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Member Since 1984
Steven R. Emerson
Retired, University of Washington School of Oceanography
Professional Experience
University of Washington School of Oceanography
Retired
2023 - Present
University of Washington Seattle
Professor
2020 - 2023
University of Washington Seattle
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Education
Columbia University
Doctorate
1974
Current Roles
Member
Ewing Medal Committee
Honors & Awards
Harald Sverdrup Lecture
Received 2014
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Union Fellow
Received 2004
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Publications
The Ocean's Biological Pump: In Situ Oxygen Measurements in the Subtropical Oceans

The magnitude and distribution of the ocean's biological pump (the downward flux of organic carbon (OC) from the ocean surface) influences the pCO2...

November 02, 2022
AGU Abstracts
In-situ observations of phytoplankton phenology, net primary production (NPP), net community production (NCP), and NCP to NPP ratio in the North Atlantic Ocean with Argo profiling floats
OCEAN SCIENCES 2020
ocean biology and biogeochemistry | 10 december 2020
Bo Yang, Michael Behrenfeld, Emmanuel Boss, Scott ...
The seasonal phytoplankton dynamics in the western subpolar and temperate North Atlantic Ocean (40° N to 60° N) were examined using bio-optical measur...
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The Ocean’s Biological Pump Determined from In Situ Oxygen Measurements on Profiling Floats
OCEAN SCIENCES 2020
ocean biology and biogeochemistry | 21 february 2020
Steven R. Emerson, Stephen Riser, Bo Yang
The flux of organic carbon from the surface ocean to the interior, the ocean’s biological organic carbon pump, is the centerpiece of the marine organi...
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Suppression of CO2 efflux by gas bubbles under a hurricane
OCEAN SCIENCES 2020
air-sea interactions | 19 february 2020
Junhong Liang, Eric A. D'Asaro, Steven R. Emerson,...
The role of gas bubbles on the air-sea transfer of soluble gas CO2 under a hurricane (Hurricane Frances 2004) is studied using a coupled modeling fram...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Member
Ewing Medal Committee
2023 - 2023
Member
Ewing Medal Committee
2017 - 2017
Member
Union Fellows Committee
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