Publications are numbered in reverse chronological order. Keywords are listed for each publication. Google Scholar is another way to explore publications from our group.
(*directly advised students and postdocs)
Ice-ocean (IO): Includes glaciers, icebergs, and fjord-circulation in Greenland, Alaska, and other places
High-latitude oceanography (HL): Includes subpolar N. Atlantic, outside of fjords
Estuaries (EC): Includes work in Coos Bay and Puget Sound, outside of fjords
Link to Non Peer-Reviewed Articles
Link to Press & Media Coverage
63. *Hager, A. O., D.A. Sutherland, and D.A. Slater, 2024: Local forcing mechanisms challenge parameterizations of ocean thermal forcing for Greenland tidewater glaciers, The Cryosphere, 18, 911–932, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-911-2024. [PDF] IO HL EC
62. Baratta, S.J.N., K.M. Schild, and D.A. Sutherland, 2024: Ilulissat Icefjord upper-layer circulation patterns revealed through GPS-tracked icebergs. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, doi: 10.1029/2023JC020117. [PDF] IO HL
61. *Abib, N.L., D.A. Sutherland, J.M. Amundson, D. Duncan, E.F. Eidam, R.H. Jackson, C. Kienholz, M. Morlighem, R.J. Motyka, J.D. Nash, B. Ovall, and E.C. Pettit, 2023: Persistent overcut regions dominate the terminus morphology of a rapidly melting tidewater glacier. Annals Glaciology, doi: 10.1017/aog.2023/38. [PDF] IO HL
60. Cusack, J.M., R.H. Jackson, J.D. Nash, E. Skyllingstad, E.C. Pettit, D.A Sutherland, R.J. Motyka, and J.M. Amundson, 2023: Internal waves excited by subglacial discharge: implications for tidewater glacier melt. Geophy. Res. Lett., doi: 10.1029/2022GL102426. [PDF] IO HL
59. *Marín Jarrín, M.J. and D.A. Sutherland, 2022: Influence of winds on the circulation of a small estuary with complex geometry. Estuarine, Coastal, & Shelf Sci., doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2022.108092.. [PDF] EC
58. Jackson, R.H., R.J. Motyka, J.M. Amundson, N. Abib, D.A. Sutherland, J.D. Nash, and C. Kienholz, 2022: The relationship between submarine melt and subglacial discharge from observations at a tidewater glacier. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, doi: 10.1029/2021JC018204. [PDF] IO HL
57. *Marín Jarrín, M.J., D.A. Sutherland, and A.R. Helms, 2022: Water temperature variability in the Coos Estuary and its potential link to eelgrass loss. Frontiers Marine Sci., doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.930440. [PDF] EC
56. *Hager, A.O., D.A Sutherland, J.M. Amundson, R.H. Jackson, C. Kienholz, R.J. Motyka, and J.D. Nash, 2022: Subglacial discharge reflux and buoyancy forcing drive seasonality in a silled glacial fjord. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, doi: 10.1029/2021JC018355. [PDF] IO
55. Wang, X., C. Moffat, M.S Dinniman, J.M. Klinck, D.A. Sutherland, and B. Aguiar-Gonzalez, 2022: Variability and Dynamics of Along-Shore Exchange on the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) Continental Shelf. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, doi: 10.1029/2021JC017645. [PDF] IO HL
54. Åström J., S. Cook, E.M. Enderlin, D.A. Sutherland, A. Mazur, N. Glasser, 2021: Fragmentation theory reveals processes controlling iceberg size distributions. J. Glaciol., 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1017/ jog.2021.14. [PDF] IO
