Dr. Clement Kinney has over 25 years of unique experience in both observational and numerical modeling of the Pacific Arctic region, emphasizing the importance of biophysical coupling in the ocean and sea ice. She is one of the original team members involved in the development, use, and evaluation of the Regional Arctic System Model (RASM). Her work has focused on topics including benthic invertebrate community structure, mesoscale eddies and their role in shelf-basin exchange, large-scale polar oceanography, quantification of primary production under Arctic sea ice, and variability in the Bering Sea Cold Pool extent and its relationship with sea ice processes. She seeks to combine observations and model results to further our understanding of key processes and feedbacks in the Arctic biophysical marine system, quantify changes over the last several decades, and examine their roles in climate change. Her latest work has been featured by the American Geophysical Union. Funding for this work has been provided by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the Office of Naval Research, and NASA with computing resources provided by the High Performance Computing Modernization Program.
