Rebecca Woodgate

Woodgate has a B.A. from the University of Cambridge (1990) and a Ph.D. from the University of Oxford (1994).{{Cite web |title=APL-UW Website - Profile - Rebecca Woodgate |url=https://www.apl.washington.edu/people/profile.php?last_name=Woodgate&first_name=Rebecca |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=www.apl.washington.edu}} Following her Ph.D., she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research.{{Cite web |title=Woodgate CV |url=http://psc.apl.uw.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/woodgate/pubs/WoodgateCVshortwithpubsDec09.pdf |access-date=February 28, 2022 |website=University of Washington}} In 1999, she moved to the University of Washington and, as of 2022, she is a professor at the University of Washington.

Woodgate's early research centered on data assimilation in models{{Cite journal |last1=Woodgate |first1=Rebecca A. |last2=Killworth |first2=Peter D. |date=1997-08-01 |title=The Effects of Assimilation on the Physics of an Ocean Model. Part I: Theoretical Model and Barotropic Results |journal=Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology |language=EN |volume=14 |issue=4 |pages=897–909 |doi=10.1175/1520-0426(1997)014<0897:TEOAOT>2.0.CO;2 |bibcode=1997JAtOT..14..897W |issn=0739-0572|doi-access=free }} and currents near Greenland.{{Cite journal |last1=Woodgate |first1=Rebecca A. |last2=Fahrbach |first2=Eberhard |last3=Rohardt |first3=Gerd |date=1999-08-15 |title=Structure and transports of the East Greenland Current at 75°N from moored current meters |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans |language=en |volume=104 |issue=C8 |pages=18059–18072 |doi=10.1029/1999JC900146|bibcode=1999JGR...10418059W |s2cid=128623997 |doi-access=free }} She has examined physical properties of the water masses in the Arctic Ocean, and the movement of the water masses in the region.{{Cite journal |last1=Woodgate |first1=Rebecca A |last2=Aagaard |first2=Knut |last3=Muench |first3=Robin D |last4=Gunn |first4=John |last5=Björk |first5=Göran |last6=Rudels |first6=Bert |last7=Roach |first7=A.T |last8=Schauer |first8=Ursula |date=2001 |title=The Arctic Ocean Boundary Current along the Eurasian slope and the adjacent Lomonosov Ridge: Water mass properties, transports and transformations from moored instruments |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0967063700000911 |journal=Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers |language=en |volume=48 |issue=8 |pages=1757–1792 |doi=10.1016/S0967-0637(00)00091-1|bibcode=2001DSRI...48.1757W }}{{Cite journal |last1=Woodgate |first1=Rebecca A. |last2=Aagaard |first2=Knut |last3=Weingartner |first3=Thomas J. |date=2005 |title=A year in the physical oceanography of the Chukchi Sea: Moored measurements from autumn 1990–1991 |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0967064505002146 |journal=Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography |language=en |volume=52 |issue=24–26 |pages=3116–3149 |doi=10.1016/j.dsr2.2005.10.016|bibcode=2005DSRII..52.3116W |s2cid=32959644 }} Her research also focuses on the flow of freshwater through the Bering Strait{{Cite journal |last=Woodgate |first=Rebecca A. |date=2005 |title=Revising the Bering Strait freshwater flux into the Arctic Ocean |journal=Geophysical Research Letters |language=en |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=L02602 |doi=10.1029/2004GL021747 |bibcode=2005GeoRL..32.2602W |s2cid=129640531 |issn=0094-8276|doi-access=free }} and the changes in the water flowing through the Bering Strait over time.{{Cite journal |last1=Woodgate |first1=Rebecca A. |last2=Weingartner |first2=Thomas J. |last3=Lindsay |first3=Ron |date=2012-12-18 |title=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 |journal=Geophysical Research Letters |volume=39 |issue=24 |doi=10.1029/2012gl054092 |bibcode=2012GeoRL..3924603W |s2cid=12841025 |issn=0094-8276|doi-access=free }}{{Cite journal |last1=Woodgate |first1=Rebecca A. |last2=Aagaard |first2=Knut |last3=Weingartner |first3=Thomas J. |date=2006 |title=Interannual changes in the Bering Strait fluxes of volume, heat and freshwater between 1991 and 2004 |journal=Geophysical Research Letters |volume=33 |issue=15 |doi=10.1029/2006gl026931 |bibcode=2006GeoRL..3315609W |s2cid=129816755 |issn=0094-8276|doi-access=free }} Woodgate's research also informs understanding of the role of freshwater in the Arctic,{{Cite journal |last1=Serreze |first1=Mark C. |last2=Barrett |first2=Andrew P. |last3=Slater |first3=Andrew G. |last4=Woodgate |first4=Rebecca A. |last5=Aagaard |first5=Knut |last6=Lammers |first6=Richard B. |last7=Steele |first7=Michael |last8=Moritz |first8=Richard |last9=Meredith |first9=Michael |last10=Lee |first10=Craig M. |date=2006-11-21 |title=The large-scale freshwater cycle of the Arctic |journal=Journal of Geophysical Research |language=en |volume=111 |issue=C11 |pages=C11010 |doi=10.1029/2005JC003424 |bibcode=2006JGRC..11111010S |issn=0148-0227|doi-access=free }}{{Cite journal |last1=Rawlins |first1=Michael A. |last2=Steele |first2=Michael |last3=Holland |first3=Marika M. |last4=Adam |first4=Jennifer C. |last5=Cherry |first5=Jessica E. |last6=Francis |first6=Jennifer A. |last7=Groisman |first7=Pavel Ya |last8=Hinzman |first8=Larry D. |last9=Huntington |first9=Thomas G. |last10=Kane |first10=Douglas L. |last11=Kimball |first11=John S. |date=2010-11-01 |title=Analysis of the Arctic System for Freshwater Cycle Intensification: Observations and Expectations |journal=Journal of Climate |language=en |volume=23 |issue=21 |pages=5715–5737 |doi=10.1175/2010JCLI3421.1 |bibcode=2010JCli...23.5715R |issn=1520-0442|doi-access=free |hdl=11250/109001 |hdl-access=free }} and the interactions between the Arctic Ocean and sea ice in the region.{{Cite journal |last1=Woodgate |first1=Rebecca A. |last2=Weingartner |first2=Tom |last3=Lindsay |first3=Ron |date=2010 |title=The 2007 Bering Strait oceanic heat flux and anomalous Arctic sea-ice retreat: 2007 BERING STRAIT OCEANIC HEAT FLUX |url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1029/2009GL041621 |journal=Geophysical Research Letters |language=en |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=n/a |doi=10.1029/2009GL041621|bibcode=2010GeoRL..37.1602W |s2cid=38378097 }}{{Cite journal |last1=Zhang |first1=Jinlun |last2=Woodgate |first2=Rebecca |last3=Moritz |first3=Richard |date=2010-08-01 |title=Sea Ice Response to Atmospheric and Oceanic Forcing in the Bering Sea |journal=Journal of Physical Oceanography |language=en |volume=40 |issue=8 |pages=1729–1747 |doi=10.1175/2010JPO4323.1 |bibcode=2010JPO....40.1729Z |issn=1520-0485|doi-access=free }} Her research uses moored instruments to observe conditions in the Arctic Ocean.{{Cite journal |last1=Woodgate |first1=Rebecca |last2=Stafford |first2=Kathleen |last3=Prahl |first3=Fredrick |date=2015-09-01 |title=A Synthesis of Year-Round Interdisciplinary Mooring Measurements in the Bering Strait (1990–2014) and the RUSALCA Years (2004–2011) |url=https://tos.org/oceanography/article/a-synthesis-of-year-round-interdisciplinary-mooring-measurements-in-the-ber |journal=Oceanography |volume=28 |issue=3 |pages=46–67 |doi=10.5670/oceanog.2015.57|doi-access=free }}{{Cite journal |last=Woodgate |first=Rebecca A. |date=2018 |title=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 |journal=Progress in Oceanography |language=en |volume=160 |pages=124–154 |doi=10.1016/j.pocean.2017.12.007|bibcode=2018PrOce.160..124W |doi-access=free }}

