Professor Mattias Green
Professor in Physical Oceanography

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Room: 202 Craig Mair
Phone: 01248 382794
E-mail: m.green@bangor.ac.uk
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I graduated in Physical Oceanography from Gothenburg University in 1999 and undertook my PhD in physical oceanography at the same university between 2008-2004. I stayed in Gothenburg as a research associate for a further year before moving to Bangor to start as a post-doctoral researcher on the structure of turbulence in shelf seas. In 2008 I was awarded a NERC Advanced Fellowship investigating the effects of sea-level change on the dissipation of tidal energy in the past, present and future and how that may impact on climate. In 2013 Bangor offered me position as Senior Lecturer in Physical Oceanography, in 2016 I was promoted to Reader, and in 2019 I was awarded a Person Chair in physical oceanography.
I am a physical oceanographer using models and observations to explore how the tides interact with other components of the Earth system and how these interactions change over long timescales. I especially focus on how tidally driven mixing influence large-scale ocean circulation and climate; effects of sea-level change (on short time scales) and continental drift (on geological time scales) on the tides; ice-ocean-climate interactions and how melting ice-sheets will affect the earth system; the influence of the tides to allow the ocean to evolve and host life, including tidal dynamics during extinction events.
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Baroclinic wave drag from two closely spaced sills in a narrow fjord as inferred from basin water mixing.
Johnsson, M., Green, J. A. & Stigebrandt, A., 3 Nov 2007, In: Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans. 112, C11, p. C11002Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Nov 2019, In: Energy. 187, 115942.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Role of Tidal Mixing in Shaping Early Eocene Deep Ocean Circulation and Oxygenation
Ladant, J.-B., Millot‐Weil, J., de Lavergne, C., Green, M., Nguyen, S. & Donnadieu, Y., 5 Jul 2024, In: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 39, 7, e2023PA004822.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Stripping back the modern to reveal the Cenomanian-Turonian climate and temperature gradient underneath
Laugie, M., Donnadieu, Y., Ladant, J.-B., Green, M., Bopp, L. & Raisson, F., 5 Jun 2020, In: Climate of the Past. 16, 3, p. 953–971Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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30-Second Oceans
Lenn, Y.-D. (Editor) & Green, M. (Editor), 21 Mar 2021, The Ivy Press. 160 p. (30-Second....)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Turbulence and mixing by internal waves in the Celtic Sea determined from ocean glider microstructure measurements
Palmer, M. R., Stephenson, G. R., Mall, M. E., Balfour, C., Dusterhus, A. & Green, J. A., 28 Nov 2014, In: Journal of Marine Systems. 144, p. 57-69Research 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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Sea level rise and tidal power plants in the Gulf of Maine
Pelling, H. E. & Green, J. A., 11 Jun 2013, In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 118, 6, p. 2863-2873Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The impact of rapid coastline changes and sea level rise on the tides in the Bohai Sea, China
Pelling, H. E., Uehara, K. & Green, J. A., 17 Jul 2013, In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 118, 7, p. 3462-3472Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impact of flood defences and sea-level rise on the European Shelf tidal regime
Pelling, H. E. & Green, J. A., 12 Jun 2014, In: Continental Shelf Research. 85, p. 96-105Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modelling tides and sea-level rise: To flood or not to flood
Pelling, H. E., Green, J. A. M. & Ward, S. L., Mar 2013, In: Ocean Modelling. 63, p. 21-29Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The impact of future sea-level rise on the European Shelf tides
Pickering, M. D., Wells, N. C., Horsburgh, K. J. & Green, M., 1 Mar 2012, In: Continental Shelf Research. 35, March, p. 1-15Research 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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Melt sensitivity of irreversible retreat of Pine Island Glacier
Reed, B., Green, M., Jenkins, A. & Gudmundsson, H., 7 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Cryosphere. 18, p. 4567-4587Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Recent irreversible retreat phase of Pine Island Glacier
Reed, B., Green, M., Jenkins, A. & Gudmundsson, H., 4 Dec 2023, In: Nature Climate Change. 14, 1, p. 75-81 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Local human impacts disrupt depth-dependent zonation of tropical reef fish communities
Richardson, L., Heenan, A., Delargy, A., Neubauer, P., Lecky, J., Gove, J. M., Green, M., Kindinger, T., Ingeman, K. & Williams, G. J., Nov 2023, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 7, 11, p. 1844-1855 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Mar 2015, In: Nature Geoscience. 8, 3, p. 191-194Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Dec 2017, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 44, 24, p. 12349-12357Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tides, the Moon and the Kaleidoscope of Ocean Mixing
Rippeth, T. & Green, M., 16 Nov 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. (eds.). Taylor & Francis, Vol. 58. p. 319-350Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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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 Nov 2019, ASME 2019 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, OMAE2019-96621Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › 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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Temporal variations in the flow of a large Antarctic ice stream controlled by tidally induced changes in the subglacial water system
Rosier, S. H., Gudmundsson, G. H. & Green, J. A., 21 Aug 2015, In: Cryosphere. 9, 4, p. 2397–2429Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modeling Antarctic tides in response to ice shelf thinning and retreat
Rosier, S. H., Green, J. A., Scourse, J. D. & Winkelmann, R., 7 Jan 2014, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 119, 1, p. 87-97Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Insights into ice stream dynamics through modelling their response to tidal forcing
Rosier, S. H., Gudmundsson, G. H. & Green, J. A., 25 Sept 2014, In: Cryosphere. 8, p. 1763-1775Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Distribution of coastal high water level during extreme events around the UK and Irish coasts
Rulent, J., Bricheno, L., Green, M., Haigh, I. D. & Lewis, H., 8 Nov 2021, In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 21, 11, p. 3339–3351Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparing Water Level Estimation in Coastal and Shelf Seas From Satellite Altimetry and Numerical Models
Rulent, J., Calafat, F., Banks, C., Bricheno, L., Gommenginger, C., Green, M., Haigh, I. D., Lewis, H. & Martin, A. C. H., 29 Oct 2020, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 7, 549467.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Can we model the effect of observed sea level rise on tides?
