Dr Martin Austin

Uwch Ddarlithydd

Contact info

Office: 211 Marine Centre Wales     Phone: 01248 382803

Email: m.austin@bangor.ac.uk

Web: Google Scholar     ResearchGate     ORCID

Twitter: @mart_austin

I am an observational oceanographer and specialise in the hydro- and morpho-dynamics of the inter-tidal and shallow sub-tidal regions of the coastal ocean. My present research at Bangor includes:

  • The turbulent flow dynamics around sub-sea cables that causes seabed scour and subsequent cable failure. This ESPRC-funded research works in collaboration with three industry partners from the Marine Renewable Energy sector. It aims to reduce costs within the industry, where cable failures in 2014-17 cost the sector £250M.  
  • The dynamics of large-scale turbulent motions in tidally energetic regions. This EPSRC- and NRN-funded work seeks to quantify large-scale turbulent motions and assess the impacts on tidal energy extraction and infrastructure. Observational field experiments are being undertaken in the Menai Strait and around north Wales, and include industry collaborators from UK, Europe and the USA.
  • WASP - Waves Across Shore Platforms. EPSRC-funded grant investigating wave attenuation processes across rocky shore platforms at multiple sites across the UK and New Zealand to produce a new numerical modelling tool.
  • Nearshore inter- to sub-tidal sediment exchange caused by the interaction of wave-driven nearshore currents, tidal currents and cross-shelf currents. This is linked to the Crown Estates Anglesey Tidal Test Site, with particular interest in nearshore sub-sea cable pathways, and encompasses field measurements of the full water column velocity, turbulence and sediment profiles. Autonomous Coastal Observatory buoy units are being deployed to support this work in  spring 2018.

 

I graduated from Plymouth University in 2002 with a BSc in Ocean Science and completed my PhD in gravel beach morphodynamics at Loughborough University in 2005. I have subsequently been a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at: Plymouth University (2005 - 2007, Cross-shore sediment transport on sandy beaches); Loughborough University (2007, Dust generation on an Arctic pro-glacial flood plain); before returning once again to Plymouth (2007 - 2010, Impacts of offshore wave energy arrays on seabed and shoreline processes; and 2010 - 2013, Dynamics of rip currents and implication for beach safety).  Research Areas

  1. 2016
  2. Cyhoeddwyd

    Rip currents are a natural hazard along our coasts - here's how to spot them

    Austin, M., 27 Gorff 2016, The Conversation.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyhoeddiad arbenigolErthygl

  3. 2017
  4. Cyhoeddwyd

    Modelling incident-band and infra gravity wave dynamics on rocky shore platforms

    McCall, R. T., Masselink, G., Austin, M., Poate, T. & Jager, T., Meh 2017, t. 1658-1669.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadleddPapuradolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  5. Cyhoeddwyd

    Grain size selection in seagrass beds

    Conley, D., Austin, M., Davidson, I., Buscombe, D. & Masselink, G., 17 Meh 2017.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadleddPapuradolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  6. 2018
  7. Cyhoeddwyd

    The role of bed roughness in wave transformation across sloping rock shore platforms

    Poate, T. G., Masselink, G., Austin, M., Dickson, M. & McCall, R. T., Ion 2018, Yn: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 123, 1, t. 97-123

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  8. 2020
  9. Cyhoeddwyd

    Infragravity wave generation on shore platforms: bound long wave versus breakpoint forcing

    Poate, T. G., Masselink, G., Austin, M., Inch, K., Dickson, M. & McCall, R. D., 1 Chwef 2020, Yn: Geomorphology. 350, 106880.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  10. 2021
  11. Cyhoeddwyd

    Comment on: “Is ‘re-mobilisation’ nature restoration or nature destruction? A commentary”, by Delgado-Fernandez et al.

    Austin, M. & Walker-Springett, G., 13 Ion 2021, Yn: Journal of Coastal Conservation. 25, 1, 10.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynSylw/Dadladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  12. Cyhoeddwyd

    The annual cycle of energy input, modal excitation and physical plus biogenic turbulent dissipation in a temperate lake

    Simpson, J., Woolway, I., Scannell, B., Austin, M., Powell, B. & Maberly, S. C., Meh 2021, Yn: Water Resources Research. 57, 6, 2020WR029441.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  13. Cyhoeddwyd

    Coastal sand dunes: storms and (over-)stabilisation

    Austin, M. & Walker-Springett, G., 1 Tach 2021, Geography Review, 35, 2, t. 8-13 6 t.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyhoeddiad arbenigolErthygl

  14. 2022
  15. Cyhoeddwyd
  16. Cyhoeddwyd
  17. Cyhoeddwyd

    Turbulence and Coherent Structure Characterisation in a Tidally Energetic Channel

    Lucas, N., Austin, M., Rippeth, T., Powell, B. & Wakonigg, P., Gorff 2022, Yn: Renewable Energy. 194, t. 259-272

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  18. 2023
  19. Cyhoeddwyd

    Renewable infrastructure in a field of dunes: changes to near bed turbulence & sediments

    Unsworth, C., Austin, M., Van Landeghem, K., Couldrey, A. & Whitehouse, R., 1 Ion 2023, t. 299-306. 7 t.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadleddPapuradolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  20. Cyhoeddwyd

    Exploring regional coastal sediment pathways using a coupled tide-wave-sediment dynamics model

    Davies, A. G., Robins, P., Austin, M. & Walker-Springett, G., 15 Ion 2023, Yn: Continental Shelf Research. 253, 104903.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  21. Cyhoeddwyd

    Characterizing the Marine Energy Test Area (META) in Wales, UK

    Neill, S., Fairley, I., Rowlands, S., Young, S., Hill, T., Unsworth, C., King, N., Roberts, M., Austin, M., Hughes, P., Masters, I., Owen, A., Powell, B., Reeve, D. E. & Lewis, M., 1 Maw 2023, Yn: Renewable Energy. 205, t. 447-460

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  22. Cyhoeddwyd

    The UK’s first climate refugees: why more defences may not save this village from rising sea levels

    Ward, S. & Austin, M., 31 Maw 2023, The Conversation.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyhoeddiad arbenigolErthygl

  23. Cyhoeddwyd

    The need for a people’s perspective when exploring climate change and cultural heritage

    Forino, G., Yorke, L., Robinson, G., Austin, M., Sieradzan, K. & Hewitt, J., 28 Meh 2023, Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers .

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad arallCyfraniad Aralladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  24. Cyhoeddwyd

    Field measurements of cable self-burial in a sandy marine environment

    Unsworth, C., Austin, M., Van Landeghem, K., Couldrey, A., Whitehouse, R., Lincoln, B., Doole, S. & Worrall, P., Medi 2023, Yn: Coastal Engineering. 184, 22 t., 104309.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

Blaenorol 1 2 Nesaf