53. Eidam, E.F., D.A. Sutherland, D.K. Ralston, T. Conroy, and B. Dye, 2021: Shifting sediment dynamics: responses of the Coos Bay Estuary to 150 years of modification. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 126, e2020JC016771. [PDF] EC
52. Provant, Z., E. Elderbrock, A. Willingham, M. Carey, A. Antonello, C. Moffat, D.A. Sutherland, and S. Shahid, 2021: Reframing Antarctica’s ice loss: shifting the focus from global to local human impacts. Polar Record, 57(e13): 1–11. doi:10.1017/S0032247421000024 . [PDF] IO HL
51. *Schild, K.M., D.A. Sutherland, P. Elosegui, and D. Duncan, 2021: Measurements of iceberg melt rates using high-resolution GPS and iceberg surface scans. Geophy. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2020GL089765. [PDF] IO
50. *Eidam, E.F., D.A. Sutherland, D. Duncan, C. Kienholz, J.M. Amundson, and R.J. Motyka, 2019: Morainal bank evolution and fjord infilling during a tidewater glacier stillstand on seasonal to decadal timescales. J. Geophys. Res.-Earth Surf., doi:10.1029/2019JF005359. [PDF] IO
49. Amundson, J.M., C. Kienholz, A.O. Hager, R.H. Jackson, R.J. Motyka, J.D. Nash, and D.A. Sutherland, 2020: Formation, flow, and break-up of ephemeral ice mélange at LeConte Glacier and Bay, Alaska. J. Glaciology, doi:10.1017/jog.2020.29.. [PDF] IO
48. *Eidam, E.F., D.A. Sutherland, D.K. Ralston, B. Dye, T. Conroy, J. Schmitt, P. Ruggiero, and J. Wood, 2020: Impacts of 150 years of shoreline and bathymetric change in the Coos Bay Estuary. Estuar. Coasts, doi:10.1007/s12237-020-00732-1. [PDF] EC
47. *Conroy, T., D.A. Sutherland, and D.K. Ralston, 2020: Estuarine exchange flow variability in a seasonal, segmented estuary. J. Phys. Oceanog., doi:10.1175/JPO-D-19-0108.1. [PDF] EC
46. Jackson, R.H., J.D. Nash, C. Kienholz, D.A. Sutherland, J.M. Amundson, R.J. Motyka, D. Winters, E. Skyllingstad, and E. Pettit, 2020: Meltwater intrusions reveal mechanisms for rapid submarine melt at a tidewater glacier. Geophy. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2019GL085335. [PDF] IO
45. Shah, V., K. Schild, M. Lindeman, D. Duncan, D.A. Sutherland, C. Cenedese, F. Straneo, and H. Singh, 2019: Multi-Sensor Mapping for Low Contrast, Quasi-Dynamic, Large Objects. IEEE Robotics Automation Lett., doi: 10.1109/LRA.2019.2962357. [PDF] IO
44. Hopwood, M.J., D. Carroll, J. Höfer, L. Meire, F.A.C. Le Moigne, L. Bach, C. Eich, D.A. Sutherland, H. González Estay, and E.P. Achterberg, 2019: Highly variable iron content limits iceberg-ocean fertilization and carbon export, Nature Commun., 10, 5261, doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13231-0. [PDF] IO
43. Fried, M.J., D. Carroll, G.A. Catania, D.A. Sutherland, L.A. Stearns, E.L. Shroyer, and J.D. Nash, 2019: Distinct frontal ablation processes drive heterogeneous submarine terminus morphology. Geophy. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2019GL083980. [PDF] IO
42. Shanks, A.L., L.K. Rasmuson, J.R. Valley, M.A. Jarvis, C. Salant, D.A. Sutherland, E.I. Lamont, M.A.H. Hainey, and R.B. Emlet, 2019: Marine heat waves, climate change, and failed spawning by coastal invertebrates, Limnol. Oceanogr., doi:10.1002/lno.11331. [PDF] EC
