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Rebecca A. Woodgate is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Global and Planetary Change.

The research topics addressed by Woodgate focus on several areas, including:

  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Methane hydrates and related phenomena
  • Oceanographic and atmospheric processes
  • Underwater acoustics research
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems

Woodgate's recent scholarly publications demonstrate a focus on Arctic and oceanographic dynamics. Notable papers include:

  • "Warming and Freshening of the Pacific Inflow to the Arctic From 1990-2019 Implying Dramatic Shoaling in Pacific Winter Water Ventilation of the Arctic Water Column," published in 2021 in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Autonomous vehicle surveys indicate that flow reversals retain juvenile fishes in a highly advective high-latitude ecosystem," published in 2020 in Limnology and Oceanography
  • "Elucidating Large-Scale Atmospheric Controls on Bering Strait Throughflow Variability Using a Data-Constrained Ocean Model and Its Adjoint," published in 2020 in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "Pacific cod or tikhookeanskaya treska (Gadus macrocephalus) in the Chukchi Sea during recent warm years: Distribution by life stage and age-0 diet and condition," published in 2022 in Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • "Mean and Seasonal Circulation of the Eastern Chukchi Sea From Moored Timeseries in 2013-2014," published in 2021 in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

Frequent publication venues for Woodgate reflect a focus on geophysical and oceanographic research:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin

Woodgate collaborates regularly with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Kathleen M. Stafford
  • Erica D. Escajeda
  • Kristin L. Laidre
  • Cecilia Peralta-Ferriz
  • Calvin W. Mordy

Best Publications

  • The large-scale freshwater cycle of the Arctic

    Mark C. Serreze;Andrew P. Barrett;Andrew G. Slater;Rebecca A. Woodgate

  • Arctic freshwater export: Status, mechanisms, and prospects

    Thomas W.N. Haine;Beth Curry;Rüdiger Gerdes;Edmond Hansen

  • Circulation on the north central Chukchi Sea shelf

    Thomas Weingartner;Knut Aagaard;Rebecca Woodgate;Seth Danielson

  • The 2007 Bering Strait oceanic heat flux and anomalous Arctic sea‐ice retreat

    Rebecca A. Woodgate;Tom Weingartner;Ron Lindsay

  • A year in the physical oceanography of the Chukchi Sea: Moored measurements from autumn 1990–1991

    Rebecca A. Woodgate;Knut Aagaard;Thomas J. Weingartner

  • Increases in the Pacific inflow to the Arctic from 1990 to 2015, and insights into seasonal trends and driving mechanisms from year-round Bering Strait mooring data

    Rebecca A. Woodgate

  • Revising the Bering Strait freshwater flux into the Arctic Ocean

    Rebecca A. Woodgate;Knut Aagaard

  • Observed increases in Bering Strait oceanic fluxes from the Pacific to the Arctic from 2001 to 2011 and their impacts on the Arctic Ocean water column

    Rebecca A. Woodgate;Thomas J. Weingartner;Ron Lindsay

  • Monthly temperature, salinity, and transport variability of the Bering Strait through flow

    Rebecca A. Woodgate;Knut Aagaard;Thomas J. Weingartner

  • Analysis of the Arctic System for Freshwater Cycle Intensification: Observations and Expectations

    Michael A. Rawlins;Michael Steele;Marika M. Holland;Jennifer C. Adam

  • Seasonal and interannual variability of pan-Arctic surface mixed layer properties from 1979 to 2012 from hydrographic data, and the dominance of stratification for multiyear mixed layer depth shoaling

    Cecilia Peralta-Ferriz;Rebecca A. Woodgate

  • Interannual changes in the Bering Strait fluxes of volume, heat and freshwater between 1991 and 2004

    Rebecca A. Woodgate;Knut Aagaard;Thomas J. Weingartner

  • The Arctic freshwater system: Changes and impacts

    Daniel White;Larry Hinzman;Lilian Alessa;John Cassano

  • Ice shelf water overflow and bottom water formation in the southern Weddell Sea

    Arne Foldvik;Tor Gammelsrød;Svein Østerhus;E. Fahrbach

  • The Arctic Ocean Boundary Current along the Eurasian slope and the adjacent Lomonosov Ridge: Water mass properties, transports and transformations from moored instruments

    Rebecca A Woodgate;Knut Aagaard;Robin D Muench;John Gunn

  • A Synthesis of Exchanges Through the Main Oceanic Gateways to the Arctic Ocean

    Agnieszka Beszczynska-Möller;Rebecca Woodgate;Craig Lee;Humfrey Melling

  • Coupled wind-forced controls of the Bering–Chukchi shelf circulation and the Bering Strait throughflow: Ekman transport, continental shelf waves, and variations of the Pacific–Arctic sea surface height gradient

    Seth L. Danielson;Thomas J. Weingartner;Katherine S. Hedstrom;Knut Aagaard

  • Observations of internal wave generation in the seasonally ice‐free Arctic

    Luc Rainville;Rebecca A. Woodgate

  • Impact of Wind-Driven Mixing in the Arctic Ocean

    Luc Rainville;Craig M. Lee;Rebecca A. Woodgate

  • Water mass distribution in Fram Strait and over the Yermak Plateau in summer 1997

    B. Rudels;R. Meyer;Eberhard Fahrbach;V. Ivanov

Frequent Co-Authors

Knut Aagaard
Knut Aagaard University of Washington
Eberhard Fahrbach
Eberhard Fahrbach Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Thomas J. Weingartner
Thomas J. Weingartner University of Alaska Fairbanks
Svein Østerhus
Svein Østerhus Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Michael Steele
Michael Steele University of Washington
Craig M. Lee
Craig M. Lee University of Washington
Keith W. Nicholls
Keith W. Nicholls Natural Environment Research Council
Vladimir Ivanov
Vladimir Ivanov Lomonosov Moscow State University
Jinlun Zhang
Jinlun Zhang University of Washington
Seth L. Danielson
Seth L. Danielson University of Alaska Fairbanks

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