Professor Simon Neill
Professor in Physical Oceanography
Aelodaeth
Contact info
Room: Room 212, Marine Centre Wales Phone: 01248 383938
Email: s.p.neill@bangor.ac.uk
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I am professor in physical oceanography, specializing in ocean renewable energy: characterizing the wave and tidal energy resource, understanding wave-tide interaction, optimizing grid integration of arrays of marine renewable energy devices, and quantifying the environmental impacts of extracting energy from the oceans. I am founder and course director of an MSc in Marine Renewable Energy, and committee member of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), working on revising IEC Technical Specification 62600-201: Tidal Energy Resource Assessment and Characterization. I am a member of the editorial board of the Elsevier journal Renewable Energy, have written a textbook on marine energy "Fundamentals of Ocean Renewable Energy: Generating Electricity from the Sea", and am lead sediment scientist at FORCE (Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy). I also have other shelf sea research interests, including palaeoceanography, sediment dynamics, and simulating the dispersal of marine organisms and microplastics.
I currently lead a wide range of research projects at Bangor University, including:
- NERC – SE Asia Plastics. South East Asia MArine Plastics (SEAmap): Reduction, Control and Mitigation of Marine Plastic Pollution in the Philippines. Neill SP (PI), Hiddink JG, Robins PE, Lewis MJ, Skov MW, Dunn CP (School of Natural Sciences), Taboada E (University of San Carlos, Philippines); £708,034. 2020-2023.
- European Regional Development Fund. Smart Efficient Energy Centre (SEEC) (£7M) Simon Neill (PI), Iestyn Pierce & Graham Ormondroyd. 2019-2023.
Research Areas
- Erthygl › Ymchwil › Adolygwyd gan gymheiriaid
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Evidence of potential synergy between aquaculture and offshore renewable energy
Demmer, J., Lewis, M., Robins, P. & Neill, S., 30 Medi 2022, Yn: International Marine Energy Journal. 5, 2Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Evolution of bed shear stress distribution over the northwest European shelf seas during the last 12,000 years.
Neill, S. P. & Scourse, J. D., 1 Ion 2010, Yn: Ocean Dynamics. 60, 5, t. 1139-1156Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Global riverine theoretical hydrokinetic resource assessment
Ridgill, M., Neill, S., Lewis, M., Robins, P. & Patil, S., 1 Awst 2021, Yn: Renewable Energy. 174, t. 654-665Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Habitat structure shapes temperate reef assemblages across regional environmental gradients
Jackson-Bue, T., Evans, A. J., Lawrence, P., Brooks, P., Ward, S., Jenkins, S., Moore, P. J., Crowe, T., Neill, S. & Davies, A., 1 Ion 2024, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 167494.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Hydrokinetic energy conversion: A global riverine perspective
Ridgill, M., Lewis, M., Robins, P., Patil, S. & Neill, S., Gorff 2022, Yn: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 14, 4, 044501.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Identification of genetically and oceanographically distinct blooms of jellyfish
Lee, P. L., Dawson, M. N., Neill, S. P., Robins, P. E., Houghton, J. D., Doyle, T. K. & Hays, G. C., 1 Maw 2013, Yn: Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 10, 80, t. 20120920Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Impact of climate change on UK estuaries: A review of past trends and potential projections
Robins, P. E., Skov, M. W., Lewis, M. J., Gimenez, L., Davies, A. G., Malham, S. K., Neill, S. P., McDonald, J. E., Whitton, T. A., Jackson, S. E. & Jago, C. F., 17 Rhag 2015, Yn: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 169, t. 119-135Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Impact of tidal energy converter (TEC) arrays on the dynamics of headland sand banks
Neill, S. P., Jordan, J. R. & Couch, S. J., 1 Ion 2012, Yn: Renewable Energy. 37, 1, t. 387-397Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Impact of tidal-stream arrays in relation to the natural variability of sedimentary processes
Robins, P. E., Neill, S. P. & Lewis, M. J., 8 Awst 2014, Yn: Renewable Energy. 72, t. 311-321Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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In situ measurements of spring-neap variations to unsteady island wake development in the Firth of Forth, Scotland.