41. Moyer, A.N, D.A. Sutherland, P.W. Nienow, and A.J. Sole, 2019: Seasonal variations in iceberg freshwater flux in glacial fjords from Sentinel-2 imagery. Geophy. Res. Lett., doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082309. [PDF] IO
40. Sutherland, D.A., C. Kienholz, R.H. Jackson, J.M. Amundson, W. Dryer, D. Duncan, E.F. Eidam, R.J. Motyka, and J.D. Nash, 2019: Direct observations of submarine melt and subsurface geometry at a tidewater glacier. Science, doi:10.1126/science.aax3528. [PDF] IO
39. Johnson, G.M., D.A Sutherland, J.J. Roering, N. Mathabane, and D.G. Gavin, 2019: Estuarine dissolved oxygen inferred from sedimentary trace metal and organic matter preservation in Coos Bay, Oregon, USA. Estuar. Coasts, doi:10.1007/s12237-019-00580-8. [PDF] EC
38. Straneo, F., D.A. Sutherland, L.A. Stearns, G. Catania, P. Heimbach, T. Moon, M.R. Cape, K.L. Laidre, D. Barber, S. Rysgaard, R. Mottram, S. Olsen, M.J. Hopwood, and L. Meire, 2019: The case for a sustained Greenland ice sheet-ocean observing system (GrIOOS). Frontiers Marine Sci., doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00138. [PDF] HL, IO
37. Kienholz, C., J.M. Amundson, W. Dryer, R.H. Jackson, J. Mickett, R.J. Motyka, J.D. Nash, D.A. Sutherland, and D. Winters, 2019: Integrating oblique time-lapse imagery and sparse optical flow to track iceberg motion in LeConte Bay, Alaska, 2016-2017. J. Glaciology, doi:10.1017/jog.2018.105. [PDF] IO
36. *Carroll, D., D.A. Sutherland, B. Curry, J.D. Nash, E.L. Shroyer, G.A. Catania, L.A. Stearns, J. P. Grist, C. M. Lee, and L. de Steur, 2018: Sub-annual and seasonal variability of Atlantic-origin waters in two adjacent west Greenland fjords. doi:10.1029/2018JC014278. [PDF] IO
35. Catania, G.A., L.A. Stearns, D.A. Sutherland, M.J. Fried, T.C. Bartholomaus, M. Morlighem, E.L. Shroyer, and J.D. Nash, 2018: Geometric controls on tidewater glacier retreat in central west Greenland. J. Geophys. Res.-Earth Surface, doi:10.1029/2017JF004499. [PDF] IO
34. Fried, M.J., G.A. Catania, T.C. Bartholomaus, D.A. Sutherland, L.A. Stearns, E.L. Shroyer, and J.D. Nash, 2018: Reconciling drivers of seasonal terminus advance and retreat at thirteen central west Greenland tidewater glaciers. J. Geophys. Res.-Earth Surface, doi:10.1029/2018JF004628. [PDF] IO
33. *Moon, T., D.A. Sutherland, D. Carroll, D. Felikson, L. Kehrl, and F. Straneo, 2017: Subsurface iceberg melt key to Greenland fjord freshwater budget. Nature Geosci. doi:10.1038/s41561-017-0018-z. [PDF] IO
32. Dyke, L.M., C.S. Andresen, M.-S. Seidenkrantz, A.L.C. Hughes, J.F. Hiemstra, T. Murray, A.A. Bjørk, D.A. Sutherland, and F. Vermassen, 2017: Minimal Holocene retreat of large tidewater glaciers in Køge Bugt, southeast Greenland. Scientific Reports, doi:10.1038/s41598-017-12018-x. [PDF] HL, IO
31. *Carroll, D., D.A. Sutherland, J.D. Nash, E.L. Shroyer, G.A. Catania, and L.A. Stearns, 2017: Subglacial discharge-driven renewal of tidewater glacial fjords. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, doi:10.1002/2017JC012962. [PDF] IO
