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Howard J. Freeland

Howard J. Freeland

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
38
Citations
8608
World Ranking
8515
National Ranking
391

Overview

Howard J. Freeland is affiliated with Fisheries and Oceans Canada in Canada, contributing to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. Their research focuses primarily on oceanographic and atmospheric processes, marine and coastal ecosystems, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and underwater vehicles and communication systems.

Their subfields of expertise include oceanography, atmospheric science, and ocean engineering. These areas reflect an interdisciplinary approach combining physical sciences and engineering principles to address complex environmental and technological challenges.

The scientist's publication record includes work appearing in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science. One recent paper is titled Argo Data 1999-2019: Two Million Temperature-Salinity Profiles and Subsurface Velocity Observations From a Global Array of Profiling Floats, published in 2020. This paper has been cited extensively, indicating engagement with a broad research community.

Frequent collaborators in research include Susan Wijffels, Dean Roemmich, Nathalie Zilberman, W. Brechner Owens, and Philip Sutton, each with multiple coauthored works alongside Freeland.

Research topics that define their work are:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems

The scientist has contributed to publication venues primarily associated with marine and environmental sciences, with Frontiers in Marine Science being a notable outlet.

Best Publications

  • Causes and impacts of the 2014 warm anomaly in the NE Pacific

    Nicholas A. Bond;Meghan F. Cronin;Howard Freeland;Nathan Mantua

  • Fifteen years of ocean observations with the global Argo array

    Stephen C. Riser;Howard J. Freeland;Dean Roemmich;Susan Wijffels

  • The physical oceanography of fjords

    David M. Farmer;Howard J. Freeland

  • Persistently declining oxygen levels in the interior waters of the eastern subarctic Pacific

    Frank A. Whitney;Howard J. Freeland;Marie Robert

  • Spring phenology trends in Alberta, Canada: links to ocean temperature.

    E. G. Beaubien;H. J. Freeland

  • On the Future of Argo: A Global, Full-Depth, Multi-Disciplinary Array

    Dean Roemmich;Matthew H. Alford;Hervé Claustre;Kenneth Johnson

  • Argo Data 1999–2019: Two Million Temperature-Salinity Profiles and Subsurface Velocity Observations From a Global Array of Profiling Floats

    Annie P.S. Wong;Susan E. Wijffels;Stephen C. Riser;Sylvie Pouliquen

  • Argo profiling floats bring new era of in situ ocean observations

    John Gould;Dean Roemmich;Susan Wijffels;Howard Freeland

  • Evidence of change in the winter mixed layer in the Northeast Pacific Ocean

    Howard Freeland;Ken Denman;C.S. Wong;Frank Whitney

  • Variability in upper-ocean water properties in the NE Pacific Ocean

    F.A Whitney;H.J Freeland

  • Variations in the Earth's Orbit: Pacemaker of the Ice Ages?

    Unknown

  • Argo: The Global Array of Profiling Floats

    Dean Roemmich;Olaf Boebel;Yves Desaubies;Howard Freeland

  • Bottom water warming in the North Pacific Ocean

    Masao Fukasawa;Howard Freeland;Ron Perkin;Tomowo Watanabe

  • A strong biological response to oceanic flow past Cobb Seamount

    John Dower;Howard Freeland;Kim Juniper

  • Currents along the pacific coast of Canada

    H.J. Freeland;W.R. Crawford;R.E. Thomson

  • WOCE line P1W in the Sea of Okhotsk: 2. CFCs and the formation rate of intermediate water

    C. S. Wong;R. J. Matear;H. J. Freeland;F. A. Whitney

  • Argo: The challenge of continuing 10 years of progress

    D Roemmich;M Belboch;H Freeland;SL Garzoli

  • Variability of the North Pacific Current and its bifurcation

    Patrick F. Cummins;Howard J. Freeland

  • Cold halocline in the northern California Current: An invasion of subarctic water

    Howard J. Freeland;Germaine Gatien;Adriana Huyer;Robert L. Smith

  • Correlation scales, objective mapping and a statistical test of geostrophy over the continental shelf

    Kenneth L. Denman;Howard J. Freeland

  • The Australian Coastal Experiment: A Search for Coastal-Trapped Waves

    H.J. Freeland;F.M. Boland;J.A. Church;A.J. Clarke

Frequent Co-Authors

Dean Roemmich
Dean Roemmich University of California, San Diego
Susan Wijffels
Susan Wijffels Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Brian A. King
Brian A. King National Oceanography Centre
Stephen C. Riser
Stephen C. Riser University of Washington
Toshio Suga
Toshio Suga Tohoku University
Frank A. Whitney
Frank A. Whitney Fisheries and Oceans Canada
John A. Church
John A. Church University of New South Wales
Robert L. Smith
Robert L. Smith Oregon State University
M. Ravichandran
M. Ravichandran Ministry of Earth Sciences
Andreas Sterl
Andreas Sterl Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute

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