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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Karen J. Heywood is affiliated with the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom and has a significant body of research in Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work focuses primarily on Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change, with contributions also spanning Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Ecology.

The scientist has investigated a range of topics in detail, including:

  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Climate variability and models
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Heywood has published extensively, contributing to several key journals in the field. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Ocean Science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Earth System Science Data

Their recent papers exemplify the range and depth of their research. Notable publications include:

  • "EUREC 4 A" (2021, Earth System Science Data)
  • "Pathways and modification of warm water flowing beneath Thwaites Ice Shelf, West Antarctica" (2021, Science Advances)
  • "Rapid retreat of Thwaites Glacier in the pre-satellite era" (2022, Nature Geoscience)
  • "Suppressed basal melting in the eastern Thwaites Glacier grounding zone" (2023, Nature)
  • "Winter seal-based observations reveal glacial meltwater surfacing in the southeastern Amundsen Sea" (2021, Communications Earth & Environment)

Their collaborative work involves frequent co-authorship with several researchers, contributing to a broad network of scientific inquiry. Regular co-authors include:

  • Rob A. Hall
  • Benjamin G. M. Webber
  • Yixi Zheng
  • Tiago S. Dotto
  • Bastien Y. Queste

In recognition of their contributions to geophysical research, Heywood was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Multidecadal warming of Antarctic waters

    Sunke Schmidtko;Sunke Schmidtko;Karen J. Heywood;Andrew F. Thompson;Shigeru Aoki

  • Widespread Intense Turbulent Mixing in the Southern Ocean

    Alberto C. Naveira Garabato;Kurt L. Polzin;Brian A. King;Karen J. Heywood

  • The Antarctic Slope Current in a Changing Climate

    Andrew F. Thompson;Andrew L. Stewart;Paul Spence;Karen J. Heywood

  • On the export of Antarctic Bottom Water from the Weddell Sea

    Alberto C. Naveira Garabato;Elaine L. McDonagh;David P. Stevens;Karen J. Heywood

  • Southern Ocean bottom water characteristics in CMIP5 models

    Céline Heuzé;Karen J. Heywood;David P. Stevens;Jeff K. Ridley

  • Open-Ocean Submesoscale Motions: A Full Seasonal Cycle of Mixed Layer Instabilities from Gliders

    Andrew F. Thompson;Ayah Lazar;Christian Buckingham;Alberto C. Naveira Garabato

  • Modification and pathways of Southern Ocean Deep Waters in the Scotia Sea

    Alberto C Naveira Garabato;Karen J Heywood;David P Stevens

  • Decadal ocean forcing and Antarctic ice sheet response: Lessons from the Amundsen Sea

    Adrian Jenkins;Pierre Dutrieux;Pierre Dutrieux;Stan Jacobs;Eric J. Steig

  • EUREC 4 A

    Bjorn Stevens;Sandrine Bony;David Farrell;Felix Ament

  • The effects of flow disturbance by an oceanic island

    Karen J. Heywood;Eric D. Barton;John H. Simpson

  • Measurements beneath an Antarctic ice shelf using an autonomous underwater vehicle

    K. W. Nicholls;E. P. Abrahamsen;J. J. H. Buck;P. A. Dodd

  • SUSTAINED MONITORING OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN AT DRAKE PASSAGE: PAST ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE PRIORITIES

    Michael P. Meredith;Philip L. Woodworth;Teresa K. Chereskin;David P. Marshall

  • Variability of Subantarctic Mode Water and Antarctic Intermediate Water in the Drake Passage during the Late-Twentieth and Early-Twenty-First Centuries

    Alberto C. Naveira Garabato;Loïc Jullion;David P. Stevens;Karen J. Heywood

  • On the fate of the Antarctic Slope Front and the origin of the Weddell Front

    Karen J. Heywood;Alberto C. Naveira Garabato;David P. Stevens;Robin D. Muench

  • Southern ocean fronts : controlled by wind or topography?

    Robert M. Graham;Robert M. Graham;Agatha M. de Boer;Karen J. Heywood;Mark R. Chapman

  • Variability of the southern Antarctic Circumpolar Current front north of South Georgia

    Sally E Thorpe;Sally E Thorpe;Karen J Heywood;Mark A Brandon;David P Stevens

  • OceanGliders: A component of the integrated GOOS

    Pierre Testor;Brad DeYoung;Daniel L. Rudnick;Scott Glenn

  • Seasonality of submesoscale flows in the ocean surface boundary layer

    Christian E. Buckingham;Alberto C. Naveira Garabato;Andrew F. Thompson;Liam Brannigan

  • High mixing rates in the abyssal Southern Ocean

    Karen J. Heywood;Alberto C. Naveira Garabato;David P. Stevens

  • Wind-Driven Transport Fluctuations through Drake Passage: A Southern Mode

    Chris W. Hughes;Mike P. Meredith;Karen J. Heywood

  • Mechanisms driving variability in the ocean forcing of Pine Island Glacier.

    Benjamin G M Webber;Karen J Heywood;David P Stevens;Pierre Dutrieux;Pierre Dutrieux;Pierre Dutrieux

  • Diel vertical migration of zooplankton in the Northeast Atlantic

    Karen J. Heywood

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Kaiser
Jan Kaiser University of East Anglia
Michael P. Meredith
Michael P. Meredith British Antarctic Survey
Andrew F. Thompson
Andrew F. Thompson California Institute of Technology
Alberto C. Naveira Garabato
Alberto C. Naveira Garabato University of Southampton
Adrian Jenkins
Adrian Jenkins Durham University
Brian A. King
Brian A. King National Oceanography Centre
Adrian J. Matthews
Adrian J. Matthews University of East Anglia
Pierre Dutrieux
Pierre Dutrieux Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Sophie Fielding
Sophie Fielding British Antarctic Survey
Sally E. Thorpe
Sally E. Thorpe Natural Environment Research Council

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