Schindelegger, M., Green, M., Wilmes, S. B. & Haigh, I. D., 5 Jul 2018, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 123, 7, p. 4593-4609Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interannual Changes in Tidal Conversion Modulate M2 Amplitudes in the Gulf of Maine
Schindelegger, M., Kotzian, D. P., Ray, R., Green, M. & Stolzenberger, S., 28 Dec 2022, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 49, 24, p. e2022GL101671Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Glacial ocean overturning intensified by tidal mixing in a global circulation model
Schmittner, A., Green, J. A. & Wilmes, S. B., 22 May 2015, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 42, 10, p. 4014-4022Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Sept 2007, In: Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin. 52, 5, p. 1735-1747Research 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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Internal tide driven tracer transport across the continental slope
Spingys, C., Williams, R., Hopkins, J., Hall, R., Green, M. & Sharples, J., 17 Sept 2020, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 125, 9, e2019JC015530.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Accuracy assessment of global barotropic ocean tide models
Stammer, D., Ray, R. D., Andersen, O. B., Arbic, B. K., Bosch, W., Carrère, L., Cheng, Y., Chinn, D. S., Dushaw, B. D., Egbert, G. D., Erofeeva, S. Y., Fok, H. S., Green, J. A. M., Griffiths, S., King, M. A., Lapin, V., Lemoine, F. G., Luthcke, S. B., Lyard, F., Morison, J., Müller, M., Padman, L., Richman, J. G., Shriver, J. F., Shum, C. K., Taguchi, E. & Yi, Y., 7 Aug 2014, In: Reviews of Geophysics. 52, 3, p. 242-283Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Baroclinic energy flux at the continental shelf edgemodified by wind-mixing
Stephenson, G., Hopkins, J., Green, J. A., Inall, M. & Palmer, M., 18 Mar 2015, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 42, 6, p. 1826-1833Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Systematic bias in baroclinic energy estimates in shelf seas
Stephenson, G., Green, M. & Inall, M. E., Sept 2016, In: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 46, 9Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Boils and turbulence in a weakly stratified shallow tidal sea.
Thorpe, S. A., Green, J. A., Simpson, J. H., Osborn, T. R. & Nimmo-Smith, W. A., 1 Aug 2008, In: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 38, 8, p. 1711-1730Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Internal tides drive nutrient fluxes into the deep chlorophyll maximum over mid-ocean ridges
Tuerena, R., Williams, R., Mahaffey, C., Green, M., Vic, C., Naveira-Garabato, A., Forryan, A. & Sharples, J., Aug 2019, In: Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 33, 8, p. 995-1009Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Lifecycle of Semidiurnal Internal Tides over the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Vic, C., Naveira-Garabato, A., Green, M., Spingys, C., Forryan, A., Zhao, Z. & Sharples, J., Jan 2018, In: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 48, 1, p. 61-80Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Deep-ocean mixing driven by small-scale internal tides
Vic, C., Naveira-Garabato, A. C., Green, J. A. M., Waterhouse, A. F., Zhao, Z., Melet, A., de Lavergne, C., Buijsman, M. C. & Stephenson, G. R., 8 May 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, 1, p. 2099 2099 (2019) .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Earth’s precession rate evolution and rapid fall during the Late Proterozoic
Waltham, D. & Green, M., 15 Dec 2024, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 648, 119086.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Why is there a tide?
Ward, S., Bowers, D., Green, M. & Wilmes, S.-B., 7 Oct 2022, A Journey Through Tides. Green, M. & Duarte, J. (eds.). Elsevier, p. 81-113Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Tides, sea-level rise and tidal power extraction on the European shelf
Ward, S. L., Green, J. A. M. & Pelling, H. E., Aug 2012, In: Ocean Dynamics. 62, 8, p. 1153-1167Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The climates of Earth's next supercontinent: effects of tectonics, rotation rate, and insolation
Way, M., Davies, H., Duarte, J. & Green, M., Aug 2021, In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 22, 8, e2021GC009983.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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, In: Limnology and Oceanography - Fluids and Environment. 3, 1, p. 61-73Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The evolution of tides and tidal dissipation over the past 21,000 years
Wilmes, S. B. & Green, J. A. M., 7 Jul 2014, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 119, 7, p. 4083-4100Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Enhanced vertical mixing in the glacial ocean inferred from sedimentary carbon isotopes
Wilmes, S.-B., Green, M. & Schmittner, A., 18 Aug 2021, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 2, 166.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Global tidal impacts of large-scale ice-sheet collapses
Wilmes, S.-B., Green, M., Gomez, M., Lau, H. & Rippeth, T., Nov 2017, In: Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans. 122, 11, p. 8354-8370Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Glacial ice sheet extent effects on modeled tidal mixing and the global overturning circulation
Wilmes, S.-B., Schmittner, A. & Green, M., Aug 2019, In: Paleoceanography. 34, 8, p. 1437-1454Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Late Pleistocene evolution of tides and tidal dissipation
Wilmes, S.-B., Pedersen, V. K., Schindelegger, M. & Green, M., 9 Nov 2023, In: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 38, 11, e2023PA004727.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Preface to the Copernicus Special Issue on Developments in the Science and History of Tides
Woodworth, P. L., Green, M., Ray, R. D. & Huthnance, J., 18 Jun 2021, In: Ocean Science. 17, 3, p. 809-818Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review