Dr. Arteaga is an oceanographer and Earth scientist primarily working on ocean carbon fluxes and the connection between marine ecosystems and climate. He graduated as a biologist from Universidad Simón Bolívar, Venezuela, and continued his studies in oceanography and biogeochemical modeling in Germany and Australia, and received his Masters degree and PhD from the GEOMAR | Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel. Prior to joining GMAO, Dr. Arteaga was a Postdoctoral Fellow and Associate Research Scholar in Prof. Jorge L. Sarmiento's group at Princeton University, working primarily on Southern Ocean biogeochemical dynamics within the Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling (SOCCOM) project. Presently, his research centers on the development of models and data assimilation systems that support NASA’s EXPORTS and PACE missions, with particular focus on forecasting oceanic carbon fluxes and ecosystem identification from space.
9/2020
-
Present
Earth Scientist
UMBC GESTAR-II /GMAO,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD - Development of models and data assimilation systems to support NASA’s EXPORTS and PACE missions on the forecasting of oceanic carbon fluxes and ecosystem identification from space.
7/2018
-
8/2020
Associate Research Scholar
Princeton University,
Princeton, NJ - Analysis of bio-optical information (satellite and bio-Argo) to characterize oceanic bloom dynamics in the Antarctic Ocean.
- Analysis of robotic profiling systems to quantify carbon sequestration in the Antarctic Ocean.
11/2015
-
6/2018
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Princeton University,
Princeton, NJ - Evaluation of multivariate regression models applied to satellite data to estimate biological carbon export in the Antarctic Ocean.
- Ph.D Ocean Biogeochemistry, 2015. GEOMAR | University of Kiel (Germany). Thesis title: Combining model and satellite analyses to describe phytoplankton growth. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Andreas Oschlies and Dr. Markus Pahlow.
- M.Sc. Biological Oceanography, 2011. IFM-GEOMAR | University of Kiel (Germany). Thesis title: Evaluation of regional patterns of light and nutrient colimitation in the global ocean. A modelling approach.
- Lic. Biology, 2008. Universidad Simón Bolívar (Venezuela). Thesis title: Description of the Venezuelan gulf upwelling system using satellite remote sensing.
- Spring, 2020: Teaching contributor, Princeton University. Lead the ocean ecology and biogeochemistry lectures of the course GEO521-AOS521 S2020: Southern Ocean Seminar, dictated by Prof. Daniel M. Sigman.
- 2017 – 2020: Coordinator of the PEI internship program for the Sarmiento group, Princeton University. Recruitment and coordination of summer students for the Sarmiento group in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences program.
- Summer, 2018 and 2019: Supervisor of summer interns for the Princeton Environmental Institue (PEI) internship program, Princeton University. Scientific mentoring of the project: Correlations between surface ocean pCO2 and lidar-based phytoplankton biomass estimates (2018) and Interannual variation in Southern Ocean phytoplankton inferred from space-based lidar (2019).
- Spring, 2017: Teaching assistant, Princeton University. Grader and assistant of the course Geo-202: Ocean, Atmosphere and Climate, dictated by Prof. Jorge L. Sarmiento.
- Spring, 2013: Teaching assistant, University of Kiel (Germany). Assistant of the course MNF- bioc-335 : Biogeochemical Modeling, dictated by Prof. Andreas Oschlies and Dr. Markus Pahlow.
- 2007 - 2008: Teaching assistant, Universidad Simón Bolívar (Venezuela). Teaching and support activities on expeditions of the practical course of Ecology II, within the curriculum in Biology.
- 2019 Visiting Scholarship at the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, Australia.
- Prof. Dr. Werner Petersen-Stiftung prize for outstanding doctoral thesis 2014/2015.
- ISOS Integrated School of Ocean Sciences Kiel PhD miniproposal award 2014: Ocean Biogeochemistry under Changing Climate with a Phytoplankton Optimality-based model.
03/01/2017 -
03/01/2020
NASA ROSES-2016 A.5 Carbon Cycle Science,
NASA
Determination of the relationship between primary production and net community production in the Southern Ocean through the use of profiling floats, satellite data, and ecosystem models.
;
Co-Investigator
06/01/2021
NASA ROSES-2020 A.6 Carbon Monitoring System,
NASA
GEOS-Carb IV: Delivering low-latency carbon flux and concentration datasets in support of NASA’s Carbon Monitoring System.
;
Co-I
Refereed
Arteaga, L. A., and C. S. Rousseaux. 2023. "Impact of Pacific Ocean heatwaves on phytoplankton community composition."
Communications Biology,
6:
[10.1038/s42003-023-04645-0]
Arteaga, L. A., M. J. Behrenfeld, E. Boss, and T. K. Westberry. 2022. "Vertical structure in phytoplankton growth and productivity inferred from Biogeochemical-Argo floats and the Carbon-based Productivity Model
."
Global Biogeochemical Cycles,
36
(8):
e2022GB007389
[10.1029/2022GB007389]
Arteaga, L. A., E. Boss, M. J. Behrenfeld, T. K. Westberry, and J. L. Sarmiento. 2020. "Seasonal modulation of phytoplankton biomass in the Southern Ocean."
