Efrén López-Blanco

Scientist

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

Virkkala, A.-M., Natali, S. M., Rogers, B. M., Watts, J. D., Savage, K., Connon, … Zyryanov, V. I.: 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, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-179-2022, 2022.

Wei, J., Li, X., Liu, L., Christensen, T. R., Jiang, Z., Ma, Y., Wu, X., Yao, H. and López-Blanco, E.: 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, 10.5194/bg-19-861-2022, 2022

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

Christensen, T. R., Lund, M., Skov, K., Abermann, J., López-Blanco, E., Scheller, J., Scheel, M., Jackowicz-Korcynski, M., Langley, K., Murphy, J., and Mastepanov, M.: Multiple ecosystem effects of extreme weather events in the Arctic Ecosystems, Ecosystems, 24, 122–136, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-020-00507-6, 2020.

López-Blanco, E., Jackowicz-Korczynski, M., Mastepanov, M., Skov, K., Westergaard-Nielsen, A., Williams, M. and Christensen, T. R.: Multi-year data-model evaluation reveals the importance of nutrient availability over climate in arctic ecosystem C dynamics, Environmental Research Letters 5 094007, 10.1088/1748-9326/ab865b, 2020

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, T. R., Tamstorf, M. P., Slevin, D., Hugelius, G., Bloom, A. A., and Williams, M.: Evaluation of terrestrial pan-Arctic carbon cycling using a data-assimilation system, Earth Syst. Dynam., 10, 233–255,

López-Blanco, E., Lund, M., Christensen, T. R., Tamstorf, M. P., Smallman, T. L., Slevin, D., Westergaard-Nielsen, A., Hansen, B. U., Abermann, J., and Williams, M.: Plant Traits are Key Determinants in Buffering the Meteorological Sensitivity of Net Carbon Exchanges of Arctic Tundra, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123, https:// doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004386, 2018.

López-Blanco, E., Lund, M., Williams, M., Tamstorf, M. P., Westergaard-Nielsen, A., Exbrayat, J. F., Hansen, B. U., and Christensen, T. R.: Exchange of CO2 in Arctic tundra: impacts of meteorological variations and biological disturbance, Biogeosciences, 14, 4467-4483, 10.5194/bg-14-4467-2017, 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

Pirk, N., Mastepanov, M., López-Blanco, E., Christensen, L. H., Christiansen, H. H., Hansen, B. U., Lund, M., Parmentier, F.-J. W., Skov, K., and Christensen, T. R.: Toward a statistical description of methane emissions from arctic wetlands, AMBIO, 46, 70-80, 10.1007/s13280-016-0893-3, 2017.

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