Dr. Daniel Carlson
Professional Experience
- 2020 - present Scientist at the Institute of Coastal Ocean Dynamics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Geesthacht, Germany
- 2019 - present Member of the EuroMarine Working Group on Macroalgae
- 2018 - present Member of the Editorial Board for The Journal of Ocean Technology
- 2018 - 2019 Assistant Professor at the Arctic Research Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- 2015 - 2019 Postdoctoral Researcher at the Dept. of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
- 2015 - 2019 Co-PI in the Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment
- 2013 - 2015 Postdoctoral Researcher at CNR-ISMAR, La Spezia, Italy
Honors and Awards
- 2021 - 2022 German Scholars Organization Klaus Tschira Boost Fund Fellow
- 2010 - 2012 Rieger Foundation-Jewish National Fund Fellowship for Environmental Sciences
- 2007 - 2008 Fulbright Student Grant – U.S. Department of State and U.S.-Israel Education Foundation, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Degrees Awarded
- 2008 - 2013 Ph.D. Physical Oceanography, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
- 2004 - 2007 M.S. Physical Oceanography, Florida State University, USA
- 2000 - 2004 B.S. Physics, Stetson University, USA
- Submesoscale Fronts, Eddies, and Filaments
- Surface Ocean Lagrangian Transport and Mixing
- Iceberg Impacts on Marine Ecosystems
- Contribution of Macroalgae to Blue Carbon
- Instrument Development
- Remote Sensing (Satellites, Aircraft, and Drones)
- Filbee-Dexter, K., Pessarrodona, A, Pedersen, M.F., Wernberg, T., Duarte, C.M., Assis, J., Bekkby, T., Burrows, M.T., Carlson, D.F., Gattuso, J.-P., Gundersen, H., Hancke, K., Krumhansl, K.A., Kuwae, T., Middelburg, J.J., Moore, P.J., Queirós, A.M., Smale, D.A., Sousa-Pinto, I., Suzuki, N., & Krause-Jensen, D. (2024): Carbon export from seaweed forests to deep ocean sinks. Nat. Geosci. (2024), doi:10.1038/s41561-024-01449-7
- Ager, T.G., Krause-Jensen, D., Olesen, B., Carlson, D.F., Winding, M.H.S., & Sejr, M.K. (2023): Macroalgal habitats support a sustained flux of floating biomass but limited carbon export beyond a Greenland fjord. Science of The Total Environment, Volume 872, 2023, 162224, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162224
- Carlson, D.F., Akbulut, S., Rasmussen, J.F., Hestbech, C.S., Andersen, M.H., & Melvad, C. (2023): Compact and modular autonomous surface vehicle for water research: The Naval Operating Research Drone Assessing Climate Change (NORDACC). HardwareX, Volume 15, 2023, e00453, doi:10.1016/j.ohx.2023.e00453
- Carlson, D.F., Vivó-Pons, A., Treier, U.A., Mätzler, E., Meire, L., Sejr, M., & Krause-Jensen, D. (2023): Mapping intertidal macrophytes in fjords in Southwest Greenland using Sentinel-2 imagery. Science of The Total Environment, Volume 865, 2023, 161213, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161213
- Walsh, M.J., Carlson, D.F., Tejsner, P., & Thomsen, S. (2023): The Bear Trap - Reinvestigation of a Unique Stone Structure on the Northwest Tip of the Nuussuaq Peninsula, Greenland. Arctic Anthropology, March 2023, 58 (2) 200-217, doi:10.3368/aa.58.2.200
- Carlson, D., Pett, P., Peissel, N., Bonnardeaux, C., & Suaria, G. (2022): Sailing into an Uncertain Future - Connecting Sailors and Scientists to Monitor the Pulse of the Changing Arctic. The Journal of Ocean Technology, Vol. 17 (2022) 3, pp 30-36
- Bendtsen, J., Rysgaard, S., Carlson, D.F., Meire, L., & Sejr, M.K. (2021): Vertical mixing in stratified fjords near tidewater outlet glaciers along Northwest Greenland. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2020JC016898, doi:10.1029/2020JC016898
- D.F. Carlson, G. Carr, J.L. Crosbie, P. Lundgren, N. Peissel, P. Pett, W. Turner, S. Rysgaard 2020. The 2017 Mission Arctic Citizen Science Sailing Expedition Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth Profiles in Western Greenland and Baffin Bay. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:665582. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.665582
- E D’Asaro, D.F. Carlson, M. Chamecki, R. Harcourt, B. Haus, et al. 2020: Advances in observing and understanding small-scale open ocean circulation during the GoMRI Era. Frontiers in Marine Science 4:349 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00349
- M.J. Hopwood, D. Caroll, T. Dunse, A. Hodson, J.M. Holding, J.L. Iriarte, S. Ribeiro, E.P Achterberg, C. Cantoni, D.F. Carlson, et al. 2020: How does glacier discharge affect marine biogeochemistry and primary production in the Arctic? The Cryosphere. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1347-2020
- S. Thomsen, F.S. Tirsgaard, M.H. Hansen, J.P. Lillethorup, A. Flytkær, C. Melvad, S. Rysgaard, D.F. Carlson 2020: An affordable and miniature coring drill for rapid iceberg sample acquisition. HardwareX e00101 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2020.e00101
- D.F. Carlson, W.J. Pavalko, D. Petersen, M. Olsen, A.E. Hass 2020: Maker Buoy Variants for Water Level Monitoring and Tracking Drifting Objects in Remote Areas of Greenland. Sensors 20:1254 https://doi.org/10.3390/s20051254
- S. Rysgaard, W. Boone, D.F. Carlson, J. Bendtsen, et al. 2020: The West Greenland coastal system and its implication for glacier melt. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 125:e2019JC015564 https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015564
- M.J. Walsh, P. Tejsner, D.F. Carlson, L. Vergeynst, K.U. Kjeldsen et al. 2020: The VIMOA project and archaeological heritage in the Nuussuaq Peninsula, Northwest Greenland. Antiquity. 94:e6 https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2019.230
