Publications

Selected peer-reviewed publications and research outputs across GeoAI, remote sensing, oceanography, Arctic marine carbon systems, and environmental data science.

Lead-Authored

Ahmed, M., Prikaziuk, E., Laub, M., Klaasse, A.L., Ellerbroek, L.E. (2025). A novel approach to mapping and monitoring land carbon sinks by combining remote sensing and biogeochemical modeling: a case study in Burkina Faso. Ecological Informatics, 90, 103174.
Ahmed, M., Else, B.G.T., Butterworth, B., Capelle, D.W., Gueguen, C., Miller, L.A., Meilleur, C., Papakyriakou, T. (2021). Widespread surface water pCO2 undersaturation during ice-melt season in an Arctic continental shelf sea (Hudson Bay, Canada). Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 9(1), 00130.
Ahmed, M., Else, B.G.T., Capelle, D., Miller, L.A., Papakyriakou, T. (2020). Underestimation of surface pCO2 and air-sea CO2 fluxes due to freshwater stratification in an Arctic shelf sea, Hudson Bay. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 8(1), 084.
Ahmed, M., Else, B. (2019). The Ocean CO2 sink in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: a present day budget and past trends due to climate change. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 9777-9785.
Ahmed, M., Else, B., Burgers, T., Papakyriakou, T. (2019). Variability of surface water pCO2 in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago from 2010 to 2016. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124(3), 1876-1896.
Ahmed, M., Else, B., Eklundh, L., Ardo, J., Seaquist, J. (2017). Dynamic response of NDVI to soil moisture variations during different hydrological regimes in the Sahel region. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 38(19), 5408-5429.

Co-Authored

Deschepper, I., Stefels, J., Corkill, M., Ahmed, M., Delille, B. (2026). Sea ice biogeochemistry. In Comprehensive Cryospheric Science and Environmental Change, 206-223. Elsevier.
Barclay, K.M., Gurney-Smith, H.J., Ahmed, M., et al. (2026). Ocean acidification in Canada: the current state of knowledge and pathways for action. Frontiers in Marine Science, 13, 1761703.
Westbrook, H.C., Bourbonnais, A., Manning, C.C.M., Tremblay, J.-E., Ahmed, M., Else, B., Granger, J. (2024). Dissolved nitrogen cycling in the Eastern Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Baffin Bay from stable isotopic data. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 38(12), e2023GB007926.
Nickoloff, G., Else, B.G.T., Ahmed, M., Burgers, T.M., Miller, L.A., Papakyriakou, T. (2024). Strong pCO2 undersaturation in an Arctic Sea: a decade of spatial and temporal variability in Baffin Bay. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129(8), e2023JC020595.
Duke, P.J., Hamme, R.C., Ianson, D., Landschutzer, P., Ahmed, M., Swart, N.C., Covert, P.A. (2023). Estimating marine carbon uptake in the northeast Pacific using a neural network approach. Biogeosciences, 20(18), 3919-3941.
Duke, P.J., Richaud, B., Arruda, R., Langer, J., Schuler, K., Gooya, P., Ahmed, M., et al. (2023). Canada's marine carbon sink: an early career perspective on the state of research and existing knowledge gaps. FACETS, 8, 1-21.
Sims, R.P., Ahmed, M., Butterworth, B.J., Duke, P.J., Gonski, S.F., Jones, S.F., Brown, K.A., Mundy, C.J., Williams, W.J., Else, B.G.T. (2023). High interannual surface pCO2 variability in the southern Canadian Arctic Archipelago's Kitikmeot Sea. Ocean Science, 19(3), 837-856.
Falardeau, M., Bennett, E.M., Else, B., Fisk, A., Mundy, C.J., Choy, E.S., Ahmed, M., Harris, L.N., Moore, J.-S. (2022). Biophysical indicators and Indigenous and Local Knowledge reveal climatic and ecological shifts with implications for Arctic Char fisheries. Global Environmental Change, 74, 102469.
Barber, D.G., Harasyn, M.L., Babb, D.G., Capelle, D., et al., Ahmed, M., Else, B., et al. (2021). Sediment-laden sea ice in southern Hudson Bay: entrainment, transport, and biogeochemical implications. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 9(1), 00108.
Duke, P.J., Else, B.G.T., Jones, S.F., Marriot, S., Ahmed, M., Nandan, V., et al. (2021). Seasonal marine carbon system processes in an Arctic coastal landfast sea ice environment observed with an innovative underwater sensor platform. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 9(1), 00103.
Manning, C.C., Preston, V.L., Jones, S.F., Michel, A.P.M., Nicholson, D.P., Duke, P.J., Ahmed, M., Manganini, K., Else, B.G.T., Tortell, P.D. (2020). River inflow dominates methane emissions in an Arctic coastal system. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(10), e2020GL087669.
Harris, L.N., Yurkowski, D.J., Gilbert, M.J.H., Else, B.G.T., Duke, P.J., Ahmed, M., Tallman, R.F., Fisk, A.T., Moore, J.-S. (2020). Depth and temperature preference of anadromous Arctic char in the Kitikmeot Sea, a shallow and low-salinity area of the Canadian Arctic. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 634, 175-197.