Neill, S. P. & Elliott, A. J., 1 Meh 2004, Yn: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 60, 2, t. 229-239Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Influence of storm surge on tidal range energy
Lewis, M., Angeloudis, A., Robins, P., Evans, P. S. & Neill, S., Maw 2017, Yn: Energy. 122, t. 25-36Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Inter-annual and inter-seasonal variability of the Orkney wave power resource
Neill, S. P., Lewis, M. J., Hashemi, M. R., Slater, E., Lawrence, J. & Spall, S. A., 1 Awst 2014, Yn: Applied Energy. 132, t. 339-348Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Inter-annual variability of two contrasting offshore sand banks in a region of extreme tidal range
Lewis, M. J., Neill, S. P. & Elliott, A. J., 10 Rhag 2014, Yn: Journal of Coastal Research. 31, 2, t. 265-275Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Intercomparison of surface velocimetry techniques for drone-based marine current characterization
Fairley, I., King, N., McIlvenny, J., Lewis, M., Neill, S., Williamson, B., Masters, I. & Reeve, D. E., 1 Ebr 2024, Yn: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 299, 108682.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Larval dispersal from an energetic tidal channel and implications for blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) shellfisheries
Demmer, J., Neill, S., Andres, O., Malham, S., Jones, T. & Robins, P., 1 Rhag 2022, Yn: Aquaculture International. 30, 6, t. 2969-2995Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Metagenetic analysis of patterns of distribution and diversity of marine meiobenthic eukaryotes
Fonseca, V. G., Carvalho, G. R., Nichols, B., Quince, C., Johnson, H. F., Neill, S. P., Lambshead, J. D., Thomas, W. K., Power, D. M. & Creer, S., 25 Awst 2014, Yn: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 23, 11, t. 1293–1302Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Navigating the tides of change: The crucial role of wave and tidal marine renewable energy resource characterization and assessment research
Jones, C., Yang, Z. & Neill, S., 7 Chwef 2024, Yn: Renewable Energy. 223, 120020.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Numerical modelling of hydrodynamics and tidal energy extraction in the Alderney Race: a review
Thiebot, J., Coles, D., Bennis, A-C., Guillou, N., Neill, S., Guillou, S. & Piggott, M., 21 Awst 2020, Yn: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 378, 2178, 20190498.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Observations and numerical modelling of a non-buoyant front in the Tay Estuary, Scotland.
Neill, S. P., Copeland, G. J., Ferrier, G. & Folkard, A. M., 1 Ion 2004, Yn: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 59, 1, t. 173-184Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Observations and simulations of an unsteady island wake in the Firth of Forth, Scotland.
Neill, S. P. & Elliott, A. J., 1 Gorff 2004, Yn: Ocean Dynamics. 54, 3-4, t. 324-332Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Observing estuarine currents and fronts in the Tay Estuary, Scotland, using an airborne SAR with along-track interferometry (ATI)
Ferrier, G., Macklin, J. T., Neill, S. P., Folkard, A. M., Copeland, G. J. & Anderson, J. M., 20 Hyd 2005, Yn: International Journal of Remote Sensing. 26, 20, t. 4399-4404Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Optimal phasing of the European tidal stream resource using the greedy algorithm with penalty function
Neill, S. P., Lewis, M. J. & Hashemi, M. R., 22 Gorff 2014, Yn: Energy. 73, t. 997-1006Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Physical and biological controls on larval dispersal and connectivity in a highly energetic shelf sea
Robins, P. E., Neill, S. P., Gimenez, L., Jenkins, S. R. & Malham, S. K., 1 Maw 2013, Yn: Limnology and Oceanography. 58, 2, t. 505-524Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Power variability of tidal-stream energy and implications for electricity supply
Lewis, M., McNaughton, J., Márquez-Dominguez, C., Todeschini, G., Togneri, M., Masters, I., Allmark, M., Stallard, T., Neill, S., Goward Brown, A. & Robins, P., 15 Medi 2019, Yn: Energy. 183, t. 1061-1074Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Realistic wave conditions and their influence on quantifying the tidal stream energy resource
Lewis, M. J., Neill, S. P. & Hashemi, M. R., 8 Hyd 2014, Yn: Applied Energy. 136, t. 495-508Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Research priorities for assessing potential impacts of emerging marine renewable energy technologies: Insights from developments in Wales (UK)
Roche, RC., Walker-Springett, K., Robins, PE., Jones, J., Veneruso, G., Whitton, TA., Piano, M., Ward, SL., Duce, CE., Waggitt, JJ., Walker-Springett, G., Neill, S., Lewis, M. & King, J., 1 Rhag 2016, Yn: Renewable Energy. 99, December, t. 1327-1341 15 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Resource assessment for future generations of tidal-stream energy arrays
Lewis, M., Neill, S. P., Robins, P. E. & Hashemi, M. R., 1 Ebr 2015, Yn: Energy. 83, t. 403-415Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Second-generation environmental sequencing unmasks marine metazoan biodiversity.