- H. Chang, H. Huntley, A.D. Kirwan Jr., D.F. Carlson, J. Mensa, B. Fox-Kemper et al. 2019: Small-scale dispersion observations in the presence of Langmuir circulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography 49:3069-3085. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0107.1
- D.F. Carlson, J. Pasma, M.E. Jacobsen, M.H. Hansen, S. Thomsen et al. 2019: Retrieval of iceberg samples using the Ice Drone. Frontiers in Earth Science 7:287. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00287
- L. Corgnati, A. Griffa, P. Penna, P. Celentano, L. Bellomo, D.F. Carlson et al. 2019: Implementation and validation of the ISMAR High Frequency Coastal Radar Network in the Gulf of Manfredonia (Mediterranean Sea). IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 44:424-445. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JOE.2018.2822518
- D.F. Carlson, A. Fürsterling, L. Vesterled, M. Skovby, S.S. Pedersen et al. 2019: An affordable and portable autonomous surface vehicle with obstacle avoidance for coastal ocean monitoring. HardwareX, 6:e00059. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2019.e00059
- T. Ozgokmen, M. Boufadel, D.F. Carlson, C. Cousin, C. Guigand et al. 2018: Technological advances for ocean surface measurements by the Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment (CARTHE). Marine Technology Society Journal, 52:71-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2019.e00059
- D.F. Carlson, T. Ozgokmen, G. Novelli, C. Guigand, M. Curcic et al., 2018: Surface ocean dispersion observations from the ship-tethered aerostat remote sensing system. Frontiers in Marine Science. 5:479 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00479
- R. Sciascia, M. Berta, D.F. Carlson, A. Griffa, M. Panfili et al. 2018: Linking sardine recruitment in coastal areas to ocean currents using surface drifters and HF radar. A case study in the Gulf of Manfredonia, Adriatic Sea. Ocean Science, 14:1461-1482 https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-1461-2018
- D.F. Carlson and S. Rysgaard, 2018: Adapting open-source drone autopilots for real-time iceberg observations. MethodsX, 5:1059-1072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2018.09.003
- W. Boone, S. Rysgaard, D.F. Carlson, L. Meire, S. Kirillov et al., 2018: Coastal freshening prevents fjord bottom water renewal in Northeast Greenland – a mooring study from 2003-2015, Geophysical Research Letters, 28:2726-2733. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076591
- D.F. Carlson, L.A. Yarbro, S. Scolaro, M. Poniatowski, P.R. Carlson Jr., 2018: Sea surface temperatures and seagrass mortality in Florida Bay: Temporal and spatial patterns discerned from AVHRR and MODIS data, Remote Sensing of Environment, 208:171-188. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.02.014
- D.F. Carlson, W. Boone, L. Meire, J. Abermann, and S. Rysgaard, 2017: Bergy Bit and Melt Water Trajectories in Godthåbsfjord (SW Greenland) Observed by the Expendable Ice Tracker, Frontiers in Marine Science, 4:276 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2018.09.003
- D.F. Carlson, G. Suaria, S. Aliani, E. Fredj, T. Fortibuoni et al. 2017: Combining litter observations with a regional ocean model to identify sources and sinks of floating marine debris in a semi-enclosed basin: The Adriatic Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4:78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2018.09.003 in Florida's Big Bend. Continental Shelf Research, 29:445-455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2008.11.003
- E. Fredj, D.F. Carlson, Y. Amitai, A. Gozolchiani, H. Gildor, 2016: The particle tracking and analysis toolbox (PaTATO) for Matlab. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 14:586-599. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10114
- D.F. Carlson, A. Griffa, E. Zambianchi, G. Suaria, L. Corgnati et al. 2016: Observed and modeled surface Lagrangian transport between coastal regions in the Adriatic Sea with implications for marine protected areas. Continental Shelf Research. 118:23-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2018.09.003
- S. Aliani, M. Berta, M. Borghini, D.F. Carlson et al. 2015: Biodiversity conservation: an example of a multidisciplinary approach to marine dispersal. Rendiconti Lincei, 26:37-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2018.09.003
- D.F. Carlson, E. Fredj, H. Gildor, 2014: The annual cycle of vertical mixing and restratification in the northern Gulf of Eilat/Aqaba based on high temporal and vertical resolution observations. Deep-Sea Research, 84:1-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2018.09.003
- D.F. Carlson, E. Fredj, H. Gildor, E. Biton, J.V. Steinbuck, S.G.Monismith, A. Genin, 2012: Observations of tidal currents in the northern Gulf of Eilat/Aqaba (Red Sea). Journal of Marine Systems, 102-104:14:28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.04.008
- D.F. Carlson, E. Fredj, H. Gildor, V. Rom-Kedar, 2010: Deducing an upper bound to the horizontal eddy diffusivity using a stochastic Lagrangian model. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 10:499-520. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10652-010-9181-0
- D.F. Carlson, P.A. Muscarella, H. Gildor, B.L. Lipphardt Jr., E. Fredj, 2010: How useful are progressive vector diagrams for studying coastal ocean transport? Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 8:98-106 https://doi.org/10.4319/lom.2010.8.0098
- D.F. Carlson, A.J. Clarke, 2009: Seasonal along-isobath geostrophic flows on the west Florida shelf with application to Karenia brevis red tide blooms in Florida's Big Bend. Continental Shelf Research, 29:445-455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2008.11.003