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Thomas J. Weingartner is affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States. Their research focuses primarily within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions in several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics predominantly related to Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Climate variability and models, Marine animal studies overview, Climate change and permafrost, and Arctic and Russian Policy Studies.

Their recent published papers demonstrate a focus on oceanographic and climatic phenomena in Arctic regions, often specifically studying the Chukchi Sea and the Gulf of Alaska. Notable publications include:

  • "Temperature variations in the northern Gulf of Alaska across synoptic to century-long time scales" (2022), published in Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography
  • "The Pacific water flow branches in the eastern Chukchi Sea" (2023), published in Progress In Oceanography
  • "Circulation and Thermohaline Variability of the Hanna Shoal Region on the Northeastern Chukchi Sea Shelf" (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "Assessing the role of oceanic heat fluxes on ice ablation of the central Chukchi Sea Shelf" (2020), published in Progress In Oceanography
  • "Mean and Seasonal Circulation of the Eastern Chukchi Sea From Moored Timeseries in 2013-2014" (2021), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

These papers reflect a consistent engagement with ocean circulation, thermal variability, and ice dynamics in Arctic marine environments.

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Seth L. Danielson, Robert S. Pickart, Peigen Lin, Motoyo Itoh, and Takashi Kikuchi, each contributing multiple times to joint publications.

Thomas J. Weingartner's articles have been published mainly in a range of specialized venues such as Progress In Oceanography, Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, and Oceanography.

Best Publications

  • Direct measurements of transport and water properties through the Bering Strait

    A. T. Roach;K. Aagaard;C. H. Pease;S. A. Salo

  • 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

  • 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

  • Circulation, dense water formation, and outflow on the northeast Chukchi Shelf

    Thomas J. Weingartner;Donald J. Cavalieri;Knut Aagaard;Yasunori Sasaki

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

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

  • Flow of winter-transformed Pacific water into the Western Arctic

    Robert S. Pickart;Thomas J. Weingartner;Lawrence J. Pratt;Sarah Zimmermann

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

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

  • Freshwater variability and predictability in the Alaska Coastal Current

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

  • The nearshore western Beaufort Sea ecosystem: Circulation and importance of terrestrial carbon in arctic coastal food webs

    Kenneth H. Dunton;Thomas Weingartner;Eddy C. Carmack

  • The nutrient, salinity, and stable oxygen isotope composition of Bering and Chukchi Seas waters in and near the Bering Strait

    Lee W. Cooper;Terry E. Whitledge;Jacqueline M. Grebmeier;Tom Weingartner

  • 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

  • Comparative foraging ecology of planktivorous auklets in relation to ocean physics and prey availability

    George L. Hunt;Robert W. Russell;Kenneth O. Coyle;Thomas Weingartner

  • Instability Waves in the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean

    Robert H. Weisberg;Thomas J. Weingartner

  • 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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Seth L. Danielson
Seth L. Danielson University of Alaska Fairbanks
Knut Aagaard
Knut Aagaard University of Washington
Rebecca A. Woodgate
Rebecca A. Woodgate University of Washington
Robert S. Pickart
Robert S. Pickart Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Russell R. Hopcroft
Russell R. Hopcroft University of Alaska Fairbanks
Kenneth O. Coyle
Kenneth O. Coyle University of Alaska Fairbanks
Phyllis J. Stabeno
Phyllis J. Stabeno Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Terry E. Whitledge
Terry E. Whitledge University of Alaska Fairbanks
Calvin W. Mordy
Calvin W. Mordy Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
G. W. K. Moore
G. W. K. Moore University of Toronto

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