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Douglas G. Martinson is a researcher affiliated with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a concentration on Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. Their research portfolio also includes contributions to Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Environmental Chemistry.

Martinson's main topics of research include:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Climate variability and models
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

The scientist has published extensively with a notable presence in the following publication venues:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Glaciology
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • AGUFM

Among their recent papers are:

  • Ecosystem state change in the Arabian Sea fuelled by the recent loss of snow over the Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau region (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Influence of seasonally varying sea-ice concentration and subsurface ocean heat on sea-ice thickness and sea-ice seasonality for a 'warm-shelf' region in Antarctica (2023, Journal of Glaciology)
  • Sea Ice Suppression of CO2 Outgassing in the West Antarctic Peninsula: Implications For The Evolving Southern Ocean Carbon Sink (2021, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • Wind-Driven Barotropic Velocity Dynamics on an Antarctic Shelf (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans)
  • Spatially Coherent Intraseasonal Velocity Fluctuations on the Western Antarctic Peninsula Shelf (2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Martinson include:

  • Darren C. McKee
  • Joaquim I. Goés
  • Hongzhen Tian
  • Helga do Rosário Gomes
  • O. Roger Anderson

Best Publications

  • Age dating and the orbital theory of the ice ages: Development of a high-resolution 0 to 300,000-year chronostratigraphy

    Douglas G. Martinson;Nicklas G. Pisias;James D. Hays;John Imbrie

  • The orbital theory of Pleistocene climate: support from a revised chronology of the marine d18O record

    John Imbrie;James D. Hays;Douglas G. Martinson;Andrew McIntyre

  • On the Structure and Origin of Major Glaciation Cycles 1. Linear Responses to Milankovitch Forcing

    J. Imbrie;E. A. Boyle;S. C. Clemens;A. Duffy

  • On the Structure and Origin of Major Glaciation Cycles .2. the 100,000-year Cycle

    J. Imbrie;A. Berger;E. A. Boyle;S. C. Clemens

  • Pleistocene evolution: Northern hemisphere ice sheets and North Atlantic Ocean

    W. F. Ruddiman;M. E. Raymo;D. G. Martinson;B. M. Clement

  • Trends in Antarctic annual sea ice retreat and advance and their relation to El Niño–Southern Oscillation and Southern Annular Mode variability

    S. E. Stammerjohn;S. E. Stammerjohn;D. G. Martinson;D. G. Martinson;R. C. Smith;X. Yuan

  • Marine pelagic ecosystems: the West Antarctic Peninsula

    Hugh W Ducklow;Karen Baker;Douglas G Martinson;Langdon B Quetin

  • Recent Changes in Phytoplankton Communities Associated with Rapid Regional Climate Change Along the Western Antarctic Peninsula

    Martin Montes-Hugo;Scott C. Doney;Hugh W. Ducklow;William Fraser

  • Regions of rapid sea ice change: An inter‐hemispheric seasonal comparison

    Sharon Stammerjohn;Sharon Stammerjohn;Robert Massom;Robert Massom;David Rind;Douglas Martinson

  • Late Pliocene variation in northern hemisphere ice sheets and North Atlantic deep water circulation

    M. E. Raymo;W. F. Ruddiman;J. Backman;B. M. Clement

  • Sea ice in the western Antarctic Peninsula region : Spatio-temporal variability from ecological and climate change perspectives

    Sharon E. Stammerjohn;Sharon E. Stammerjohn;Douglas G. Martinson;Douglas G. Martinson;Raymond C. Smith;Richard A. Iannuzzi

  • How Do Polar Marine Ecosystems Respond to Rapid Climate Change

    Oscar Schofield;Hugh W. Ducklow;Douglas G. Martinson;Michael P. Meredith

  • Antarctic sea ice extent variability and its global connectivity

    Xiaojun Yuan;Douglas G. Martinson

  • Graphic correlation of oxygen isotope stratigraphy application to the Late Quaternary

    Warren L. Prell;John Imbrie;Douglas G. Martinson;Joseph J. Morley

  • Interpretation of recent Antarctic sea ice variability

    Jiping Liu;Judith A. Curry;Douglas G. Martinson

  • West Antarctic Peninsula: An Ice-Dependent Coastal Marine Ecosystem in Transition

    Hugh W. Ducklow;William R. Fraser;Michael P. Meredith;Sharon E. Stammerjohn;Sharon E. Stammerjohn

  • Western Antarctic Peninsula physical oceanography and spatio-temporal variability

    Douglas G. Martinson;Douglas G. Martinson;Sharon E. Stammerjohn;Sharon E. Stammerjohn;Richard A. Iannuzzi;Raymond C. Smith

  • Winter and spring controls on the summer food web of the coastal West Antarctic Peninsula

    Grace K. Saba;William R. Fraser;Vincent S. Saba;Richard A. Iannuzzi

  • High resolution stratigraphic correlation of benthic oxygen isotopic records spanning the last 300,000 years

    N.G. Pisias;D.G. Martinson;T.C. Moore;N.J. Shackleton

  • Evolution of the southern ocean winter mixed layer and sea ice: Open ocean deepwater formation and ventilation

    Douglas G. Martinson

Frequent Co-Authors

Sharon Stammerjohn
Sharon Stammerjohn Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
David Rind
David Rind Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Maureen E. Raymo
Maureen E. Raymo Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Jan Backman
Jan Backman Stockholm University
William F. Ruddiman
William F. Ruddiman University of Virginia
Oscar Schofield
Oscar Schofield Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Nicklas G Pisias
Nicklas G Pisias Oregon State University
Nicholas J Shackleton
Nicholas J Shackleton University of Cambridge
Raymond C. Smith
Raymond C. Smith University of California, Santa Barbara
Scott C. Doney
Scott C. Doney University of Virginia

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