Karen Frey
Professor, Geography
Scholarly Interests
Climate Change, Polar Climate Change, Cryospheric Change, Biogeochemistry, Remote Sensing/Geospatial Analytics
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Dr. Karen Frey is a professor of earth system science in the Graduate School of Geography. Her research interests involve the combined use of field measurements, satellite remote sensing, and geospatial analytics to study large-scale linkages between land, atmosphere, ocean, and ice in polar environments. Over the past 25 years, she has conducted field-based research in West and East Siberia, the North Slope of Alaska, as well as the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas. She has additionally advised research in Greenland, Antarctica, and the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region. Dr. Frey's most recent work focuses on the biological and biogeochemical impacts of sea ice decline in polar shelf environments as well as the hydrological and biogeochemical impacts of terrestrial permafrost degradation across the Arctic. She has been a faculty member in the Graduate School of Geography since 2007 and teaches and advises students in the fields of climate change, polar science, and remote sensing. While at Clark, Dr. Frey's research has been funded by NSF, NASA, NOAA, and the Office of Naval Research. Outside of Clark, she has been a lead contributor to the annual Arctic Report Card since 2011, Vice-Chair of the Marine Working Group of the International Arctic Science Committee, a member of the NASA Arctic-Coastal Land Ocean inteRactionS (Arctic-COLORS) Science Definition Team, and a member of several National Academies/National Research Council committees focused on polar climate change.
Courses offered:
GEOG 119: The Arctic in the Anthropocene
GEOG 263/363: The Climate System and Global Environmental Change
GEOG 322: Applications of Radar Remote Sensing
GEOG 378: Emerging Issues in Climate Change Science
GEOG 396: Polar Environmental Change ResearchDegrees
- Ph.D. in Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, 2005
- M.A. in Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, 2000
- B.A. in Geological Sciences, Cornell University, 1998
Affiliated Department(s)
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Scholarly and Creative Works
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Published in Global Biogeochemical Cycles
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2023
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Vol. 37
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Published in Arctic Report Card 2022
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2022
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Observations of Declining Primary Productivity in the Western Bering Strait
Published in Oceanography
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2022
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Vol. 35
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Issue #3-4
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sUAS Applications in Geography
Chapter: Polar and Cryospheric Remote Sensing Using sUASPublished by Springer
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2022
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Published in PLOS ONE
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2022
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Vol. 17
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Issue #7
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Published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
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2022
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Vol. 127
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Issue #e2021JG006578
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On the variability of the Bering Sea Cold Pool and implications for the biophysical environment
Published in PLOS ONE
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2022
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Vol. 17
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Issue #4
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AMAP Arctic Climate Change Update 2021: Key Trends and Impacts
Chapter: Arctic Climate and Ecosystem Linkages: Impacts and FeedbacksPublished by Arctic Council/Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP)
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2022
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Published in Polar Research
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2022
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Vol. 41
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Published in Arctic Report Card 2021
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2021
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Published in Remote Sensing
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2021
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Vol. 13
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Issue #18
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Published in PLOS ONE
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2021
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Vol. 16
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Issue #8
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First Pan-Arctic Assessment of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Lakes of the Permafrost Region
Published in Biogeosciences
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2021
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Vol. 18
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Published in Arctic Report Card 2020
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2020
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Published in PLOS ONE
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2020
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Vol. 15
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Issue #4
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Published in Marine Ecology Progress Series
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2020
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Vol. 651
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Issue #23–43
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Published in Annals of Glaciology
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2020
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Published in Remote Sensing
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2020
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Vol. 12
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Issue #21
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Published in PLOS ONE
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2020
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Vol. 15(4): e0231178
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Published in GIScience and Remote Sensing
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2019
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Vol. 56(1)
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The Distributed Biological Observatory: A Change Detection Array in the Pacific Arctic
Published in Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
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2019
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Vol. 162
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Published in Arctic Report Card 2019
December
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2019
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Awards & Grants
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Collaborative Research: The Distributed Biological Observatory (DBO)-A Change Detection Array in the Pacific Arctic Region
National Science Foundation, Arctic Observing Network Program
Aug. 1, 2019 - Jul. 31, 2024
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RAPID: Impacts of Increased Light Transmittance on Ocean Heating, Primary Productivity, and Carbon Cycling Across a Pacific Arctic Continental Shelf Gradient
NSF Office of Polar Programs, Arctic System Science Program
Aug. 15, 2022 - Jul. 31, 2023
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Remote Sensing of River Carbon Fluxes to the Ocean
NASA Carbon Cycle Science
Feb. 1, 2022
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