Professor Tom Rippeth

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Contact info

Office Location: 3rd floor Craig Mair Building, School of Ocean Sciences

Twitter: @rippetht

Email: t.p.rippeth@bangor.ac.uk

Phone: 01248 382293

Location: School of Ocean Sciences, Askew Street, Menai Bridge, LL59 5AB

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Overview

Tom is the established Chair in Physical Oceanography. He is an observational oceanographer with a strong research interest in turbulence and mixing in the marine environment. His work has involved the development of new technqiues for the measurement of aquatic turbulence, and the use of turbulence measurements to identify, unravel and quantify key physical processes which drive mixing in the ocean. His current research focuses on the impact of mixing by the tide and wind on melting Arctic sea ice and the processes determining the surface mixed layer depth in the ocean.

Tom is a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Research Areas

Turbulence and Mixing

High Latitude Physical Oceanography

Ocean Circulation and Climate

 

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    Anthropogenic Mixing in Seasonally Stratified Shelf Seas by Offshore Wind Farm Infrastructure

    Dorrell, R., Lloyd, C., Lincoln, B., Rippeth, T., Taylor, J., Caulfield, C-C., Sharples, J., Polton, J., Scannell, B., Greaves, D., Hall, R. & Simpson, J., 22 Maw 2022, Yn: Frontiers in Marine Science. 9, 830927.

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    A seminal paper on shelf-sea fronts: Insights that led to a new branch of physical oceanography

    Rippeth, T., 1 Ion 2024, Ocean Challenge, 27, 1, t. 12-16.

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    An ‘extreme’ heatwave has hit the seas around the UK and Ireland – here’s what’s going on

    Rippeth, T., 23 Meh 2023, The Conversation.

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    Atlantification of the Arctic Ocean

    Rippeth, T., 1 Medi 2022, Ocean Challenge, 26, 1, t. 17-21 6 t.

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    Celebrating 50 years of sea-going science on the RV Prince Madog

    Van Landeghem, K. & Rippeth, T., 1 Chwef 2020, Ocean Challenge, 24, 1, t. 30-39.

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    Climate change is depleting deep sea oxygen, but tides are helping to keep the ocean healthy

    Rippeth, T. & Lincoln, B., 22 Ebr 2024, The Conversation.

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    Wind turbines can breathe new life into our warming seas

    Lincoln, B., Rippeth, T. & Dorrell, R., 4 Maw 2022, The Conversation.

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    A novel technique for measuring mixing using Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs)

    Wiles, P., Simpson, J. & Rippeth, T. P., 1 Ion 2005, t. 9-13.

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    Vertical mixing in seasonally stratified continental shelf seas

    Rippeth, T. P., 1 Ion 2005, t. 25-30.

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    The Increasing Prevalence of High Frequency Internal Waves in an Arctic Ocean With Declining Sea Ice Cover

    Rippeth, T., Vlasenko, V., Stashchuk, N., Koslov, I., Scannell, B., Green, M., Lincoln, B. & Lenn, Y-D., 11 Tach 2019, ASME 2019 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, OMAE2019-96621

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    Physical controls on phytoplankton and nutrient cycles in the Clyde Sea, a fjordic system on the west coast of Scotland

    Jones, K., Grantham, B., Ezzi, I., Rippeth, T. & Simpson, J., 1995, Mare Nor Symposium on the Ecology of Fjords and Coastal Waters. t. 93-104

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    The seasonal cycle of stratification in a Scottish fjord

    Rippeth, T., Midgley, R. & Simpson, J., 1995, Mare Nor Symposium on the Ecology of Fjords and Coastal Waters. t. 85-92

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    Tides, the Moon and the Kaleidoscope of Ocean Mixing

    Rippeth, T. & Green, M., 16 Tach 2020, Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review. Hawkins, S. J., Allcock, A. L., Bates, A. E., Evans, A. J., Firth, L. B., McQuaid, C. D., Russell, B. D., Smith, I. P., Swearer, S. E. & Todd, P. A. (gol.). Taylor & Francis, Cyfrol 58. t. 319-350

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    Turbulence and Stratification in Estuaries and Coastal Seas

    Stacey, M., Rippeth, T. & Nash, J., 2011, Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences: Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science. Elsevier Science, Cyfrol 2. t. 9-35

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    Acoustic Dopper Techniques

    Simpson, J., Rippeth, T. P., Williams, E., Betteridge, K., Baumert, H. Z. (gol.) & Sundermann, J. (gol.), 1 Ion 2005, Marine Turbulence: Theories: Observations and Models. 2005 gol. Cambridge University Press, t. 127-138

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    Acoustic Dopper Techniques.

