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Joseph Salisbury

Research Professor
Phone: (603) 862-0849
Office: Morse Hall, Room 142a, Durham, NH 03824
Websites:
My interests focus on the biogeochemistry and ecology of coastal regions, particularly those influenced by riverine processes. I'm presently working on two strands of research. The first seeks to characterize distributions of carbon dioxide, air-sea carbon exchange, productivity and acid stress in freshwater-influenced coastal regions. The second strand involves the use of data from a variety of space-borne sensors to characterize net community productivity and carbon exchanges in coastal waters. For these projects we use a variety of remotely sensed data including ocean color, sea surface temperature and microwave radiometry. Our UNH Coastal Carbon Group maintains several autonomous data collecting assets in the Gulf of Maine and stays active in cruise campaigns throughout the western Atlantic. I'm currently the Principal Investigator of the NASA-UNH mission GLIMR, (Geostationary Littoral Imaging and Monitoring Radiometer), a hyper spectral ocean color instrument that is scheduled to be placed in geostationary orbit in 2026.

Education

  • Ph.D., Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire
  • M.S., Ins Ledrshp/Pblc Plcy, University of Southern Maine
  • B.A., Geology/Earth Science, University of Southern Maine

Selected Publications

  • Hunt, C. W., Salisbury, J. E., Liu, X., & Byrne, R. H. (2025). Organic alkalinity distributions, characteristics, and application to carbonate system calculations in estuarine and coastal systems. Limnology and Oceanography, 70(2), 319-333. doi:10.1002/lno.12761

  • Dierssen, H. M., Gierach, M., Guild, L. S., Mannino, A., Salisbury, J., Schollaert Uz, S., . . . Werdell, P. J. (2023). Synergies Between NASA's Hyperspectral Aquatic Missions PACE, GLIMR, and SBG: Opportunities for New Science and Applications. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128(10). doi:10.1029/2023jg007574

  • Gomez, F. A., Lee, S. -K., Stock, C. A., Ross, A. C., Resplandy, L., Siedlecki, S. A., . . . Salisbury, J. E. (2023). RC4USCoast: a river chemistry dataset for regional ocean model applications in the US East Coast, Gulf of Mexico, and US West Coast. Earth System Science Data, 15(5), 2223-2234. doi:10.5194/essd-15-2223-2023

  • Hunt, C. W., Salisbury, J. E., & Vandemark, D. (2022). Controls on buffering and coastal acidification in a temperate estuary. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY, 67(6), 1328-1342. doi:10.1002/lno.12085

  • Salisbury, J. E., Jonsson, B. F., Mannino, A., Kim, W., Goes, J. I., Choi, J. -Y., & Concha, J. A. (2021). Assessing Net Growth of Phytoplankton Biomass on Hourly to Annual Time Scales Using the Geostationary Ocean Color Instrument. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 48(23). doi:10.1029/2021GL095528

  • Bakker, D. C. E., Pfeil, B., Landa, C. S., Metzl, N., O'Brien, K. M., Olsen, A., . . . Xu, S. (2016). A multi-decade record of high-quality fCO(2) data in version 3 of the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT). EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA, 8(2), 383-413. doi:10.5194/essd-8-383-2016

  • Le Quere, C., Moriarty, R., Andrew, R. M., Peters, G. P., Ciais, P., Friedlingstein, P., . . . Zeng, N. (2015). Global carbon budget 2014. EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA, 7(1), 47-85. doi:10.5194/essd-7-47-2015

  • Waldbusser, G. G., & Salisbury, J. E. (2014). Ocean Acidification in the Coastal Zone from an Organism's Perspective: Multiple System Parameters, Frequency Domains, and Habitats. ANNUAL REVIEW OF MARINE SCIENCE, VOL 6, 6, 221-247. doi:10.1146/annurev-marine-121211-172238

  • Salisbury, J., Green, M., Hunt, C., & Campbell, J. (2008). Coastal Acidification by Rivers:A Threat to Shellfish?. Eos, 89(50), 513. doi:10.1029/2008eo500001

  • Vorosmarty, C. J., Green, P., Salisbury, J., & Lammers, R. B. (2000). Global water resources: Vulnerability from climate change and population growth. SCIENCE, 289(5477), 284-288. doi:10.1126/science.289.5477.284

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