30. Jackson, R.H., E.L. Shroyer, J.D. Nash, D.A. Sutherland, D. Carroll, M.J. Fried, G.A. Catania, T.C. Bartholomaus, and L.A. Stearns, 2017: Near-glacier surveying of a subglacial discharge plume: Implications for plume parameterizations, Geophy. Res. Lett., doi:10.1002/2017GL073602. [PDF] IO
29. *Sulak, D.J., D.A. Sutherland, E.M. Enderlin, L.A. Stearns, and G.S Hamilton, 2017: Quantification of iceberg properties and distributions in three Greenland fjords using satellite imagery. Annals Glaciol., doi:10.1017/aog.2017.5. [PDF] IO
28. Enderlin, E.M., G.S Hamilton, F. Straneo, and D.A. Sutherland, 2016: Iceberg meltwater fluxes dominate the freshwater budget in Greenland’s iceberg-congested glacial fjords. Geophy. Res. Lett., doi:10.1002/2016GL070718. [PDF] IO
27. Sutherland, D.A., and M.A. O’Neill*, 2016: Hydrographic and dissolved oxygen variability in a seasonal Pacific Northwest estuary. Estuar., Coast., Shelf Sci., doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2016.01.042. [PDF] EC
26. Straneo, F., G.S Hamilton, L.A. Stearns, and D.A. Sutherland, 2016: Connecting the Greenland ice sheet and the ocean: a case study of Helheim Glacier and Sermilik Fjord. Oceanography, 29(4), doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2016. [PDF] HL, IO
25. Felikson, D., T.C. Bartholomaus, G.A. Catania, K.H. Kjaer, N. Korsgaard, M. Morligehm, B.P.Y. Noel, M.R. van den Broeke, L.A. Stearns, J.D. Nash, E.L. Shroyer, and D.A. Sutherland, 2016: Geometric control on inland thinning propagation for Greenland outlet glaciers. Nature Geosci., doi:10.1038/ngeo2934. [PDF] IO
24. *Carroll, D., D.A. Sutherland, B. Hudson, T. Moon, J.D. Nash, E.L. Shroyer, G.A. Catania, T.C. Bartholomaus, D. Felikson, L.A. Stearns, B.P.Y. Noël, M.R. van den Broeke, 2016: Glacier geometry controls meltwater plume structure and submarine melt in Greenland fjords. Geophy. Res. Lett.,. doi:10.1002/2016GL070170. [PDF] IO
23. Bartholomaus, T.C., L.A. Stearns, D.A. Sutherland, E.L. Shroyer, J.D. Nash, R. Walker, G. Catania, D. Felikson, D. Carroll, M.J. Fried, B. Noel, and M. van den Broeke, 2016: Contrasts in the response of adjacent fjords and glaciers to surface melt in western Greenland. Annals Glaciol., doi:10.1017/aog.2016.19. [PDF] IO
22. Fried, M.J., G.A. Catania, T.C. Bartholomaus, D. Duncan, M. Davis, L.A. Stearns, J.D. Nash, E.L. Shroyer, and D.A. Sutherland, 2015: Distributed subglacial discharge drives significant submarine melt at a Greenland tidewater glacier. Geophy. Res. Lett., doi:10.1002/2015GL065806. [PDF] IO
21. *Carroll, D., D.A. Sutherland, E.L. Shroyer, J.D. Nash, G. Catania, and L.A. Stearns, 2015: Modeling turbulent subglacial meltwater plumes: implications for fjord-scale buoyancy-driven circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., doi:10.1175/JPO-D-15-0033.1. [PDF] IO
20. Sutherland, D.A., F. Straneo, and R.S. Pickart, 2014: Characteristics and dynamics of two major Greenland glacial fjords. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, doi:10.1002/2013JC009786. [PDF] HL, IO
19. Jackson, R.H., F. Straneo, and D.A. Sutherland, 2014: Externally-forced fluctuations in ocean temperature at Greenland glaciers in non-summer months. Nature Geosci., doi:10.1038/ngeo2186 [PDF] IO
18. Sutherland, D.A., G.E. Roth*, G.S. Hamilton, S.H. Mernild, L.A. Stearns, and F. Straneo, 2014: Quantifying flow regimes in a Greenland glacial fjord using iceberg drifters. Geophy. Res. Lett., doi:10.1002/2014GL062256. [PDF] IO
