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Research

Material and oxygen dynamics in the Baltic Sea with special focus on the carbon cycle.

Education:

M.Sc. in Oceanography, Göteborg University , 2003

Professional experience:

Assistant in under graduated courses, Earth Sciences Centre/ Oceanography, Göteborg university, 2002 - present

Other Commitments:

Laboratory Assistant, Earth Sciences Centre/ Oceanography, Göteborg university, 2002 - 2004

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Publications:

Papers

• Omstedt, A. , Gustafsson, E. and K., Wesslander, (2009).
  Modelling the uptake and release of carbon dioxide in the Baltic Sea surface water. Continental Shelf Research 29, 870-885. DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.01.006
• Hjalmarsson, S., Wesslander, K., Anderson, L.G., Omstedt, A., Perttilä, M., and L., Mintrop (2008). Distribution, long-term development and mass balance calculation of total alkalinity in the Baltic Sea. Continental Shelf Research 28(4–5), 593–601. DOI 10.1016/j.csr.2007.11.010
• Omstedt A., Chen Y. and K., Wesslander (2004). A comparison between the ERA40 and the SMHI gridded meteorological data bases with applications to Baltic Sea modeling. Nordic Hydrology, 36(4), 369-380.

Manuscripts submitted

• Karin Wesslander, Anders Omstedt, Bernd Schneider. Inter-annual variation of the air–sea CO2 balance in the central Baltic Sea and the Kattegat.

Manuscripts in preparation

• Wesslander, K., Hjalmarsson, S., Lefevre, D., Omstedt, A., Rutgersson, A., Sahleé, E., Smedman, A-S, and A. Tengberg. Pilot study of the spring air-sea CO2-exchange in a Baltic Sea coastal region

Reports

• Omstedt, A., Gustafsson E., and K., Wesslander (2009).
  Process-oriented numerical modelling of lakes, coastal seas, and oceans. Part II: Biogeochemical aspects.
  Available from the author or for downloading from the products page.
• Wesslander K., 2003: Are the Nordic Seas Cooling? - analyzing measured and calculated data, M.Sc. Thesis, Earth Sciences Centre, Göteborg university B350, Göteborg, Sweden.

Abstract to conferences

• Karin Wesslander, Anders Omstedt, Bernd Schneider. Inter-annual variation of the air–sea CO2 balance in the central Baltic Sea and the Kattegat. EGU, Vienna, Austria, 2009
• Karin Wesslander and Anders Omstedt. Baltic Sea – a source or sink for CO2? Preliminary analyse of data from 1994 – 2004. Baltic Sea Science Conference, Rostock, Germany, 2007
• Karin Wesslander and Anders Omstedt. Baltic Sea – a source or sink for CO2? Preliminary results of data from the Gotland Sea basin covering 1994 – 2004. Nordic Marine Sciences Conference, Oslo, Norway, 2006
• Wesslander K., and Omstedt A., Modelling the Carbon Cycle of the Baltic Sea, 5th Baltic Sea Science Congress, Sopot, Poland, June 20-24, 2005.
• Wesslander K., Axe P., Green G., Omstedt A., and Svansson A., An overview of long-term time series of temperature, salinity and oxygen in the Baltic Sea, 4th Study Conference on Baltex, Gudhjem, Bornholm, Denmark, May 24-28, 2004.

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