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Dr. Hernan Eduardo GARCIA

Oceanographer, head WDS Oceanography

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

NOAA NESDIS National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

Work Location

151 Patton Avenue
28801 Asheville
NC
United States of America

Nationality

United States of America

Email(s)

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Telephone

[1] (301) 7134856

Profile URL

https://oceanexpert.org/expert/hgarcia

Persistent Digital Identifiers (UIDs)

ORCID : 0000-0002-6173-2542

Highest Degree

PhD, MSci, BSci

Job Type

Research
Data Management
Decision Making & Policy

Subject Area

Chemical Oceanography
Climatology, Meteorology
Research Support Services

Activities

Hernan Garcia interests extend to integration of science-based observational environmental research data into useful decision-relevant ocean data products, services, strategic planning, and research. Currently, he leads the NCEI Arctic Team lead, Director of the ICSU World Data Service (WDS) for Oceanography, and U.S. National Data Management coordinator for the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO. He contributes to national and international science stewardship projects and programs. Hernan has a MS and a PhD in Oceanography from Oregon State University.

Sea regions of study

Global

Skills

Chemical ocean climate and variability, chemical data quality control, Dissolved inorganic nutrients and oxygen variability, biogeochemical cycling, ocean data management

Working language(s)

English
Spanish

Website(s)

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/

Created: 1997-02-17 | Last Updated: 2022-12-06