17. Banas, N.S., L. Conway-Cranos, D.A. Sutherland, P. MacCready, P. Kiffney, and M. Plummer, 2014. Patterns of river influence and connectivity among subbasins of Puget Sound, with application to bacterial and nutrient loading. Estuaries Coasts. doi:10.1007/s12237-014-9853-y. [PDF] EC
16. Harden, B.E., F. Straneo, and D.A. Sutherland, 2014: Moored observations of synoptic and seasonal variability in the East Greenland Coastal Current. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans. doi:10.1002/2014JC010134. [PDF] HL
15. Sutherland, D.A., F. Straneo, G.B. Stenson, F. Davidson, M.O. Hammill, and A. Rosing-Asvid, 2013: Atlantic water variability on the SE Greenland shelf and its relationship to SST and bathymetry. J. Geophys. Res-Oceans. doi:10.1029/2012JC008354. [PDF] HL
14. Andresen, C.S., M.-A. Sicre, F. Straneo, D.A. Sutherland, M.H. Ribergaard, A. Kuijpers, T. Schmith, and J.M. Lloyd, 2013: A 100-yr long record of alkenone-derived SST changes by Southeast Greenland. Cont. Shelf Res., doi:10.1016/j.csr.2013.10.003. [PDF] HL
13. Toft, J.E., J.L. Burke, M.P. Carey, C.K. Kim, G. Spiridonov, M. Marsik, D.A. Sutherland, K.K. Arkema, A.D. Guerry, P.S. Levin, T.J. Minello, M. Plummer, M.H. Ruckelshaus, and H.M. Townsend, 2013: From mountains to sound: modeling the sensitivity of Dungeness crab and Pacific oyster to land-sea interactions in Hood Canal, WA. ICES J. Mar. Sci., doi:10.1093/icesjms/fst072. [PDF] EC
12. Guerry, A.D., M.H. Ruckelshaus, J.R. Bernhardt, G. Guannel, C.K. Kim, M. Marsik, J.E. Toft, D.A. Sutherland, et al., 2012: Modeling benefits from nature: using ecosystem services to inform coastal and marine spatial planning. Intl. J. Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services, and Management, doi:10.1080/21513732.2011.647835. [PDF] EC
11. Straneo, F., D.A. Sutherland, D. Holland, C. Gladish, G. Hamilton, H. Johnson, E. Rignot, Y. Xu, and M. Koppes, 2012: Characteristics of ocean waters reaching Greenland's glaciers. Annals Glaciol., 53(60), doi:10.3189/2012AoG60A059. [PDF] HL, IO
10. Sutherland, D.A., and F. Straneo, 2012: Estimating ocean heat transport and submarine melt rate in Sermilik Fjord, Greenland, using lowered ADCP profiles. Annals Glaciol., 53(60), doi:10.3189/2012AoG60A050. [PDF] IO
9. Sutherland, D.A., F. Straneo, P. Saint-Laurent, and S.J. Lentz, 2011: Observations of fresh, anticyclonic eddies in the Hudson Strait outflow. J. Marine Systems, 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.12.004. [PDF] HL
8. Sutherland, D.A., P. MacCready, N.S. Banas, and L.F. Smedstad, 2011: A model study of the Salish Sea estuarine circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., doi:10.1175/2011JPO4540.1. [PDF] EC
7. Straneo, F., R.G. Curry, D.A. Sutherland, G.S. Hamilton, C. Cenedese, K. Vage, and L.A. Stearns, 2011: Impact of ocean stratification and glacial run-off on submarine melting of Helheim Glacier, Greenland. Nature Geosci., doi:10.1038/ngeo1109. [PDF] IO
6. Straneo, F., G.S. Hamilton, D.A. Sutherland, L.A. Stearns, F. Davidson, M.O. Hammill, G.B. Stenson, and A. Rosing-Asvid, 2010, Rapid circulation of warm, subtropical waters in a major glacial fjord off east Greenland. Nature Geosci., doi:10.1038/ngeo764. [PDF] IO