Nature Communications,
11:
[10.1038/s41467-020-19157-2]
Pahlow, M., C.-T. Chien, L. A. Arteaga, and A. Oschlies. 2020. "Optimality-Based Non-Redfield Plankton-Ecosystem Model (OPEMv1.0) in the UVic-ESCM 2.9. Part I: Implementation and Model Behaviour."
Geoscientific Model Development,
13:
4663--4690
[10.5194/gmd-13-4663-2020]
Arteaga, L. A., M. Pahlow, S. M. Bushinsky, and J. L. Sarmiento. 2019. "Nutrient controls on export production in the Southern Ocean."
Global Biogeochemical Cycles,
33:
942-956
[10.1029/2019GB006236]
Arteaga, L., N. Haentjens, E. Boss, K. S. Johnson, and J. L. Sarmiento. 2018. "Assessment of export efficiency equations in the Southern Ocean applied to satellite-based net primary production."
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,
123:
2945-2964
[10.1002/2018JC013787]
Arteaga, L., M. Pahlow, and A. Oschlies. 2016. "Modeled Chl:C ratio and derived estimates of phytoplankton carbon biomass and its contribution to total particulate organic carbon in the global surface ocean."
Global Biogeochemical Cycles,
30:
1791-1810
[10.1002/2016GB005458]
Arteaga, L., M. Pahlow, and A. Oschlies. 2015. "Global monthly sea surface nitrate fields estimated from remotely sensed sea surface temperature, chlorophyll, and modeled mixed layer depth."
Geophysical Research Letters,
42
(4):
1130--1138
[10.1002/2014GL062937]
Arteaga, L., M. Pahlow, and A. Oschlies. 2014. "Global patterns of phytoplankton nutrient and light colimitation inferred from an optimality-based model."
Global Biogeochemical Cycles,
28
(7):
648--661
[10.1002/2013GB004668]
Kalvelage, T., G. Lavik, P. Lam, et al. 2013. "Nitrogen cycling driven by organic matter export in the South Pacific oxygen minimum zone."
Nature Geoscience,
6
(3):
228--234
[10.1038/ngeo1739]
Non-Refereed
McCarty, B. J., A. Mahadevan, P. Matrai, et al. 2023. "Reports from EXPORTS modeling and data-mining activities."
Technical Memorandum
Arteaga, L. A. 2022. "CbPM code for BGC-Argo floats."
Zenodo
[10.5281/zenodo.6599224]
Refereed
Arteaga, L. A., and C. S. Rousseaux. 2023. "Impact of Pacific Ocean heatwaves on phytoplankton community composition."
Communications Biology
6
[10.1038/s42003-023-04645-0]
Arteaga, L. A., M. J. Behrenfeld, E. Boss, and T. K. Westberry. 2022. "Vertical structure in phytoplankton growth and productivity inferred from Biogeochemical-Argo floats and the Carbon-based Productivity Model
."
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
36
(8):
e2022GB007389
[10.1029/2022GB007389]
Arteaga, L. A., E. Boss, M. J. Behrenfeld, T. K. Westberry, and J. L. Sarmiento. 2020. "Seasonal modulation of phytoplankton biomass in the Southern Ocean."
Nature Communications
11
[10.1038/s41467-020-19157-2]
Pahlow, M., C.-T. Chien, L. A. Arteaga, and A. Oschlies. 2020. "Optimality-Based Non-Redfield Plankton-Ecosystem Model (OPEMv1.0) in the UVic-ESCM 2.9. Part I: Implementation and Model Behaviour."
Geoscientific Model Development
13
4663--4690
[10.5194/gmd-13-4663-2020]
Arteaga, L. A., M. Pahlow, S. M. Bushinsky, and J. L. Sarmiento. 2019. "Nutrient controls on export production in the Southern Ocean."
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
33
942-956
[10.1029/2019GB006236]
Arteaga, L., N. Haentjens, E. Boss, K. S. Johnson, and J. L. Sarmiento. 2018. "Assessment of export efficiency equations in the Southern Ocean applied to satellite-based net primary production."
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
123
2945-2964
[10.1002/2018JC013787]
Arteaga, L., M. Pahlow, and A. Oschlies. 2016. "Modeled Chl:C ratio and derived estimates of phytoplankton carbon biomass and its contribution to total particulate organic carbon in the global surface ocean."
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
30
1791-1810
[10.1002/2016GB005458]
Arteaga, L., M. Pahlow, and A. Oschlies. 2015. "Global monthly sea surface nitrate fields estimated from remotely sensed sea surface temperature, chlorophyll, and modeled mixed layer depth."
Geophysical Research Letters
42
(4):
1130--1138
[10.1002/2014GL062937]
Arteaga, L., M. Pahlow, and A. Oschlies. 2014. "Global patterns of phytoplankton nutrient and light colimitation inferred from an optimality-based model."
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
28
(7):
648--661
[10.1002/2013GB004668]
Kalvelage, T., G. Lavik, P. Lam, et al. 2013. "Nitrogen cycling driven by organic matter export in the South Pacific oxygen minimum zone."
Nature Geoscience
6
(3):
228--234
[10.1038/ngeo1739]
Non-Refereed
McCarty, B. J., A. Mahadevan, P. Matrai, et al. 2023. "Reports from EXPORTS modeling and data-mining activities."
Technical Memorandum
Arteaga, L. A. 2022. "CbPM code for BGC-Argo floats."
Zenodo
[10.5281/zenodo.6599224]
