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Seth L. Danielson is affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers various topics related to polar and marine environments. Key subjects include:

  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Climate variability and models
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Seth L. Danielson include:

  • "Borealization of the Arctic Ocean in Response to Anomalous Advection From Sub-Arctic Seas" (2020), published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Evidence suggests potential transformation of the Pacific Arctic ecosystem is underway" (2020), published in Nature Climate Change
  • "The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean Version 4.0" (2020), published in Scientific Data
  • "Ecosystem response persists after a prolonged marine heatwave" (2021), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Manifestation and consequences of warming and altered heat fluxes over the Bering and Chukchi Sea continental shelves" (2020), published in Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography

Seth L. Danielson frequently collaborates with researchers including Russell R. Hopcroft, Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, Igor V. Polyakov, Katrin Iken, and Katherine Hedstrom. These collaborations have contributed to the advancement of knowledge in Arctic marine and atmospheric sciences.

The scientist has published extensively in several academic journals. The most frequent venues include:

  • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Progress In Oceanography
  • Polar Biology

Best Publications

  • Circulation on the north central Chukchi Sea shelf

    Thomas Weingartner;Knut Aagaard;Rebecca Woodgate;Seth Danielson

  • Borealization of the Arctic Ocean in response to anomalous advection from sub-Arctic seas.

    Igor V. Polyakov;Igor V. Polyakov;Matthew B. Alkire;Bodil A. Bluhm;Kristina A. Brown

  • Evidence suggests potential transformation of the Pacific Arctic ecosystem is underway

    Henry P. Huntington;Seth L. Danielson;Francis K. Wiese;Matthew Baker

  • The Siberian Coastal Current: A wind‐ and buoyancy‐forced Arctic coastal current

    Thomas J. Weingartner;Seth Danielson;Yasunori Sasaki;Vladimir Pavlov

  • The International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean Version 4.0.

    Martin Jakobsson;Larry A. Mayer;Caroline Bringensparr;Carlos F. Castro

  • 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

  • Freshwater variability and predictability in the Alaska Coastal Current

    Thomas J. Weingartner;Seth L. Danielson;Thomas C. Royer

  • Ecosystem response persists after a prolonged marine heatwave.

    Robert M. Suryan;Mayumi L. Arimitsu;Heather A. Coletti;Russell R. Hopcroft

  • 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

  • Manifestation and consequences of warming and altered heat fluxes over the Bering and Chukchi Sea continental shelves

    S.L. Danielson;O. Ahkinga;C. Ashjian;E. Basyuk

  • A comparison between late summer 2012 and 2013 water masses, macronutrients, and phytoplankton standing crops in the northern Bering and Chukchi Seas

    Seth L. Danielson;Lisa Eisner;Carol Ladd;Calvin Mordy;Calvin Mordy

  • The High Latitude Marine Heat Wave of 2016 and Its Impacts on Alaska

    John E. Walsh;Richard L. Thoman;Uma S. Bhatt;Peter A. Bieniek

  • Some controls on flow and salinity in Bering Strait

    Knut Aagaard;Thomas J. Weingartner;Seth L. Danielson;Rebecca A. Woodgate

  • Satellite and hydrographic observations of eddy-induced shelf-slope exchange in the northwestern Gulf of Alaska

    S. R. Okkonen;T. J. Weingartner;S. L. Danielson;D. L. Musgrave

  • On ocean and sea ice modes of variability in the Bering Sea

    Seth Danielson;Enrique Curchitser;Kate Hedstrom;Thomas Weingartner

  • A decade of environmental change in the Pacific Arctic region

    Kevin R. Wood;Nicholas A. Bond;Seth L. Danielson;James E. Overland

  • Hydrographic variability over the northeastern Chukchi Sea shelf in summer-fall 2008–2010

    Thomas Weingartner;Elizabeth Dobbins;Seth Danielson;Peter Winsor

  • Advection in polar and sub-polar environments: Impacts on high latitude marine ecosystems

    George L. Hunt;Kenneth F. Drinkwater;Kevin Arrigo;Jørgen Berge

  • Long-term trends of upwelling and impacts on primary productivity in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea

    Robert S. Pickart;Lena M. Schulze;G.W.K. Moore;Matthew A. Charette

  • Fluxes, Fins, and Feathers: Relationships Among the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas in a Time of Climate Change

    Michael Sigler;Martin Renner;Seth Danielson;Lisa Eisner

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas J. Weingartner
Thomas J. Weingartner University of Alaska Fairbanks
Igor V. Polyakov
Igor V. Polyakov University of Alaska Fairbanks
Katrin Iken
Katrin Iken University of Alaska Fairbanks
Russell R. Hopcroft
Russell R. Hopcroft University of Alaska Fairbanks
Jacqueline M. Grebmeier
Jacqueline M. Grebmeier University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Bodil A. Bluhm
Bodil A. Bluhm University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Lee W. Cooper
Lee W. Cooper University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Enrique N. Curchitser
Enrique N. Curchitser Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Phyllis J. Stabeno
Phyllis J. Stabeno Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Franz J. Mueter
Franz J. Mueter University of Alaska Fairbanks

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