Professor John Simpson
Emeritus Professor

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Emeritus Professor
Room: Nautilus 324 Westbury Mount
Phone: 01248 382844
E-mail: oss035@bangor.ac.uk
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The response of a strongly stratified fjord to energetic tidal forcing.
Allen, G. L. & Simpson, J. H., 1 Oct 2002, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 55, 4, p. 629-644Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Spatial variability of diapycnal mixing and turbulent dissipation rates in a stagnant fjord basin.
Arneborg, L., Janzen, C., Liljebladh, B., Rippeth, T., Simpson, J. H. & Stigebrandt, A., 1 Jul 2004, In: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 34, 7, p. 1679-1691Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Marine Turbulence: Theories, Observations and Models.
Baumert, H. Z. (Editor), Simpson, J. H. (Editor) & Sundermann, J. (Editor), 1 Jan 2005, 2005 ed. Cambridge University Press.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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TIDAL FRICTION IN A SEA WITH 2 EQUAL SEMIDIURNAL TIDAL CONSTITUENTS
Bowers, D., Rippeth, T. & Simpson, J., 1 Feb 1991, In: Continental Shelf Research. 11, 2, p. 203-209Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jun 2002, In: Journal of Sea Research. 47, 3-4, p. 223-238Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Mar 2022, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 9, 830927.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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A model of turbidity maximum maintenance in the Irish Sea.
Ellis, K., Binding, C., Bowers, D. G., Jones, S. & Simpson, J. H., 1 Mar 2008, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 76, 4, p. 765-774Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Turbulent dissipation in the Rhine ROFI forced by tidal flow and wind stress.
Fisher, N. R., Simpson, J. H. & Howarth, M. J., 1 Dec 2002, In: Journal of Sea Research. 48, 4, p. 249-258Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Internal waves, baroclinic energy fluxes and mixing at the European shelf edge.
Green, J. A., Simpson, J. H., Legg, S. & Palmer, M. R., 30 Apr 2008, In: Continental Shelf Research. 28, 7, p. 937-950Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Observations of internal tidal waves in the isolated seasonally stratified region of the western Irish Sea.
Green, J. A., Simpson, J. H., Thorpe, S. A. & Rippeth, T. P., 1 Feb 2010, In: Continental Shelf Research. 30, 2, p. 214-225Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sea-breeze forced diurnal surface currents in the Thermaikos Gulf, north-west Aegean.
Hyder, P., Simpson, J. H. & Christopoulos, S., 1 Mar 2002, In: Continental Shelf Research. 22, 4, p. 585-601Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The seasonal cycles of stratification and circulation in the Thermaikos Gulf Region Of Freshwater Influence (ROFI), north-west Aegean.
Hyder, P., Simpson, J. H., Christopoulos, S. & Krestenitis, Y., 1 Nov 2002, In: Continental Shelf Research. 22, 17, p. 2573-2597Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Across-sill circulation near a tidal mixing front in a broad fjord.
Janzen, C., Simpson, J. H., Inall, M. E. & Cottier, F., 1 Sept 2005, In: Continental Shelf Research. 25, 15, p. 1805-1824Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. p. 93-104Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Effect of the Earth's rotation on the circulation in regions of freshwater influence.
Kasai, A., Hill, A. E., Fujiwara, T. & Simpson, J. H., 15 Jul 2000, In: Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans. 105, C7, p. 16961-16969Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Circulation and cold dome in a gulf-type ROFI.
Kasai, A., Fujiwara, T., Simpson, J. H. & Kakehi, S., 1 Jul 2002, In: Continental Shelf Research. 22, 11-13, p. 1579-1590Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tidal stirring and its impact on water column stability and property distributions in a semi-enclosed shelf sea (Seto Inland Sea, Japan).
Kobayashi, S., Simpson, J., Fujiwara, T. & Horsburgh, K. J., 1 Aug 2006, In: Continental Shelf Research. 26, 11, p. 1295-1306Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Vertical mixing at intermediate depths in the Arctic boundary current.
Lenn, Y. D., Wiles, P. J., Torres-Valdes, S., Abrahamsen, E. P., Rippeth, T. P., Simpson, J. H., Bacon, S., Laxon, S. W., Polyakov, I., Ivanov, V. & Kirillov, S., 3 Mar 2009, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 36, p. L05601Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Surface mixed layer deepening through wind shear alignment in a seasonally stratified shallow sea
Lincoln, B., Rippeth, T. & Simpson, J., Aug 2016, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 121, 8, p. 6021-6034Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Measuring Turbulent Dissipation Using a Tethered ADCP
Lucas, N. S., Simpson, J. H. & Rippeth, T. P., 20 Mar 2014, In: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 31, 8, p. 1826-1837Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The influence of the Maputo and Incomati rivers on the mixing and outflow of freshwater from Maputo Bay
Markull, K., Silva, J. D., Simpson, J. H. & Dias, J. M., 1 Jan 2014, In: Journal of Coastal Research. 70, p. 580-585Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Seasonal cycle of vertical structure and deep water renewal in the Clyde Sea.
