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
High Latitude Physical Oceanography
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Spring-neap modulation of internal tide mixing and vertical nitrate fluxes at a shelf edge in summer
Sharples, J., Tweddle, J. F., Green, M., Palmer, M. R., Kim, Y.-N., Hickman, A. E., Holligan, P. M., Moore, C. M., Rippeth, T., Simpson, J. H. & Krivtsov, V., 27 Medi 2007, Yn: Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin. 52, 5, t. 1735-1747Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Surface mixed layer deepening through wind shear alignment in a seasonally stratified shallow sea
Lincoln, B., Rippeth, T. & Simpson, J., Awst 2016, Yn: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 121, 8, t. 6021-6034Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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THE CLYDE SEA - A MODEL OF THE SEASONAL CYCLE OF STRATIFICATION AND MIXING
Simpson, J. & Rippeth, T., 1 Awst 1993, Yn: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 37, 129-144, t. 129-144Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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TIDAL FRICTION IN A SEA WITH 2 EQUAL SEMIDIURNAL TIDAL CONSTITUENTS
Bowers, D., Rippeth, T. & Simpson, J., 1 Chwef 1991, Yn: Continental Shelf Research. 11, 2, t. 203-209Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Temporal variation of suspended particulate matter and turbulence in a high energy, tide-stirred, coastal sea: relative contributions of resuspension and disaggregation.
Jago, C., Jones, S. E., Sykes, P. & Rippeth, T. P., 1 Tach 2006, Yn: Continental Shelf Research. 26, 17-18, t. 2019-2028Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The contribution of surface and submesoscale processes to turbulence in the open ocean surface boundary layer
Buckingham, C. E., Lucas, N., Belcher, S. E., Rippeth, T., Grant, A. L. M., Le Sommer, J., Ajayi , A. O. & Naveria Garabato, A. C., Rhag 2019, Yn: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 11, 12, t. 4066-4094Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The cycle of turbulent dissipation in the presence of tidal straining.
Rippeth, T. P., Fisher, N. R. & Simpson, J. H., 1 Awst 2001, Yn: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 31, 8, t. 2458-2471Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The deepwater oxygen deficit in stratified shallow seas is mediated by diapycnal mixing
Rippeth, T., Shen, S., Lincoln, B., Scannell, B., Meng, X., Hopkins, J. & Sharples, J., 11 Ebr 2024, Yn: Nature Communications. 15, 3136, 1 t., 15:3136.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The diapcynal nutrient flux and shear-induced diapcynal mixing in the seasonally stratified western Irish Sea.
Rippeth, T. P., Wiles, P. J., Palmer, M. R., Sharples, J. & Tweddle, J., 30 Meh 2009, Yn: Continental Shelf Research. 29, 13, t. 1580-1587Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The frequency and duration of episodes of complete vertical mixing in the Clyde Sea
Rippeth, T. & Simpson, J., 1 Meh 1996, Yn: Continental Shelf Research. 16, 7, t. 933-947Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The maintenance of the subsurface chlorophyll maximum in the stratified western Irish Sea
Williams, C., Sharples, J., Green, M., Mahaffey, C. & Rippeth, T., 2013, Yn: Limnology and Oceanography - Fluids and Environment. 3, 1, t. 61-73Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The roles of hydrographic and biogeochemical processes in the distribution of dissolved inorganic nutrients in a Scottish sea-loch: Consequences for the spring phytoplankton bloom
Watts, L., Rippeth, T. & Edwards, A., 1 Ion 1998, Yn: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. t. 39-50Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The seasonal cycle of nitrate in the Clyde Sea
Rippeth, T. & Jones, K., 1 Awst 1997, Yn: Journal of Marine Systems. t. 299-310Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The semi-diurnal cycle of dissipation in a ROFI: model-measurement comparisons.
Simpson, J., Burchard, H., Fisher, N. R. & Rippeth, T., 1 Gorff 2002, Yn: Continental Shelf Research. 22, 11-13, t. 1615-1628Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The structure of dissipation in the western Irish Sea front.
Simpson, J. H., Green, M., Rippeth, T. P., Osborn, T. R. & Nimmo-Smith, W. A., 1 Meh 2009, Yn: Journal of Marine Systems. 77, 4, t. 428-440Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The vertical structure of turbulent dissipation in shelf seas
Simpson, J., Crawford, B., Rippeth, T., Campbell, A. & Cheok, J., 1 Awst 1996, Yn: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 26, 8, t. 1579-1590Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Thermocline mixing in summer stratified continental shelf seas.
Rippeth, T., Palmer, M., Simpson, J. H., Fisher, N. & Sharples, J., 1 Maw 2005, Yn: Geophysical Research Letters. 32, 5, t. L05602Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Tidal conversion and mixing poleward of the critical latitude (an Arctic case study)
Rippeth, T., Vlasenko, V., Stashchuk, N., Scannell, B., Green, M., Lincoln, B. & Bacon, S., 28 Rhag 2017, Yn: Geophysical Research Letters. 44, 24, t. 12349-12357Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Tidal mixing and the Meridional Overturning Circulation from the Last Glacial Maximum.
Green, J. A., Green, C. L., Bigg, G. R., Rippeth, T. P., Scourse, J. D. & Uehara, K., 16 Awst 2009, Yn: Geophysical Research Letters. 36, 15Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Tidally-forced lee waves drive turbulent mixing along the Arctic Ocean margins
Fer, I., Koenig, Z., Koslov, I., Ostrowski, M., Rippeth, T., Padman, L., Bosse, A. & Kolas, E., 28 Awst 2020, Yn: Geophysical Research Letters. 47, 16, 2020GL088083R.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Tide-mediated warming of Arctic halocline by Atlantic heat fluxes over rough topography
Rippeth, T. P., Lincoln, B. J., Lenn, Y. D., Green, J. A., Sundfjord, A. & Bacon, S., Maw 2015, Yn: Nature Geoscience. 8, 3, t. 191-194Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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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. 259-272Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Turbulent mixing and the formation of an intermediate nepheloid layer above the Siberian continental shelf break
Shultz, K., Buttner, S., Rogge, A., Janout, M. A., Holemann, J. & Rippeth, T., 16 Mai 2021, Yn: Geophysical Research Letters. e2021GL092988.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Turbulent mixing in a changing Arctic Ocean
Rippeth, T. & Fine, E., Meh 2022, Yn: Oceanography. 35, 2, 11 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Turbulent mixing in the seasonally-stratified western Irish Sea: a Thorpe Scale perspective
Stansfield, K. L., Palmer, M. R., Rippeth, T. P. & Simpson, J. H., 19 Tach 2013, Yn: Ocean Science. 10, 6, t. 2141-2155Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid