K, Westergaard-Nielsen A, Williams M, Christensen TR (2020) Multi-year data-model evaluation reveals the importance of nutrient availability over climate in arctic ecosystem C dynamics. Environ. Res. Lett. 5:094007, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab865b.

Pastorello G, Trotta C, Canfora E, Chu H, Christianson D, Cheah Y-W,.....Papale D (2020) The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data. Sci Data 7:225

Pastorello, G., Trotta, C., Canfora, E., Chu, H., Christianson, D., Cheah, Y-H., … Papale, D.: The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data, Nature Scientific Data, 7 225, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0534-3, 2020

López-Blanco E, Exbrayat J-F, Lund M, Christensen TR, Tamstorf MP, Slevin D, Hugelius G, Bloom AA, Williams M (2019) Evaluation of terrestrial pan-Arctic carbon cycling using a data-assimilation system. Earth Syst. Dynam. 10:233-255, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-10-233-2019.

López-Blanco E, Lund M, Christensen TR, Tamstorf MP, Smallman TL, Slevin D, Westergaard-Nielsen A, Hansen BU, Abermann J, Williams M (2018) Plant Traits are Key Determinants in Buffering the Meteorological Sensitivity of Net Carbon Exchanges of Arctic Tundra. J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosciences 123, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004386.

López-Blanco E, Lund M, Williams M, Tamstorf MP, Westergaard-Nielsen A, Exbrayat JF, Hansen BU, Christensen TR (2017) Exchange of CO2 in Arctic tundra: impacts of meteorological variations and biological disturbance. Biogeosciences 14:4467-4483, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-4467-2017.

Lund M, Raundrup K, Westergaard-Nielsen A, Blanco EL, Nymand J, Aastrup P (2017) Larval outbreaks in West Greenland: instant and subsequent effects on tundra ecosystem productivity and CO2 exchange. AMBIO, 46: S26-S38

Lund M, Raundrup K, Westergaard-Nielsen A, López-Blanco E, Nymand J, Aastrup P (2017) Larval outbreaks in West Greenland: Instant and subsequent effects on tundra ecosystem productivity and CO2 exchange. AMBIO 46:26-38

Pirk N, Mastepanov M, López-Blanco E, Christensen LH, Christiansen HH, Hansen BU, Lund M, Parmentier F-JW, Skov K, Christensen TR (2017) Toward a statistical description of methane emissions from arctic wetlands. AMBIO 46:70-80, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0893-3.

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