曹芳
采用现场观测、海水分析、模拟实验、卫星遥感及数值模型等研究手段，在滨海蓝碳生态系统-河口-边缘海体系水环境中碳的生物地球化学循环及卫星遥感研究方面取得了一系列创新性成果。主要包括：发展了基于海水碳的生物地球化学机理的河口-边缘海体系水环境溶解态有机碳的遥感算法并获得广泛引用；在国际上首次利用卫星遥感刻画了滨海湿地横向碳输出的高动态过程；厘清了大河（如亚马逊河）输出的有机碳在迁移过程中不同物理和生物地球化学作用的相对重要性等。作为第一作者的研究工作发表于Remote Sensing of Environment、Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans/Biogeosciences、Marine Chemistry等国际地学主流期刊。承担Remote Sensing of Environment、Geophysical Research Letters、 Estuaries and Coasts等二十余学术期刊的审稿工作。
目前的研究主要关注：
(1)滨海蓝碳生态系统横向碳交换（lateral carbon exchanges）过程的观测与模拟；
(2)河口-边缘海体系水环境碳的生物地球化学及卫星遥感研究。
欢迎同行一起开展合作研究。
每年招收硕士研究生1-2名，欢迎具有海洋科学、地理科学、遥感科学、生态学等学科背景的同学与我联系。与香港、美国、澳大利亚、希腊、西班牙等国家的顶尖海洋/遥感相关的科研机构长期保持学术合作，愿意为学生搭建良好的发展平台，鼓励学生前往海外读博深造。
[8] 2024-2027 国家重点研发计划“近海蓝碳生态系统的碳汇潜力与多功能协同增汇途径”项目课题三“人类活动影响下的近海碳汇格局与演化趋势预测” 子课题负责人；
[7] 2022-2025 国家自然科学基金专项项目“陆海统筹下的中国海岸带生态系统保护修复与固碳增汇协同增效” 参加
[6] 2021-2025 上海市教育委员会科研创新计划重大项目 “河口-陆架-大洋”耦合的海洋动力学机制和环境生态效应” 研究骨干
[5] 2020-2022 国家自然科学基金青年项目 “潮汐影响下长江口盐沼水体溶解有机质的来源及降解转化机理” 负责人
[4] 2019-2022 上海市自然科学基金面上项目 “潮汐影响下溶解态有机质在盐沼湿地-河口界面的来源、迁移转化及运输通量研究” 负责人
[3] 2022-2024 华东师范大学地理信息科学教育部重点实验室开放课题 “基于遥感和实测的典型滨海湿地生态系统的水平碳交换过程研究” 负责人
[2] 2019-2021 广东省海洋遥感重点实验室开放课题 “基于时间序列遥感的长江口-东海陆架溶解有机碳的时空特征分析 负责人
[1] 2019-2021 自然资源部第二海洋研究所卫星海洋环境动力学国家重点实验室开放基金 “长江口海域陆源溶解有机碳的遥感反演机理” 负责人
[13] Cao, F., & Tzortziou, M. (2024). Impacts of hydrology and extreme events on dissolved organic carbon dynamics in a heavily urbanized estuary and its major tributaries: A view from space. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 129(3), e2023JG007767.
[12] Cao, F., & Tzortziou, M. (2021). Capturing dissolved organic carbon dynamics with Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 in tidally influenced wetland–estuarine systems. Science of the Total Environment, 777, 145910.
[11] Cao, F., Zhu, Y., Kieber, D. J., & Miller, W. L. (2020). Distribution and photo-reactivity of chromophoric and fluorescent dissolved organic matter in the Northeastern North Pacific Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 155, 103168.
[10] Cao, F., Mishra, D. R., Schalles, J. F., & Miller, W. L. (2018). Evaluating ultraviolet (UV) based photochemistry in optically complex coastal waters using the Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO). Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 215, 199-206.
[9] Cao, F., Tzortziou, M., Hu, C., Mannino, A., Fichot, C. G., Del Vecchio, R., ... & Novak, M. (2018). Remote sensing retrievals of colored dissolved organic matter and dissolved organic carbon dynamics in North American estuaries and their margins. Remote Sensing of Environment, 205, 151-165.
[8] Cao, F., Medeiros, P. M., & Miller, W. L. (2016). Optical characterization of dissolved organic matter in the Amazon River plume and the Adjacent Ocean: Examining the relative role of mixing, photochemistry, and microbial alterations. Marine chemistry, 186, 178-188.
[7] Cao, F., & Miller, W. L. (2015). A new algorithm to retrieve chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) absorption spectra in the UV from ocean color. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 120(1), 496-516.
[6] Cao, F., Fichot, C. G., Hooker, S. B., & Miller, W. L. (2014). Improved algorithms for accurate retrieval of UV/visible diffuse attenuation coefficients in optically complex, inshore waters. Remote sensing of environment, 144, 11-27.
[5] Wang, Y., Xu, M., Feng, Z., Zhang, F., Cao, F., & Wu, H. (2023). Tidal variability of phytoplankton distribution in the highly turbid Changjiang River Estuary: Mechanisms and implications. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 128(12), e2023JC020090.
[4] Luo, W., Shen, F., He, Q., Cao, F., Zhao, H., & Li, M. (2022). Changes in suspended sediments in the Yangtze River Estuary from 1984 to 2020: Responses to basin and estuarine engineering constructions. Science of the Total Environment, 805, 150381.
[3] Zhang, X., Cao, F., Huang, Y., & Tang, J. (2022). Variability of dissolved organic matter in two coastal wetlands along the Changjiang River Estuary: Responses to tidal cycles, seasons, and degradation processes. Science of The Total Environment, 807, 150993.
[2] Sun, X., Li, P., Zhou, Y., He, C., Cao, F., Wang, Y., ... & He, D. (2022). Linkages between optical and molecular signatures of dissolved organic matter along the Yangtze River Estuary-to-East China Sea Continuum. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 933561.
[1] Clark, J. B., Neale, P., Tzortziou, M., Cao, F., & Hood, R. R. (2019). A mechanistic model of photochemical transformation and degradation of colored dissolved organic matter. Marine Chemistry, 214, 103666.