5. Sutherland, D.A., R.S. Pickart, E.P. Jones, K. Azetsu-Scott, A.J. Eert, and J. Olafsson, 2009: The freshwater composition of the waters off of southeast Greenland and their link to the Arctic Ocean. J Geophys Res, 114, C05020, doi:10.1029/2008JC004808. [PDF] HL
4. Sutherland, D.A., and C. Cenedese, 2009: Laboratory experiments on the interaction of a buoyant coastal current with a canyon: application to the East Greenland Coastal Current. J Phys. Oceanogr., 39, 1258-1271. [PDF] HL
3. Sutherland, D.A. and R.S. Pickart, 2008: The East Greenland Coastal Current: structure, variability, and forcing. Prog. Oceanogr, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2007.09.006. [PDF] HL
2. Bacon, S., P.G. Myers, B. Rudels, and D.A. Sutherland, 2008: Accessing the inaccessible: buoyancy-driven coastal currents on the shelves of Greenland and eastern Canada. Arctic-Subarctic ocean fluxes: Defining the role of the Northern Seas in climate. Eds. Dickson, Meincke, and Rhines. Springer, 703-722. HL
1. Girton, J.B., L.J. Pratt, D.A. Sutherland, and J.F. Price, 2006: Is the Faroe Bank Channel overflow hydraulically controlled? J. Phys. Oceanogr, 12, 2340-2349. [PDF] HL
Sutherland, D.A., F. Straneo, T. Moon, I.A. Le Bras, E. E. Frajka-Williams, J.L. Bamber, G.A. Catania, P. Heimbach, R.H. Jackson, L.A. Stearns, 2019: Freshwater fluxes from the Greenland Ice Sheet, Report from an international workshop, Dec. 2018. Greenland Ice Sheet Ocean Science Network. [PDF] Archived at Arctic Data Center
Climate change is not a hoax poster/banner. Please download and use! [Illustrator file]
Coos Bay Estuary circulation exhibit panel at the Marine Life Museum, Charleston, OR. [PDF]
Sutherland, D.A., F. Straneo, and B.E. Harden, 2014: Atlantic water variability on the southeast Greenland shelf. US CLIVAR Variations, Vol. 12(2), 20-25. [PDF]
Sutherland, D.A., The East Greenland Coastal Current: structure, variability, and forcing. WHOI-MIT Joint Program Thesis, 2008, 161 pp. [PDF]
These are links and files of some media coverage of our research. In reverse chronological order, organized by theme.
ALASKA
Press coverage from 2019 Science article reached >100 media outlets!
Third Pod from the Sun, AGU Podcast (Feb 2018)
Petersburg Pilot story (Aug 2016, featuring myself and Jason Amundson)
Oregon Public Radio Think Out Loud (Sept 2016, featuring Jonathan Nash)
KFSK radio interview (Sept 2016, featuring Roman Motyka)
GREENLAND
NBC News affiliate (KGW) on iceberg tracking research (Jan 2019)
Jefferson Exchange radio interview (May 2018, icebergs)
Wired story on Larsen C ice shelf and its imminent fission (Jan 2017)
WA Post story featuring Dustin Carroll (Oct 2016)
NY Times article on Greenland work published on Nov. 14, 2010.
Moby Duck (Donovan Hohn, out March 2011), features research by Amy Bower that I helped with
OREGON COAST
Lecture at SOCC entitled "Estuary circulation in Coos Bay and its link to water quality", Dec 2016
Jefferson Exchange radio interview (Nov. 2016, Coos Bay and science communication)
DISCLAIMER: I don't think I own copyrights to many of these articles. They are meant for personal use.