VALERIE BENNINGTON

Research Interests
I am interested in ecosystem dynamics and ecosystem impacts on the ocean/large lake carbon cycles.  I would like to understand the ecosystem’s current role in the carbon budget in order to model its future role.  I am interested in projects of both the regional and global scales and would like to use models to project future regional and global carbon budgets for use in climate projections. 

Background
Ph.D. – 2010, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
B.A. – 2002, Connecticut College, New London, CT
I studied math and physics as an undergraduate student.  I became interested in climate studies and ocean/lake ecosystem dynamics during my two years in AmeriCorps.  In my free time, I enjoy running, hiking, snowshoeing, hanging out with friends and family, and going to concerts.

Thesis
Dr. Bennington PhD. Thesis - PDF

Papers

Bennington, V., G. A. McKinley, N. Kimura, and C. H. Wu (2010), General circulation of Lake Superior: Mean, variability, and trends from 1979 to 2006, J. Geophys. Res., 115, C12015, doi:10.1029/2010JC006261. Download PDF (2)

Bennington, V, G.A. McKinley, S. Dutkiewicz, D. Ullman (2009) What does chlorophyll variability tell us about export and air-sea CO₂ flux variability in the North Atlantic? Global Biogeochem. Cycles., 23, GB3002, doi:10.1029/2008GB00341. download (1)

Posters
V. Bennington, McKinley, G.A., S. Dutkiewicz, D. Ullman, D. Polzin. Limits on Biologically-Controlled CO₂ flux variability in the North Atlantic.
ASLO Ocean Science Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 2008. download

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