• {{Cite journal|last=Woodgate|first=Rebecca A.|date=2005|title=Revising the Bering Strait freshwater flux into the Arctic Ocean|journal=Geophysical Research Letters|volume=32|issue=2|doi=10.1029/2004gl021747|bibcode=2005GeoRL..32.2602W |s2cid=129640531 |issn=0094-8276|doi-access=free}}
• {{Cite journal|last1=Serreze|first1=Mark C.|last2=Barrett|first2=Andrew P.|last3=Slater|first3=Andrew G.|last4=Woodgate|first4=Rebecca A.|last5=Aagaard|first5=Knut|last6=Lammers|first6=Richard B.|last7=Steele|first7=Michael|last8=Moritz|first8=Richard|last9=Meredith|first9=Michael|last10=Lee|first10=Craig M.|date=2006-11-21|title=The large-scale freshwater cycle of the Arctic|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research|volume=111|issue=C11|doi=10.1029/2005jc003424|bibcode=2006JGRC..11111010S |issn=0148-0227|doi-access=free}}
• {{Cite journal|last=Woodgate|first=Rebecca A.|date=2018-01-01|title=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|journal=Progress in Oceanography|language=en|volume=160|pages=124–154|doi=10.1016/j.pocean.2017.12.007|bibcode=2018PrOce.160..124W |issn=0079-6611|doi-access=free}}
• {{Cite journal|last1=Woodgate|first1=Rebecca A.|last2=Weingartner|first2=Tom|last3=Lindsay|first3=Ron|date=2010|title=The 2007 Bering Strait oceanic heat flux and anomalous Arctic sea-ice retreat|url=https://doi.org/10.1029/2009GL041621|journal=Geophysical Research Letters|volume=37|issue=1|pages=n/a|doi=10.1029/2009gl041621|bibcode=2010GeoRL..37.1602W |s2cid=38378097 |issn=0094-8276}}
• {{Cite journal|last1=Woodgate|first1=Rebecca A.|last2=Weingartner|first2=Thomas J.|last3=Lindsay|first3=Ron|date=2012|title=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|journal=Geophysical Research Letters|language=en|volume=39|issue=24|doi=10.1029/2012GL054092|bibcode=2012GeoRL..3924603W |s2cid=12841025 |issn=1944-8007|doi-access=free}}

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