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Marcello Vichi is a researcher affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa, specializing in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on atmospheric and oceanographic studies related to cryospheric and climate processes. Their work contributes extensively to understanding the dynamics of polar ice and its interaction with marine and atmospheric environments.

The main fields of study for this scientist include Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology.

The research topics frequently addressed by Vichi cover:

  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine animal studies overview

Their recent publications illustrate the breadth of their research interests and collaborations. Notable papers include:

  • The future of Arctic sea-ice biogeochemistry and ice-associated ecosystems (2020) published in Nature Climate Change
  • Drift of Pancake Ice Floes in the Winter Antarctic Marginal Ice Zone During Polar Cyclones (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Three-dimensional imaging of waves and floes in the marginal ice zone during a cyclone (2022) published in Nature Communications
  • The Role of Environmental Drivers in Humpback Whale Distribution, Movement and Behavior: A Review (2021) published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • A New Structure for the Sea Ice Essential Climate Variables of the Global Climate Observing System (2022) published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Common publication venues where Vichi's work frequently appears include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • The Cryosphere
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Vichi collaborates regularly with several co-authors. Frequent collaborators include Tokoloho Rampai, Alberto Alberello, Sebastian Skatulla, Alessandro Toffoli, and Siobhán Johnson.

Best Publications

  • Multiple stressors of ocean ecosystems in the 21st century: projections with CMIP5 models

    Laurent Bopp;L. Resplandy;James C. Orr;Scott C. Doney

  • Experimental strategies to assess the biological ramifications of multiple drivers of global ocean change – a review

    Philip W Boyd;Philip W Boyd;Sinead Collins;Sam Dupont;Katharina Fabricius

  • Effects of Tropical Cyclones on Ocean Heat Transport in a High-Resolution Coupled General Circulation Model

    Enrico Scoccimarro;Silvio Gualdi;Alessio Bellucci;Antonella Sanna

  • How well do global ocean biogeochemistry models simulate dissolved iron distributions

    Alessandro Tagliabue;Olivier Aumont;Ros Death;John P. Dunne

  • A reduction in marine primary productivity driven by rapid warming over the tropical Indian Ocean

    Mathew Koll Roxy;Aditi Modi;Raghu Murtugudde;Vinu Valsala

  • Drivers and uncertainties of future global marine primary production in marine ecosystem models

    C Laufkötter;C Laufkötter;M Vogt;N Gruber;M Aita-Noguchi

  • A generalized model of pelagic biogeochemistry for the global ocean ecosystem. Part I: Theory

    M. Vichi;Nadia Pinardi;S. Masina

  • The future of Arctic sea-ice biogeochemistry and ice-associated ecosystems

    Delphine Lannuzel;Letizia Tedesco;Maria van Leeuwe;Karley Campbell

  • Challenges of modeling depth-integrated marine primary productivity over multiple decades: A case study at BATS and HOT

    Vincent S. Saba;Vincent S. Saba;Marjorie A. M. Friedrichs;Mary-Elena Carr;David Antoine

  • Sea-ice algal phenology in a warmer Arctic.

    L. Tedesco;M. Vichi;E. Scoccimarro

  • Effects of an Explosive Polar Cyclone Crossing the Antarctic Marginal Ice Zone

    Marcello Vichi;Clare Eayrs;Alberto Alberello;Alberto Alberello;Anriëtte Bekker

  • A generalized model of pelagic biogeochemistry for the global ocean ecosystem. Part II: numerical simulations.

    M. Vichi;S. Masina;A. Navarra

  • Global and regional ocean carbon uptake and climate change: sensitivity to a substantial mitigation scenario

    Marcello Vichi;Marcello Vichi;Elisa Manzini;Pier Giuseppe Fogli;Andrea Alessandri;Andrea Alessandri

  • Process studies on the ecological coupling between sea ice algae and phytoplankton

    Letizia Tedesco;Letizia Tedesco;Marcello Vichi;David N. Thomas;David N. Thomas

  • Link or sink: a modelling interpretation of the open Baltic biogeochemistry

    M. Vichi;P. Ruardij;J. W. Baretta

  • Brief communication: Pancake ice floe size distribution during the winter expansion of the Antarctic marginal ice zone

    Alberto Alberello;Alberto Alberello;Miguel Onorato;Luke Bennetts;Marcello Vichi

  • The seasonal cycle of p CO 2 and CO 2 fluxes in the Southern Ocean: diagnosing anomalies in CMIP5 Earth system models

    N. Precious Mongwe;N. Precious Mongwe;Marcello Vichi;Pedro M. S. Monteiro;Pedro M. S. Monteiro

  • Calibration and validation of a one-dimensional complex marine biogeochemical flux model in different areas of the northern Adriatic shelf

    M. Vichi;M. Vichi;P. Oddo;M. Zavatarelli;A. Coluccelli

  • A dynamic Biologically-Active Layer for numerical studies of the sea ice ecosystem.

    Letizia Tedesco;Marcello Vichi;Jari Haapala;Tapani Stipa

  • Waves and Swells in High Wind and Extreme Fetches, Measurements in the Southern Ocean

    Alexander V. Babanin;W. Erick Rogers;Ricardo de Camargo;Martin Doble

  • The impacts of climate change and environmental management policies on the trophic regimes in the Mediterranean Sea: Scenario analyses

    P. Lazzari;G. Mattia;C. Solidoro;S. Salon

  • INGV-CMCC Carbon (ICC): A Carbon Cycle Earth System Model

    Pier Giuseppe Fogli;Elisa Manzini;Marcello Vichi;Andrea Alessandri

Frequent Co-Authors

Simona Masina
Simona Masina Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici
Enrico Scoccimarro
Enrico Scoccimarro Central Maine Community College
Elisa Manzini
Elisa Manzini Max Planck Society
Miguel Onorato
Miguel Onorato University of Turin
Nadia Pinardi
Nadia Pinardi University of Bologna
Silvio Gualdi
Silvio Gualdi Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
John P. Dunne
John P. Dunne Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Antonio Navarra
Antonio Navarra National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Andrew Yool
Andrew Yool National Oceanography Centre
Pedro M. S. Monteiro
Pedro M. S. Monteiro Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

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