    Simpson, J. H., Rippeth, T., Williams, E., Betteridge, K., Baumert, H. Z. (gol.) & Sundermann, J. (gol.), 1 Ion 2005, Marine Turbulence: Theories: Observations and Models. 2005 gol. Cambridge University Press, t. 127-138

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    The phase lag of turbulent dissipation in tidal flow.

    Simpson, J. H., Rippeth, T. P., Campbell, A. R. & Yanagi, T. (gol.), 1 Ion 2000, Interactions between Estuaries: Coastal Seas and Shelf Seas. 2000 gol. Terra Scientific Publishing, t. 57-67

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    Turbulent Dissipation of Coastal Seas: Response to article: Observations of Biologically Generated Turbulence in a Coastal Inlet. Kunze, E., Dower, J.F., Beveridge, R., & Bartlett, K.P. (2007) Science 313, 5794, 1768-1770

    Rippeth, T., Gascoigne, J., Green, M., Inall, M., Palmer, M., Wiles, P. & Simpson, J., 7 Meh 2007, Yn: Science. 313, 5794

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    A PRESCRIPTIVE MODEL OF STRATIFICATION INDUCED BY FRESH-WATER RUNOFF

    Simpson, J., Sharples, J. & Rippeth, T., 1 Gorff 1991, Yn: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 33, 1, t. 23-35

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    A novel technique for measuring the rate of turbulent dissipation in the marine environment.

    Wiles, P. J., Rippeth, T. P., Simpson, J. H. & Hendricks, P. J., 10 Tach 2006, Yn: Geophysical Research Letters. 33, 21, t. L21608

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    An investigation of internal mixing in a seasonally stratified shelf sea.

    Palmer, M., Rippeth, T. P. & Simpson, J. H., 10 Rhag 2008, Yn: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 113, C12, t. C12005

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    Comparing the performance of the Mellor-Yamada and the k-epsilon two-equation turbulence models

    Burchard, H., Pederson, O. & Rippeth, T., 15 Mai 1998, Yn: Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans. 103, C5, t. 10543-10554

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    Correcting surface wave bias in structure function estimates of turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate

    Scannell, B., Rippeth, T., Simpson, J., Polton, J. & Hopkins, J., Hyd 2017, Yn: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 34, 10, t. 2257-2273

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    Current oscillations in the diurnal-inertial band on the Catalonian shelf in spring.

    Rippeth, T. P., Simpson, J. H., Player, R. J. & Garcia, M., 1 Ion 2002, Yn: Continental Shelf Research. 22, 2, t. 247-265

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    Density and flow structure in the Clyde Sea front

    Rippeth, T., Kasai, A. & Simpson, J., 1 Tach 1999, Yn: Continental Shelf Research. 19, 4, t. 1833-1848

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    Dissipation of Tidal Energy and Associated Mixing in a Wide Fjord

    Rippeth, T. & Inall, M. E., 1 Medi 2002, Yn: Environmental Fluid Mechanics. 2, 3, t. 219-240

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    Diurnal signals in vertical motions on the Hebridean Shelf

    Rippeth, T. & Simpson, J., 1 Tach 1998, Yn: Limnology and Oceanography. 43, 7, t. 1690-1696

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    Do observations adequately resolve the natural variability of oceanic turbulence?

    Moum, J. N. & Rippeth, T. P., 1 Meh 2009, Yn: Journal of Marine Systems. 77, 4, t. 409-417

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    Evolution and distribution of the production and dissipation within stratified flow over topography.

    Inall, M., Rippeth, T. P., Griffiths, C. & Wiles, P., 30 Ebr 2005, Yn: Geophysical Research Letters. 32, 8, t. L08607

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    Evolution of Oceanic Near Surface Stratification in Response to an Autumn Storm

    Lucas, N., Grant, A. L. M., Rippeth, T., Polton, J., Palmer, M., Brannigan, L. & Belcher, S. E., Tach 2019, Yn: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 49, 11, t. 2961-2978

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    Forced oscillations near the critical latitude for diurnal-inertial resonance.

    Simpson, J. H., Hyder, P., Rippeth, T. P. & Lucas, I. M., 1 Ion 2002, Yn: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 32, 1, t. 177-187

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    Generation of bulk shear spikes in shallow stratified tidal seas.

    Burchard, H. & Rippeth, T. P., 1 Ebr 2009, Yn: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 39, 4, t. 969-985

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    Global tidal impacts of large-scale ice-sheet collapses

    Wilmes, S-B., Green, M., Gomez, M., Lau, H. & Rippeth, T., Tach 2017, Yn: Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans. 122, 11, t. 8354-8370

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    Impact of acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) motion on structure function estimates of turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate

    Scannell, B., Lenn, Y-D. & Rippeth, T., 3 Chwef 2022, Yn: Ocean Science. 18, 1, t. 169–192

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    Impact of nonlinear waves on the dissipation of internal tidal energy at a shelf break.

