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Kenneth L. Denman

Kenneth L. Denman

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
34
Citations
9544
World Ranking
7803
National Ranking
400

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1999 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Kenneth L. Denman is affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada, where their research focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences with a specialization in Oceanography. Their work addresses several key topics within the oceanographic and marine biology fields.

The main topics Kenneth L. Denman has engaged with include:

  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research

The scientist has contributed to the understanding of marine ecosystems and earth system modeling through a selection of recent papers. These publications include:

  • The structure of pelagic marine ecosystems, 2025, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
  • Ocean biogeochemistry in the Canadian Earth System Model version 5.0.3: CanESM5 and CanESM5-CanOE, 2022, Geoscientific model development

Kenneth L. Denman has collaborated with several researchers regularly. Frequent co-authors include:

  • James R. Christian
  • Hakase Hayashida
  • Amber M. Holdsworth
  • Warren G. Lee
  • Olivier G. J. Riche

The publication venues in which Kenneth has contributed multiple times include:

  • Geoscientific model development
  • International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)

Kenneth L. Denman was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1999 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Couplings between changes in the climate system and biogeochemistry

    Surabi Menon;Kenneth L. Denman;Guy Brasseur;Amnat Chidthaisong

  • Carbon emission limits required to satisfy future representative concentration pathways of greenhouse gases

    V. K. Arora;J. F. Scinocca;G. J. Boer;J. R. Christian;J. R. Christian

  • Time and space scales of vertical mixing and advection of phytoplankton in the upper ocean

    K. L. Denman;A. E. Gargett

  • The structure of pelagic marine ecosystems.

    T Platt;K Denman

  • Organisation in the pelagic ecosystem

    T. Platt;K. Denman

  • A Time-Dependent Model of the Upper Ocean

    K. L. Denman

  • Effects of physical processes on planktonic ecosystems in the coastal ocean

    K. L. Denman;T. M. Powell

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

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

  • Least squares multiple tracer analysis of water mass composition

    David L. Mackas;Kenneth L. Denman;Andrew F. Bennett

  • Biological-Physical Interactions in the Upper Ocean: The Role of Vertical and Small Scale Transport Processes

    K. L. Denman;A. E. Gargett

  • Upper Layer Modification at Ocean Station Papa: Observations and Simulation

    K. L. Denman;M. Miyake

  • Ocean fertilization for geoengineering: A review of effectiveness, environmental impacts and emerging governance

    Phillip Williamson;Douglas W.R. Wallace;Cliff S. Law;Philip W. Boyd

  • Modeling ice algal growth and decline in a seasonally ice‐covered region of the Arctic (Resolute Passage, Canadian Archipelago)

    Diane Lavoie;Diane Lavoie;Kenneth Denman;Kenneth Denman;Christine Michel

  • The Effect of Terrestrial Photosynthesis Down Regulation on the Twentieth-Century Carbon Budget Simulated with the CCCma Earth System Model

    V. K. Arora;G. J. Boer;J. R. Christian;C. L. Curry

  • Modelling planktonic ecosystems: parameterizing complexity

    K.L. Denman

  • Potential impacts of future ocean acidification on marine ecosystems and fisheries: current knowledge and recommendations for future research

    Kenneth Denman;James R. Christian;Nadja Steiner;Hans-Otto Pörtner

  • Mixing and the dynamics of the deep chlorophyll maximum in Lake Tahoe

    Mark R. Abbott;Kenneth L. Denman;Thomas M. Powell;Peter J. Richerson

  • Time scales of pattern evolution from cross-spectrum analysis of advanced very high resolution radiometer and coastal zone color scanner imagery

    Kenneth L. Denman;Mark R. Abbott

  • Preindustrial, historical, and fertilization simulations using a global ocean carbon model with new parameterizations of iron limitation, calcification, and N2 fixation

    Konstantin Zahariev;James R. Christian;James R. Christian;Kenneth L. Denman;Kenneth L. Denman

  • The chlorophyll fluctuation spectrum in the sea1,2

    Kenneth Denman;Akira Okubo;Trevor Platt

  • Covariability of chlorophyll and temperature in the sea

    Kenneth L. Denman

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

    Kenneth L. Denman;Howard J. Freeland

  • Multiple thermoclines are barriers to vertical exchange in the subarctic Pacific during SUPER, May 1984

    K. L. Denman;A. E. Gargett

Frequent Co-Authors

James R. Christian
James R. Christian Fisheries and Oceans Canada
George J. Boer
George J. Boer Environment and Climate Change Canada
Scott C. Doney
Scott C. Doney University of Virginia
William J. Merryfield
William J. Merryfield University of Victoria
Eric P. Chassignet
Eric P. Chassignet Florida State University
John J. Cullen
John J. Cullen Dalhousie University
Trevor Platt
Trevor Platt Plymouth Marine Laboratory
John F. Scinocca
John F. Scinocca University of Victoria
David M. Karl
David M. Karl University of Hawaii at Manoa

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