Dr. Robert Newton
Research Scientist
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Geochemistry
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107 Comer
61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000
Palisades
NY
10964-8000
US
Phone: 
(845) 365-8686
bnewton@ldeo.columbia.edu
Fields of interest: 
Physical Oceanography, Isotope tracers in the ocean, Air-sea interactions

Some of my projects include:

  • Environmental Tracers Group at LDEO ( details )
  • World Ocean Chemistry Experiment ( details )
  • Arctic Freshwater Initiative ( details )

 

 

Education
List of degrees from highest to lowest:
B.S., Social Theory, Structure and Change
Empire State College, SUNY
1978
A.B.D., Mathematics
Graduate Center of the City University of New York
1982
M.Phil., Earth and Environmental Sciences
Columbia University
1996
Ph.D., Earth and Environmental Sciences
Columbia University
2001
Referenced in the Following News Items: 
Selected Publications: 
Freshwater distribution in the Arctic Ocean: simulation with a high-resolution model and model-data comparison., Newton, R., Schlosser, P., Martinson, D.G., and Maslowski, M. , Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 113, Issue C5, p.C05024, (2008)

A simple model of the Arctic Ocean response to annular wind stress anomalies., Newton, R., Tremblay, B., Cane, M., and Schlosser, P. , Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 111, Issue C9, p.C09019, (2006)

Elements of the global Ocean Circulation inferred from the WOCE tritium and C-14 data sets, Schlosser, P.; Jenkins, W.; Key, R.; Newton, R.; Roether, W.; Top, Z. , Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, Jun, Volume 68, Issue 11, p.A489-A489, (2004)

Decrease of river runoff in the upper waters of the Eurasian Basin, Arctic Ocean, between 1991 and 1996: Evidence from delta O-18 data, Schlosser, P.; Newton, R.; Ekwurzel, B.; Khatiwala, S.; Mortlock, R.; Fairbanks, R. , Geophysical Research Letters, May 1, Volume 29, Issue 9, p.-, (2002), Doi 10.1029/2001gl013135