    Inall, M. E., Rippeth, T. P. & Sherwin, T. J., 15 Ebr 2000, Yn: Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans. 105, C4, t. 8687-8705

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    Impact of sea-level rise over the last deglacial transition on the strength of the continental shelf CO2 pump.

    Rippeth, T. P., Scourse, J. D., Uehara, K. & McKeown, S., 23 Rhag 2008, Yn: Geophysical Research Letters. 35, 24, t. L24604

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    Impact of vertical mixing on sea surface pCO2 in temperate seasonally stratified shelf seas

    Rippeth, T. P., Lincoln, B. J., Kennedy, H. A., Palmer, M., Sharples, J. & Williams, C. A., 20 Meh 2014, Yn: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 119, 6, t. 3868-3882

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    Increasing nutrient fluxes and mixing regime changes in the eastern Arctic Ocean

    Shultz, K., Lincoln, B., Povazhnyy, V., Rippeth, T., Lenn, Y-D., Janout, M., Alkire, M., Scannell, B. & Torres-Valdes, S., 16 Maw 2022, Yn: Geophysical Research Letters. 49, 5, e2021GL096152.

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    Inertial currents in the northern North sea

    Knight, P., Howarth, M. J. & Rippeth, T., 1 Meh 2002, Yn: Journal of Sea Research. 47, 3-4, t. 269-284

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    Intensification of Near-Surface Currents and Shear in the Eastern Arctic Ocean: A More Dynamic Eastern Arctic Ocean

    Polyakov, I., Rippeth, T., Fer, I., Baumann, T., Carmack, E., Ivanov, V., Janout, M. A., Padman, L., Pnyushkov, A. & Rember, R., 28 Awst 2020, Yn: Geophysical Research Letters. 47, 16, e2020GL089469.

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    Intermittent intense turbulent mixing under ice in the Laptev Sea continental shelf.

    Lenn, Y., Rippeth, T. P., Old, C., Bacon, S., Polyakov, I., Ivanov, V. & Holemann, J., 1 Maw 2011, Yn: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 41, 3, t. 531-547

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    Internal Waves ...... or something completely different

    Rippeth, T. P., 1 Ion 2000, Yn: Ocean Challenge. 9, 3, t. 32-36

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    Measurement of the rates of production and dissipation of turbulent kinetic energy in an energetic tidal flow: Red Wharf Bay revisited.

    Rippeth, T. P., Simpson, J. H., Williams, E. & Inall, M. E., 1 Medi 2003, Yn: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 33, 9, t. 1889-1901

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    Measuring Turbulent Dissipation Using a Tethered ADCP

    Lucas, N. S., Simpson, J. H. & Rippeth, T. P., 20 Maw 2014, Yn: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 31, 8, t. 1826-1837

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    Microstructure of turbulence in the northern North Sea: a comparative study of observations and model simulations.

    Burchard, H., Bolding, K., Rippeth, T. P., Stips, A., Simpson, J. H. & Sundermann, J., 1 Meh 2002, Yn: Journal of Sea Research. 47, 3-4, t. 223-238

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    Mixing in seasonally stratified shelf seas: a shifting paradigm.

    Rippeth, T. P., 1 Rhag 2005, Yn: Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 363, 1837, t. 2837-2854

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    Non-conservative nutrient fluxes from budgets for the Irish Sea

    Simpson, J. & Rippeth, T., 1 Rhag 1998, Yn: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 47, 6, t. 707-714

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    Observational and numerical modeling methods for quantifying coastal ocean turbulence and mixing

    Burchard, H., Craig, P. D., Gemmrich, J. R., Van Haren, H., Mathieu, P. P., Meier, H. E., Nimmo Smith, W. A., Prandke, H., Rippeth, T. P., Skyllingstad, E. D., Smyth, W. D., Welsh, D. J. & Wijesekera, H. W., 1 Maw 2008, Yn: Progress in Oceanography. 76, 4, t. 399-442

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    Observational energy transfers of a spiral cold filament within an anticyclonic eddy

    Qiu, C., Yang, Z., Feng, M., Rippeth, T., Shang, X., Sun, Z., Jing, C., Wang, D. & Yang, J., 1 Ion 2024, Yn: Progress in Oceanography. 220

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    Observations of a diapycnal shortcut to adiabatic upwelling of Antarctic Circumpolar Deep Water

    Silvester, J. M., Lenn, Y. D., Polton, J. A., Rippeth, T. P. & Maqueda, M. M., 25 Tach 2014, Yn: Geophysical Research Letters. 41, 22, t. 7950-7956

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