Contact Information

Institute of Marine Science
114 O'Neill
P.O. Box 757220
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7220
Phone: (907) 474-7834
sldanielson@alaska.edu

Seth Danielson

Physical Oceanography

Affiliations

American Geophysical Union
The Oceanography Society

Specialties

Continental shelf circulation processes
Data analysis
Numerical model applications and analyses

Education

B.S. 1990 Lehigh University (Electrical Engineering)
M.S. 1996 University of Alaska Fairbanks (Oceanography)
Ph.D. 2012 University of Alaska Fairbanks (Oceanography)

Research Overview

My research is directed toward shelf circulation processes and the links between physical variability and variations in Alaska's marine ecosystem. In the last few years, my focus has been on developing a better mechanistic understanding of the controls that modulate the circulation, temperature, and salinity fields on the Bering Sea shelf.

Current Research Projects

Analysis of oceanographic data from Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (NPS)
Modeling of Circulation in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas (BOEMRE)
Alaska region bathymetric digital elevation model
Bering Sea Ecosystem Study (BEST) Mooring Deployments (NSF)
Mooring deployments in Bering Strait (NOAA-CIFAR)
Analysis of BASIS CTD data over the Bering Sea Shelf (NOAA/BSFA)
Long-term monitoring at Gulf of Alaska station GAK1 (EVOS & NPRB)
Kuskokwim Bay Drifter Deployments (AYKSSI)

Publications

Danielson, S., K. Hedstrom, K. Aagaard, T. Weingartner, and E. Curchitser (2012), Wind-induced reorganization of the Bering shelf circulation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L08601, doi:10.1029/2012GL051231.

Danielson, S., E. Curchitser, K. Hedstrom, T. Weingartner, and P. Stabeno (2011), On ocean and sea ice modes of variability in the Bering Sea, J. Geophys. Res., 116, C12034, doi:10.1029/2011JC007389.

Danielson, S., L. Eisner, T. Weingartner and K. Aagaard (2011), Thermal and haline variability over the central Bering Sea shelf: Seasonal and inter-annual perspectives. Cont. Shelf Res., doi:10.1016/j.csr.2010.12.010

Curchitser, E.N, K. Hedstrom, S. Danielson and T. J. Weingartner (2010), Modeling of Circulation in the North Aleutian Basin. Department of Interior, OCS Study BOEMRE 2010-028.

Danielson, S., W. Johnson, L. Sharman, G. Eckert, and B. Moynahan (2010), Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve oceanographic monitoring protocol: Version OC–2010.1. Natural Resource Report NPS/SEAN/NRR—2010/265. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Janout, M.A., T.J. Weingartner, T. C. Royer, S. L. Danielson (2010), On the nature of winter cooling and the recent temperature shift on the northern Gulf of Alaska shelf, JGR Oceans, 2009JC005774R, DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005774

Weingartner, T. J., S. L. Danielson, J. L. Kasper and S. R. Okkonen (2009), Circulation and Water Property Variations in the Nearshore Alaska Beaufort Sea, prepared for MMS, Contract M03PC00015, 155 pp.

Wu, J., A. Aguilar-Islas, R. Rember, T. Weingartner, S. Danielson, and T. Whitledge (2009), Size-fractionated iron distribution on the northern Gulf of Alaska, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L11606, doi:10.1029/2009GL038304.

Aagaard, K., T. J. Weingartner, S. L. Danielson, R. A. Woodgate, G. C. Johnson, and T. E. Whitledge (2006), Some controls on flow and salinity in Bering Strait, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L19602, doi:10.1029/2006GL026612.

Weingartner, T. J., L. Eisner, G. L. Eckert, S. L. Danielson (2008), Southeast Alaska: oceanographic habitats and linkages (p 387-400), Journal of Biogeography, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01994.x

Danielson, S. L. and T. J. Weingartner (2007), Estimates of Oil Spill Dispersion Extent in the Nearshore Alaskan Beaufort Sea Based On In-Situ Oceanographic Measurements, prepared for Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, 154 pp.

Aagaard, K., T.J. Weingartner, S.L. Danielson, R.A. Woodgate, G.C. Johnson, and T.E.
Whitledge (2006), Some controls on flow and salinity in Bering Strait, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L19602, doi:10.1029/2006GL026612.

Danielson, S., K. Aagaard, T. Weingartner, S. Martin, P. Winsor, G. Gawarkiewicz, and D. Quadfasel (2006), The St. Lawrence polynya and the Bering shelf circulation: New observations and a model comparison, J. Geophys. Res., 111, C09023, doi:10.1029/2005JC003268.

Danielson, S. L., and Z. Kowalik (2005), Tidal currents in the St. Lawrence Island region, J. Geophys. Res., 110, No. C10, C10004, 10.1029/2004JC002463

Weingartner T. J., Aagaard K., Woodgate R. A., Danielson S. L., Sasaki Y., Cavalieri D. (2005), Circulation on the north central Chukchi Sea shelf, Deep-Sea Res. II, 52 (24-26): 3150-3174

Weingartner, T. J., S. L. Danielson, T. C. Royer (2005), Fresh Water Variability in the Gulf of Alaska: Seasonal, Interannual and Decadal Variability, Deep-Sea Res. II, 52 (1-2): 169-191

Okkonen, S.R., T.J. Weingartner, S. L. Danielson, D. L. Musgrave and G. M. Schmidt (2003), Satellite and Hydrographic Observations of Eddy-Induced Shelf-Slope Exchange in the Northwestern Gulf of Alaska, JGR Oceans, 108 (C2): Art. No. 3033

Weingartner, T.J., S. L. Danielson, Y. Sasaki, V. Pavlov and M. Kulakov (1999), The Siberian Coastal Current: A wind- and buoyancy-forced Arctic coastal current, JGR; V104; No. C12; 29,697-29,713

Danielson, S. (1996), Chukchi Sea Tidal Currents: Model and Observations, Masters Thesis