Contact Information
Institute of Marine Science123 O'Neill
P.O. Box 755220
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7220
Phone: (907) 474-7740
Fax: (907) 474-7204
pwinsor@alaska.edu
Peter Winsor Associate Professor
Research Overview
Research interests:
Freshwater dynamics on regional to global scales.
Physical Oceanography of the Arctic and sub-Arctic Seas.
Ocean-ice-atmosphere dynamics.
Diapycnal mixing – novel measurements and interpretation.
Instrument development and field work.
Publications
Some selected publications:
Winsor, P., and G. Björk, 2000: Polynya activity in the Arctic Ocean from 1958 to 1997, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105(C4), 8789-8803.
Winsor, P., and D. C. Chapman, 2002: Distribution and interannual variability of dense water production from coastal polynyas on the Chukchi Shelf, Journal of Geophysical Research, 107(C7), 10.1029.
Winsor, P., and D. C. Chapman, 2004: Pathways of Pacific Water across the Chukchi Sea: A numerical model study, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, C03002, doi: 1029/2003JC001962.
Danielson, S., K. Aagaard, T. Weingartner, S. Martin, P. Winsor, G. Gawarkiewicz, D. Quadfasel, 2006: A year in the St. Lawrence Island Polynya, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, doi:10.1029/2005JC003268, 2006.
Rainville, L., and P. Winsor, 2008: Mixing across the Arctic Ocean: Microstructure observations during the Beringia 2005 Expedition, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L08606, doi:10.1029/2008GL033532, 2008.
M. Timmermans, P. Winsor, and J. A. Whitehead, 2005: Deep-water transport over the Lomonosov Ridge, Arctic Ocean, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35, 1489-1493.
Björk, G., and P. Winsor, 2006: The deep waters of the Eurasian Basin, Arctic Ocean: Geothermal heat flow, mixing and renewal, Deep-Sea Research, 53, 1253-1271.
Rudels, B., G. Björk, J. Nilsson, P. Winsor, I. Lake, and C. Nohr, 2006: The interactions between Arctic and Nordic Seas waters north of Fram Strait and East Greenland Current: results from the Arctic Ocean-02 Oden expedition, Journal of Marine Systems, 55, 1-30.
Johan Nilsson, J., G. Björk, B. Rudels, P. Winsor and Daniel Torres, 2008: Late-winter conditions and freshwater transport in the East Greenland Current: results from an icebreaker-based survey, Progress in Oceanography, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2007.06.002.
Sohn, R. A. et al., 2008: Explosive volcanism on the ultraslow-spreading Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean, Nature, 453, 1236-1238, doi:10.1038.
