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Overview

Karen E. Frey is affiliated with Clark University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Geology.

Their research focuses on key topics such as Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, marine and coastal ecosystems, climate change and permafrost, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, cryospheric studies and observations, isotope analysis in ecology, and climate variability and models.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Lee W. Cooper, Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, Robert G. M. Spencer, Larry Stock, and Clare B. Gaffey.

Their publication record includes papers in prominent venues with multiple publications in PLoS ONE, the Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, and Remote Sensing. Other journals include Biogeosciences and Global Biogeochemical Cycles.

Selected recent papers by Karen E. Frey include:

  • Seasonal and latitudinal variations in sea ice algae deposition in the Northern Bering and Chukchi Seas determined by algal biomarkers, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • First pan-Arctic assessment of dissolved organic carbon in lakes of the permafrost region, 2021, Biogeosciences
  • On the variability of the Bering Sea Cold Pool and implications for the biophysical environment, 2024, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Hydrologic and Landscape Controls on Dissolved Organic Matter Composition Across Western North American Arctic Lakes, 2022, Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Arctic Report Card 2020: Arctic Ocean Primary Productivity: The Response of Marine Algae to Climate Warming and Sea Ice Decline, 2020, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - NOAA Central Library

Best Publications

  • A major ecosystem shift in the northern Bering Sea.

    Jacqueline M. Grebmeier;James E. Overland;Sue E. Moore;Ed V. Farley

  • Massive Phytoplankton Blooms Under Arctic Sea Ice

    Kevin R. Arrigo;Donald K. Perovich;Donald K. Perovich;Robert S. Pickart;Zachary W. Brown

  • Impacts of permafrost degradation on arctic river biogeochemistry.

    Karen E. Frey;James W. McClelland

  • Siberian Peatlands a Net Carbon Sink and Global Methane Source Since the Early Holocene

    Laurence C Smith;G M MacDonald;A A Velichko;D W Beilman

  • Amplified carbon release from vast West Siberian peatlands by 2100

    Karen E. Frey;Laurence C. Smith

  • Divergent trajectories of Antarctic surface melt under two twenty-first-century climate scenarios

    Luke D. Trusel;Luke D. Trusel;Karen E. Frey;Sarah B. Das;Kristopher B. Karnauskas

  • Phytoplankton blooms beneath the sea ice in the Chukchi sea

    Kevin R. Arrigo;Donald K. Perovich;Donald K. Perovich;Robert S. Pickart;Zachary W. Brown

  • Ecosystem characteristics and processes facilitating persistent macrobenthic biomass hotspots and associated benthivory in the Pacific Arctic

    Jacqueline M. Grebmeier;Bodil A. Bluhm;Bodil A. Bluhm;Lee W. Cooper;Seth L. Danielson

  • A high-resolution GIS-based inventory of the west Siberian peat carbon pool

    Yongwei Sheng;Laurence C. Smith;Glen M. MacDonald;Konstantine V. Kremenetski;Konstantine V. Kremenetski

  • Peatlands of the Western Siberian lowlands: current knowledge on zonation, carbon content and Late Quaternary history

    K.V Kremenetski;K.V Kremenetski;A.A Velichko;O.K Borisova;G.M MacDonald

  • Divergent patterns of recent sea ice cover across the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort seas of the Pacific Arctic Region

    Karen E. Frey;G.W.K. Moore;Lee W. Cooper;Jacqueline M. Grebmeier

  • Geochemistry of west Siberian streams and their potential response to permafrost degradation

    Karen E. Frey;Karen E. Frey;Donald I. Siegel;Laurence C. Smith

  • Biological Response to Recent Pacific Arctic Sea Ice Retreats

    Jacqueline M. Grebmeier;Sue E. Moore;James E. Overland;Karen E. Frey

  • Impacts of climate warming and permafrost thaw on the riverine transport of nitrogen and phosphorus to the Kara Sea

    Karen E. Frey;James W. McClelland;Robert M. Holmes;Laurence C. Smith

  • Satellite‐based estimates of Antarctic surface meltwater fluxes

    Luke D. Trusel;Karen E. Frey;Sarah B. Das;Peter Kuipers Munneke

  • The spatial distribution of solar radiation under a melting Arctic sea ice cover

    Karen E. Frey;Donald K. Perovich;Donald K. Perovich;Bonnie Light

  • How well do we know northern land cover? Comparison of four global vegetation and wetland products with a new ground‐truth database for West Siberia

    Karen E. Frey;Karen E. Frey;Laurence C. Smith

  • Antarctic surface melting dynamics: Enhanced perspectives from radar scatterometer data

    Luke D. Trusel;Karen E. Frey;Sarah B. Das

  • Spatial and interannual variability of dissolved organic matter in the Kolyma River, East Siberia, observed using satellite imagery

    Claire G. Griffin;Claire G. Griffin;Karen E. Frey;John Rogan;Robert M. Holmes

  • Changing temperature and precipitation extremes in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region: an analysis of CMIP3 and CMIP5 simulations and projections

    Prajjwal K. Panday;Jeanne Thibeault;Karen E. Frey

  • Quantifying CDOM and DOC in major Arctic rivers during ice-free conditions using Landsat TM and ETM+ data

    C.G. Griffin;J.W. McClelland;K.E. Frey;G. Fiske

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeremy T. Mathis
Jeremy T. Mathis National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Lee W. Cooper
Lee W. Cooper University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Jacqueline M. Grebmeier
Jacqueline M. Grebmeier University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Laurence C. Smith
Laurence C. Smith Brown University
Sarah B. Das
Sarah B. Das Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Robert M. Holmes
Robert M. Holmes Woods Hole Research Center
Christine Michel
Christine Michel Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Matt O'Regan
Matt O'Regan Stockholm University
Guido Grosse
Guido Grosse Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Marit Reigstad
Marit Reigstad University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

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