Fonseca, V. G., Carvalho, G. R., Sung, W., Johnson, H. F., Power, D. M., Neill, S. P., Packer, M., Blaxter, M. L., Lambshead, J. D., Thomas, W. K. & Creer, S., 19 Hyd 2010, Yn: Nature Communications. 1, 7, t. 98Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Sensitivity assessment of bathymetry and choice of tidal constituents on tidal stream energy resource characterisation in the Gulf of California, Mexico
Mejia-Olivares, C., Haigh, I. D., Lewis, M. & Neill, S., 1 Medi 2020, Yn: Applied Ocean Research.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Sensitivity of palaeotidal models of the northwest European shelf seas to glacial isostatic adjustment since the Last Glacial Maximum
Ward, S., Neill, S., Scourse, J., Bradley, S. L. & Uehara, K., 1 Tach 2016, Yn: Quaternary Science Reviews. 151, t. 198-211Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Simulating storm waves in the Irish Sea
Neill, S. P. & Elliott, A. J., 1 Meh 2007, Yn: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Maritime Engineering. 160, 2, t. 57-64Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Some numerical aspects of modelling flow around hydraulic structures using incompressible SPH
Ghadampour, Z., Hashemi, M. R., Talebbeydokhti, N., Neill, S. P. & Nikseresht, A. H., 8 Mai 2015, Yn: Computers and Mathematics with Applications. 69, 12, t. 1470-1483Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Spatio-temporal variability of tidal-stream energy in north-western Europe
Guillou, N., Neill, S. & Thiebot, J., 21 Awst 2020, Yn: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 378, 2178, 20190493.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Special issue: Wave and tidal resource characterization
Neill, S., Yang, Z. & Hashemi, M. R., 1 Rhag 2017, Yn: Renewable Energy. 114, t. 1-2Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The Influence of Intra-Array Wake Dynamics on Depth-Averaged Kinetic Tidal Turbine Energy Extraction Simulations
Piano, M., Robins, P., Davies, A. & Neill, S., 22 Hyd 2018, Yn: Energies. 11, 10, 2852.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The challenges of constraining shelf sea tidal models using seabed sediment grain size as a proxy for tidal currents
Ward, S., Scourse, J., Yokoyama, Y. & Neill, S., Rhag 2020, Yn: Continental Shelf Research. 205, 104165.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The formation of headland/island sandbanks.
Neill, S. & Scourse, J. D., 15 Hyd 2009, Yn: Continental Shelf Research. 29, 18, t. 2167-2177Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The impact of tidal stream turbines on large-scale sediment dynamics.
Neill, S. P., Litt, E. J., Couch, S. J. & Davies, A. G., 1 Rhag 2009, Yn: Renewable Energy. 34, 12, t. 2803-2812Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The impacts of tidal energy development and sea-level rise in the Gulf of Maine
Kresning, B., Hashemi, M. R., Neill, S. P., Green, M. & Xue, H., 15 Tach 2019, Yn: Energy. 187, 115942.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The influence of waves on the tidal kinetic energy resource at a tidal stream energy site
Guillou, N., Chapalain, G. & Neill, S., 15 Hyd 2016, Yn: Applied Energy. 180, October, t. 402-415Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The influence of wind gustiness on estimating the wave power resource
Goward Brown, A., Neill, S. & Lewis, M., 10 Tach 2013, Yn: International Journal of Marine Energy. 3-4, t. e1-e10Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The role of Coriolis in sandbank formation due to a headland/island system.
Neill, S. P., 10 Medi 2008, Yn: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 79, 3, t. 419-428Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The role of tidal asymmetry in characterizing the tidal energy resource of Orkney
Neill, S. P., Hashemi, M. R. & Lewis, M. J., 4 Maw 2014, Yn: Renewable Energy. 68, t. 337-350Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The role of tides in shelf-scale simulations of the wave energy resource
Hashemi, M. R. & Neill, S. P., 18 Ebr 2014, Yn: Renewable Energy. 69, t. 300-310Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The role of wind in controlling the connectivity of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) populations
Demmer, J., Robins, P., Malham, S., Lewis, M., Owen, A., Jones, T. & Neill, S., 21 Ion 2022, Yn: Movement Ecology. 10, 1, 3.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The tidal flux in the Firth of Forth
Elliott, A. J. & Neill, S. P., 1 Maw 2007, Yn: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Maritime Engineering. 160, 1, t. 25-32Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The wave and tidal resource of Scotland
Neill, S., Vogler, A., Goward-Brown, A. J., Baston, S., Lewis, M., Gillibrand, P. A., Waldman, S. & Woolf, D. K., Rhag 2017, Yn: Renewable Energy. 114, Part A, t. 3-17Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Three-dimensional modelling of turbine wake interactions at a tidal stream energy site
Michelet, N., Guillou, N., Chapalain, G., Thiebot, J., Guillou, S., Goward Brown, A. & Neill, S., 1 Chwef 2020, Yn: Applied Ocean Research. 95, 102009.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Tidal Range Resource of Australia
Neill, S., Hemer, M., Robins, P., Griffiths, A. & Furnish, A., 1 Meh 2021, Yn: Renewable Energy. 170, t. 683-692Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Tidal and surge modelling using differential quadrature: a case study in the Bristol Channel.
Hashemi, M. R., Abedini, M. J., Neill, S. P. & Malekzadeh, P., 1 Hyd 2008, Yn: Coastal Engineering. 55, 10, t. 811-819Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid