Dr. François W. Primeau

Associate Professor of Earth System Science
Room 3224 Croul Hall
University of California
Irvine, CA 92697-3100

Phone: (949) 824-9435
Fax: (949) 824-3874
Email: fprimeau@uci.edu

Primeau Group Research:

We are interested in the ocean's role in the climate of the Earth. The ocean plays a determining role in the variability of the climate system on inter-annual to millennial timescales. We use global observations and a hierarchy of ocean models together with advanced computational and mathematical techniques to study the ocean. Our current research is directed in three broad areas:

  1. the surface-to-surface transport and ventilation of ocean water masses
  2. inter-annual to decadal variability of the ocean's wind-driven circulation
  3. global ocean biogeochemical cycles.