Midgley, R. P., Simpson, J. H., Hyder, P. & Rippeth, T., 1 Dec 2001, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 53, 6, p. 813-823Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Physical controls on phytoplankton physiology and production at a shelf sea front: a fast repetition-rate fluorometer based field study.
Moore, C. M., Suggett, D., Holligan, P. M., Sharples, J., Abraham, E. R., Lucas, M. I., Rippeth, T. P., Fisher, N. R., Simpson, J. H. & Hydes, D. J., 12 Sept 2003, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 259, p. 29-45Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An investigation of internal mixing in a seasonally stratified shelf sea.
Palmer, M., Rippeth, T. P. & Simpson, J. H., 10 Dec 2008, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 113, C12, p. C12005Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Variable behavior in pycnocline mixing over shelf seas
Palmer, M., Polton, J. A., Inall, M. E., Rippeth, T. P., Green, M., Sharples, J. & Simpson, J., 16 Jan 2013, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 40, 1, p. 161-166Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Drifter observations in the summer time Bay of Biscay slope current
Porter, M., Inall, M. E., Green, M., Simpson, J., Dale, A. C. & Miller, P. I., May 2016, In: Journal of Marine Systems. 157, p. 65-74Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Banded structure of drifting macroalgae.
Qiao, F., Dai, D., Simpson, J. H. & Svendsen, H., 1 Dec 2009, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 58, 12, p. 1792-1795Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Sept 2003, In: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 33, 9, p. 1889-1901Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reynolds stress and turbulent energy production in a tidal channel.
Rippeth, T., Williams, E. & Simpson, J. H., 1 Apr 2002, In: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 32, 4, p. 1242-1251Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The frequency and duration of episodes of complete vertical mixing in the Clyde Sea
Rippeth, T. & Simpson, J., 1 Jun 1996, In: Continental Shelf Research. 16, 7, p. 933-947Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. p. 85-92Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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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 Jan 2002, In: Continental Shelf Research. 22, 2, p. 247-265Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jun 2007, In: Science. 313, 5794Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Thermocline mixing in summer stratified continental shelf seas.
Rippeth, T., Palmer, M., Simpson, J. H., Fisher, N. & Sharples, J., 1 Mar 2005, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 32, 5, p. L05602Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Aug 2001, In: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 31, 8, p. 2458-2471Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Density and flow structure in the Clyde Sea front
Rippeth, T., Kasai, A. & Simpson, J., 1 Nov 1999, In: Continental Shelf Research. 19, 4, p. 1833-1848Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Diurnal signals in vertical motions on the Hebridean Shelf
Rippeth, T. & Simpson, J., 1 Nov 1998, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 43, 7, p. 1690-1696Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Future variability of solute transport in a macrotidal estuary
Robins, P. E., Lewis, M. J., Simpson, J. H., Howlett, E. R. & Malham, S. K., 13 Oct 2014, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 151, p. 88-99Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The narrow shelf concept: couplings and fluxes.
Sanchez-Arcilla, A. & Simpson, J. H., 1 Jan 2002, In: Continental Shelf Research. 22, 2, p. 153-172Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Oct 2017, In: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 34, 10, p. 2257-2273Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Phytoplankton distribution and survival in the thermocline.
Sharples, J., Moore, C. M., Rippeth, T. P., Holligan, P. M., Hydes, D. J., Fisher, N. R. & Simpson, J. H., 1 May 2001, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 46, 3, p. 486-496Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Internal tidal mixing as a control on continental margin ecosystems.
Sharples, J., Moore, C. M., Hickman, A. E., Holligan, P. M., Tweddle, J. F., Palmer, M. R. & Simpson, J. H., 1 Dec 2009, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 36, p. L23603Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Phytoplankton survival in the thermocline.
Sharples, J., Moore, C. M., Rippeth, T. P., Holligan, P. M., Hydes, D. J., Fisher, N. R. & Simpson, J. H., 1 Jan 2001, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 46, 3, p. 486-496Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Buoyancy-stirring interactions in a subtropical embayment: a synthesis of measurements and model simulations in Maputo Bay, Mozambique.
Silva, J. D., Simpson, J. H., Hoguane, A. M. & Harcourt-Baldwin, J. L., 1 May 2010, In: African Journal of Marine Science. 32, 1, p. 95-107Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Internal seiche modes and bottom boundary-layer dissipation in a temperate lake from acoustic measurements
Simpson, J. H., Wiles, P. J. & Lincoln, B. J., 1 May 2011, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 56, 5, p. 1893-1906Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The interaction of tidal advection, diffusion and mussel filtration in a tidal channel.
Simpson, J. H., Berx, B., Gascoigne, J. & Saurel, C., 1 Dec 2007, In: Journal of Marine Systems. 68, 3-4, p. 556-568Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jan 2002, In: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 32, 1, p. 177-187Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jul 2002, In: Continental Shelf Research. 22, 11-13, p. 1615-1628Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jun 2009, In: Journal of Marine Systems. 77, 4, p. 428-440Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A PRESCRIPTIVE MODEL OF STRATIFICATION INDUCED BY FRESH-WATER RUNOFF
Simpson, J., Sharples, J. & Rippeth, T., 1 Jul 1991, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 33, 1, p. 23-35Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review