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Frederick E. Nelson is affiliated with the University of Delaware in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specialized concentration in Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work spans several subfields including Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; General Health Professions; Ecology; and Global and Planetary Change. Their research topics extensively cover Climate Change and Permafrost, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research. Additional areas of interest include Landslides and Related Hazards, Indigenous Studies and Ecology, Polar Research and Ecology, as well as Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics.

Frederick E. Nelson has contributed to a variety of scientific publications. Some recent papers include:

  • "Long-term Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) program observations in Northern Alaskan tundra," 2021, Polar Geography
  • "Cool, CALM, collected: the Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring program and network," 2021, Polar Geography
  • "Cosmogenic10Be and36Cl geochronology of cryoplanation terraces in the Alaskan Yukon-Tanana Upland," 2020, Quaternary Research
  • "A characteristic periglacial landform: Automated recognition and delineation of cryoplanation terraces in eastern Beringia," 2020, Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
  • "Preliminary observations of nivation processes, Cathedral Massif, Northwestern British Columbia, Canada," 2021, Physical Geography

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Kelsey E. Nyland
  • N. I. Shiklomanov
  • Raven J. Mitchell
  • Mauro Guglielmin
  • Antoni G. Lewkowicz

Frederick E. Nelson's research has been published notably in venues such as:

  • Permafrost and Periglacial Processes (8 publications)
  • Polar Geography (3 publications)
  • Quaternary Research (2 publications)
  • The American Journal of Emergency Medicine (1 publication)
  • GEOGRAPHY ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Vulnerability of Permafrost Carbon to Climate Change: Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle

    Edward A. G. Schuur;James Bockheim;Josep G. Canadell;Eugenie Euskirchen

  • Evidence and implications of recent climate change in northern Alaska and other arctic regions.

    Larry D. Hinzman;Neil D. Bettez;W. Robert Bolton;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Permafrost degradation and its environmental effects on the Tibetan Plateau: A review of recent research

    Meixue Yang;Meixue Yang;Frederick E. Nelson;Nikolay I. Shiklomanov;Donglin Guo

  • The circumpolar active layer monitoring (calm) program: Research designs and initial results 1

    J. Brown;K. M. Hinkel;F. E. Nelson

  • Degrading permafrost puts Arctic infrastructure at risk by mid-century

    Jan Hjort;Olli Karjalainen;Juha Antero Aalto;Sebastian Westermann

  • Subsidence risk from thawing permafrost.

    Frederick E. Nelson;Oleg A. Anisimov;Nikolay I. Shiklomanov

  • The transient layer: implications for geocryology and climate‐change science

    Yuri Shur;Kenneth M. Hinkel;Frederick E. Nelson

  • Soil moisture: A central and unifying theme in physical geography:

    David R. Legates;Rezaul Mahmood;Delphis F. Levia;Tracy L. DeLiberty

  • Climate change and hazard zonation in the circum-arctic permafrost regions

    F. E. Nelson;O. A. Anisimov;N. I. Shiklomanov

  • Patterns of soil temperature and moisture in the active layer and upper permafrost at Barrow, Alaska: 1993 1999

    K.M. Hinkel;F. Paetzold;F.E. Nelson;J.G. Bockheim

  • The zero-curtain effect: Heat and mass transfer across an isothermal region in freezing soil

    Samuel I. Outcalt;Frederick E. Nelson;Kenneth M. Hinkel

  • Spatial Extent, Age, and Carbon Stocks in Drained Thaw Lake Basins on the Barrow Peninsula, Alaska

    Kenneth M. Hinkel;Wendy R. Eisner;James G. Bockheim;Frederick E. Nelson

  • Estimating active-layer thickness over a large region: Kuparuk River Basin, Alaska, U.S.A

    F.E. Nelson;N.I. Shiklomanov;G.R. Mueller;K.M. Hinkel

  • Global warming and active-layer thickness: results from transient general circulation models

    Oleg A. Anisimov;Nikolai I. Shiklomanov;Frederick E. Nelson

  • A Computational Method for Prediction and Regionalization of Permafrost

    Frederick E. Nelson;Samuel I. Outcalt

  • Spatial and temporal patterns of active layer thickness at Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring (CALM) sites in northern Alaska, 1995–2000

    K. M. Hinkel;F. E. Nelson

  • Morphometric and spatial analysis of thaw lakes and drained thaw lake basins in the western Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska

    K. M. Hinkel;R. C. Frohn;F. E. Nelson;W. R. Eisner

  • The urban heat island in winter at Barrow, Alaska

    Kenneth M. Hinkel;Frederick E. Nelson;Anna E. Klene;Julianne H. Bell

  • Vegetation-Soil-Thaw-Depth Relationships along a Low-Arctic Bioclimate Gradient, Alaska: Synthesis of Information from the ATLAS Studies

    D. A. Walker;G. J. Jia;H. E. Epstein;M. K. Raynolds

  • Detection of subsurface permafrost features with ground‐penetrating radar, Barrow, Alaska

    K. M. Hinkel;J. A. Doolittle;J. G. Bockheim;F. E. Nelson

  • Evidence and Implications of Recent Climate Change in Northern Alaska and Other Arctic Regions

    L. D. Hinzman;N. Bettez;W. R. Bolton;F. S. Chapin

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth M. Hinkel
Kenneth M. Hinkel Michigan Technological University
James G. Bockheim
James G. Bockheim University of Wisconsin–Madison
Donald A. Walker
Donald A. Walker University of Alaska Fairbanks
Vladimir E. Romanovsky
Vladimir E. Romanovsky University of Alaska Fairbanks
Benjamin M. Jones
Benjamin M. Jones University of Alaska Fairbanks
Robert D. Hollister
Robert D. Hollister Grand Valley State University
Larry D. Hinzman
Larry D. Hinzman University of Alaska Fairbanks
Bernd Etzelmüller
Bernd Etzelmüller University of Oslo
Chien-Lu Ping
Chien-Lu Ping University of Alaska Fairbanks
Walter C. Oechel
Walter C. Oechel San Diego State University

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