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  • 2004 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Sharon L. Smith is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States and has a primary research focus in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to the subfields of Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, Geology, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Their scientific work concentrates on several interconnected topics, including:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Among Sharon L. Smith's recent publications are:

  • "The changing thermal state of permafrost," 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Shallow soils are warmer under trees and tall shrubs across Arctic and Boreal ecosystems," 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • "The Arctic," 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Widespread Permafrost Degradation and Thaw Subsidence in Northwest Canada," 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • "Permafrost thaw and northern development," 2020, Nature Climate Change

The venues in which they frequently publish include:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Arctic Science
  • Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface

Sharon L. Smith has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, notably:

  • D. A. Streletskiy
  • Ketil Isaksen
  • V. E. Romanovsky
  • Howard E. Epstein
  • Gerald V. Frost

In recognition of their contributions, Sharon L. Smith was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the natural physical environment.

    Sonia I. Seneviratne;Neville Nicholls;David Easterling;Clare M. Goodess

  • Permafrost is warming at a global scale

    Boris K. Biskaborn;Sharon L. Smith;Jeannette Noetzli;Heidrun Matthes

  • Permafrost thermal state in the polar Northern Hemisphere during the international polar year 2007–2009: a synthesis

    Vladimir E. Romanovsky;Sharon L. Smith;Hanne H. Christiansen

  • The changing thermal state of permafrost

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  • Thermal State of Permafrost in North America: A Contribution to the International Polar Year

    S.L. Smith;V.E. Romanovsky;A.G. Lewkowicz;Christopher Burn

  • The oxygen minimum zone in the Arabian Sea during 1995

    J.M Morrison;L.A Codispoti;Sharon L Smith;Karen Wishner

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • Oceans and human health: Emerging public health risks in the marine environment.

    L.E. Fleming;K. Broad;K. Broad;A. Clement;E. Dewailly;E. Dewailly

  • Primary productivity and its regulation in the Arabian Sea during 1995

    Richard T Barber;John Marra;Robert C Bidigare;Louis A Codispoti

  • On the use of the acoustic Doppler current profiler to measure zooplankton abundance

    Charles N. Flagg;Sharon L. Smith

  • Neogloboquadrina pachyderma (sinistral coiling) as paleoceanographic tracers in polar oceans: Evidence from northeast water polynya plankton tows, sediment traps, and surface sediments

    Karen E. Kohfeld;Richard G. Fairbanks;Sharon L. Smith;Ian D. Walsh

  • Implications of climate change for economic development in northern Canada: energy, resource, and transportation sectors.

    Terry D. Prowse;Chris Furgal;Rebecca Chouinard;Humfrey Melling

  • Soil temperature in Canada during the twentieth century: Complex responses to atmospheric climate change

    Yu Zhang;Wenjun Chen;Sharon L. Smith;Daniel W. Riseborough

  • Biomass, growth, and development of populations of herbivorous zooplankton in the southeastern Bering Sea during spring

    Julio Vidal;Sharon L. Smith

  • Recent trends from Canadian permafrost thermal monitoring network sites

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  • Permafrost temperature records: Indicators of climate change

    V. Romanovsky;M. Burgess;S. Smith;K. Yoshikawa

  • Origin and polycyclic behaviour of tundra thaw slumps, Mackenzie Delta region, Northwest Territories, Canada

    S. V. Kokelj;T. C. Lantz;J. Kanigan;S. L. Smith

  • Grazing patterns of copepods in the upwelling system off Peru

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  • The 1994-1996 Arabian Sea Expedition : An integrated, interdisciplinary investigation of the response of the northwestern Indian Ocean to monsoonal forcing

    Sharon L. Smith;L. A. Codispoti;John M. Morrison;Richard T. Barber

  • Seasonal response of zooplankton to monsoonal reversals in the Arabian Sea

    Sharon Smith;Michael Roman;Irina Prusova;Karen Wishner

  • State of the Climate in 2016

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Understanding the Arabian Sea: Reflections on the 1994-1996 Arabian Sea Expedition

    Sharon L Smith

  • Biological observations in the marginal ice zone of the east Greenland sea

    Sharon L. Smith;Walker O. Smith;Louis A. Codispoti;David L. Wilson

  • Characteristics of Discontinuous Permafrost based on Ground Temperature Measurements and Electrical Resistivity Tomography, Southern Yukon, Canada

    Antoni G. Lewkowicz;Bernd Etzelmüller;Sharon L. Smith

  • Variations in the distribution, abundance, and development of copepods in the southeastern Bering Sea in 1980 and 1981

    Sharon L. Smith;Julio Vidal

  • The fate of a spring phytoplankton bloom: export or oxidation?

    Paul G. Falkowski;Charles N. Flagg;Gilbert T. Rowe;Sharon L. Smith

  • Southwest monsoon of 1979: chemical and biological response of somali coastal waters.

    S. L. Smith;L. A. Codispoti

  • Removal of natural populations of marine plankton by a large-scale ballast water treatment system

    T. D. Waite;J. Kazumi;P. V. Z. Lane;L. L. Farmer

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

    J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles N. Flagg
Charles N. Flagg Stony Brook University
Carin J. Ashjian
Carin J. Ashjian Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Louis A. Codispoti
Louis A. Codispoti Old Dominion University
Kenneth H. Brink
Kenneth H. Brink Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Raleigh R. Hood
Raleigh R. Hood University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Richard T. Barber
Richard T. Barber Duke University
Karen F. Wishner
Karen F. Wishner University of Rhode Island
Paul G. Falkowski
Paul G. Falkowski Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Walker O. Smith
Walker O. Smith Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Marcia M. Gowing
Marcia M. Gowing University of California, Santa Cruz

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