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Rebecca Woodgate

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Rebecca Woodgate
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Scientific career
ThesisData assimilation in ocean models (1994)

Rebecca Woodgate is a professor at the University of Washington known for her work on ocean circulation in polar regions.

Education and career

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Woodgate has a B.A. from the University of Cambridge (1990) and a Ph.D. from the University of Oxford (1994).[1] Following her Ph.D., she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research.[2] In 1999, she moved to the University of Washington[2] and, as of 2022, she is a professor at the University of Washington.[1]

Research

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Woodgate's early research centered on data assimilation in models[3] and currents near Greenland.[4] She has examined physical properties of the water masses in the Arctic Ocean, and the movement of the water masses in the region.[5][6] Her research also focuses on the flow of freshwater through the Bering Strait[7] and the changes in the water flowing through the Bering Strait over time.[8][9] Woodgate's research also informs understanding of the role of freshwater in the Arctic,[10][11] and the interactions between the Arctic Ocean and sea ice in the region.[12][13] Her research uses moored instruments to observe conditions in the Arctic Ocean.[14][15]

Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ a b "APL-UW Website - Profile - Rebecca Woodgate". www.apl.washington.edu. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  2. ^ a b "Woodgate CV" (PDF). University of Washington. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  3. ^ Woodgate, Rebecca A.; Killworth, Peter D. (1997-08-01). "The Effects of Assimilation on the Physics of an Ocean Model. Part I: Theoretical Model and Barotropic Results". Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 14 (4): 897–909. Bibcode:1997JAtOT..14..897W. doi:10.1175/1520-0426(1997)014<0897:TEOAOT>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0739-0572.
  4. ^ Woodgate, Rebecca A.; Fahrbach, Eberhard; Rohardt, Gerd (1999-08-15). "Structure and transports of the East Greenland Current at 75°N from moored current meters". Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 104 (C8): 18059–18072. Bibcode:1999JGR...10418059W. doi:10.1029/1999JC900146. S2CID 128623997.
  5. ^ Woodgate, Rebecca A; Aagaard, Knut; Muench, Robin D; Gunn, John; Björk, Göran; Rudels, Bert; Roach, A.T; Schauer, Ursula (2001). "The Arctic Ocean Boundary Current along the Eurasian slope and the adjacent Lomonosov Ridge: Water mass properties, transports and transformations from moored instruments". Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 48 (8): 1757–1792. Bibcode:2001DSRI...48.1757W. doi:10.1016/S0967-0637(00)00091-1.
  6. ^ Woodgate, Rebecca A.; Aagaard, Knut; Weingartner, Thomas J. (2005). "A year in the physical oceanography of the Chukchi Sea: Moored measurements from autumn 1990–1991". Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 52 (24–26): 3116–3149. Bibcode:2005DSRII..52.3116W. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2005.10.016. S2CID 32959644.
  7. ^ Woodgate, Rebecca A. (2005). "Revising the Bering Strait freshwater flux into the Arctic Ocean". Geophysical Research Letters. 32 (2): L02602. Bibcode:2005GeoRL..32.2602W. doi:10.1029/2004GL021747. ISSN 0094-8276. S2CID 129640531.
  8. ^ Woodgate, Rebecca A.; Weingartner, Thomas J.; Lindsay, Ron (2012-12-18). "Observed increases in Bering Strait oceanic fluxes from the Pacific to the Arctic from 2001 to 2011 and their impacts on the Arctic Ocean water column". Geophysical Research Letters. 39 (24). Bibcode:2012GeoRL..3924603W. doi:10.1029/2012gl054092. ISSN 0094-8276. S2CID 12841025.
  9. ^ Woodgate, Rebecca A.; Aagaard, Knut; Weingartner, Thomas J. (2006). "Interannual changes in the Bering Strait fluxes of volume, heat and freshwater between 1991 and 2004". Geophysical Research Letters. 33 (15). Bibcode:2006GeoRL..3315609W. doi:10.1029/2006gl026931. ISSN 0094-8276. S2CID 129816755.
  10. ^ Serreze, Mark C.; Barrett, Andrew P.; Slater, Andrew G.; Woodgate, Rebecca A.; Aagaard, Knut; Lammers, Richard B.; Steele, Michael; Moritz, Richard; Meredith, Michael; Lee, Craig M. (2006-11-21). "The large-scale freshwater cycle of the Arctic". Journal of Geophysical Research. 111 (C11): C11010. Bibcode:2006JGRC..11111010S. doi:10.1029/2005JC003424. ISSN 0148-0227.
  11. ^ Rawlins, Michael A.; Steele, Michael; Holland, Marika M.; Adam, Jennifer C.; Cherry, Jessica E.; Francis, Jennifer A.; Groisman, Pavel Ya; Hinzman, Larry D.; Huntington, Thomas G.; Kane, Douglas L.; Kimball, John S. (2010-11-01). "Analysis of the Arctic System for Freshwater Cycle Intensification: Observations and Expectations". Journal of Climate. 23 (21): 5715–5737. Bibcode:2010JCli...23.5715R. doi:10.1175/2010JCLI3421.1. hdl:11250/109001. ISSN 1520-0442.
  12. ^ Woodgate, Rebecca A.; Weingartner, Tom; Lindsay, Ron (2010). "The 2007 Bering Strait oceanic heat flux and anomalous Arctic sea-ice retreat: 2007 BERING STRAIT OCEANIC HEAT FLUX". Geophysical Research Letters. 37 (1): n/a. Bibcode:2010GeoRL..37.1602W. doi:10.1029/2009GL041621. S2CID 38378097.
  13. ^ Zhang, Jinlun; Woodgate, Rebecca; Moritz, Richard (2010-08-01). "Sea Ice Response to Atmospheric and Oceanic Forcing in the Bering Sea". Journal of Physical Oceanography. 40 (8): 1729–1747. Bibcode:2010JPO....40.1729Z. doi:10.1175/2010JPO4323.1. ISSN 1520-0485.
  14. ^ Woodgate, Rebecca; Stafford, Kathleen; Prahl, Fredrick (2015-09-01). "A Synthesis of Year-Round Interdisciplinary Mooring Measurements in the Bering Strait (1990–2014) and the RUSALCA Years (2004–2011)". Oceanography. 28 (3): 46–67. doi:10.5670/oceanog.2015.57.
  15. ^ Woodgate, Rebecca A. (2018). "Increases in the Pacific inflow to the Arctic from 1990 to 2015, and insights into seasonal trends and driving mechanisms from year-round Bering Strait mooring data". Progress in Oceanography. 160: 124–154. Bibcode:2018PrOce.160..124W. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2017.12.007.