Professor Tom Rippeth
Professor of Physical Oceanography

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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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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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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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Shear at the Base of the Oceanic Mixed Layer Generated by Wind Shear Alignment
Brannigan, L., Lenn, Y. D., Rippeth, T. P., McDonough, E., Chereskin, T. K. & Sprintall, J., 1 Aug 2013, In: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 43, 8, p. 1798-1810Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Dec 2019, In: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 11, 12, p. 4066-4094Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Mar 2008, In: Progress in Oceanography. 76, 4, p. 399-442Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 May 1998, In: Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans. 103, C5, p. 10543-10554Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Generation of bulk shear spikes in shallow stratified tidal seas.
Burchard, H. & Rippeth, T. P., 1 Apr 2009, In: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 39, 4, p. 969-985Research 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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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 Aug 2020, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 47, 16, 2020GL088083R.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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SEASTAR: A Mission to Study Ocean Submesoscale Dynamics and Small-Scale Atmosphere-Ocean Processes in Coastal, Shelf and Polar Seas
Gommenginger, C., Chapron, B., Hogg, A., Buckingham, C., Fox-Kemper, B., Eriksson, L., Soulat, F., Ubelmann, C., Ocampo-Torres, F., Nardelli, B. B., Griffin, D., Lopez-Dekker, P., Knudsen, P., Andersen, O., Stenseng, L., Stapleton, N., Perrie, W., Violante-Carvalho, N., Schulz-Stellenfleth, J., Woolf, D., Isern-Fontanet, J., Ardhuin, F., Klein, P., Mouche, A., Pascual, A., Capet, X., Hauser, D., Stoffelen, A., Morrow, R., Aouf, L., Breivik, Ø., Fu, L.-L., Johannessen, J. A., Aksenov, Y., Bricheno, L., Hirschi, J., Martin, A. C. H., Martin, A. P., Nurser, G., Polton, J., Wolf, J., Johnsen, H., Soloviev, A., Jacobs, G. A., Collard, F., Groom, S., Kudryavtsev, V., Wilkin, J., Navarro, V., Babanin, A., Martin, M., Siddorn, J., Saulter, A., Rippeth, T., Emery, B., Maximenko, N., Romeiser, R., Graber, H., Azcarate, A. A., Hughes, C. W., Vandemark, D., Silva, J. D., Leeuwen, P. J. V., Naveira-Garabato, A., Gemmrich, J., Mahadevan, A., Marquez, J., Munro, Y., Doody, S. & Burbidge, G., 13 Aug 2019, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 6, p. 1-7 8 p., 457.Research 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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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 Aug 2009, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 36, 15Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Processes contributing to the evolution and destruction of stratification in the Liverpool Bay ROFI
Howlett, E., Rippeth, T. & Howarth, M. J., 20 May 2011, In: Ocean Dynamics. 61, p. 1403–1419Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sill dynamics and energy transformation in a jet fjord
Inall, M., Cottier, F., Griffiths, C. & Rippeth, T. P., 1 Jul 2004, In: Ocean Dynamics. 54, 3-4, p. 307-314Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Apr 2005, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 32, 8, p. L08607Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Shelf Seas Baroclinic Energy Loss: Pycnocline Mixing and Bottom Boundary Layer Dissipation
Inall, M. E., Toberman, M., Polton, J., Palmer, M. R., Green, M. & Rippeth, T., Aug 2021, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 126, 8, e2020JC016528.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Apr 2000, In: Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans. 105, C4, p. 8687-8705Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Nov 2006, In: Continental Shelf Research. 26, 17-18, p. 2019-2028Research 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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Inertial currents in the northern North sea
Knight, P., Howarth, M. J. & Rippeth, T., 1 Jun 2002, In: Journal of Sea Research. 47, 3-4, p. 269-284Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Mar 2011, In: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 41, 3, p. 531-547Research 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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Wind-driven mixing at intermediate depths in an ice-free Arctic Ocean
Lincoln, B., Rippeth, T., Lenn, Y.-D., Timmermans, M.-L., Willaims, W. & Bacon, S., 28 Sept 2016, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 43, 18, p. 9749-9756Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Wind turbines can breathe new life into our warming seas
Lincoln, B., Rippeth, T. & Dorrell, R., 4 Mar 2022, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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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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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., Nov 2019, In: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 49, 11, p. 2961-2978Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Turbulence and Coherent Structure Characterisation in a Tidally Energetic Channel
Lucas, N., Austin, M., Rippeth, T., Powell, B. & Wakonigg, P., Jul 2022, In: Renewable Energy. 194, p. 259-272Research 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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Do observations adequately resolve the natural variability of oceanic turbulence?
Moum, J. N. & Rippeth, T. P., 1 Jun 2009, In: Journal of Marine Systems. 77, 4, p. 409-417Research 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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Weakening of cold halocline layer exposes sea ice to oceanic heat in the eastern Arctic Ocean
Polyakov, I., Rippeth, T., Fer, I., Alkire, M., Baumann, T., Carmack, E., Ivanov, V., Janout, M. A., Padman, L., Pnyushkov, A. & Rember, R., 15 Sept 2020, In: Journal of Climate. 33, 18, p. 8107-8123Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Aug 2020, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 47, 16, e2020GL089469.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jan 2024, In: Progress in Oceanography. 220Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jun 2009, In: Continental Shelf Research. 29, 13, p. 1580-1587Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Dec 2008, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 35, 24, p. L24604Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › 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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Vertical mixing in seasonally stratified continental shelf seas
Rippeth, T. P., 1 Jan 2005, p. 25-30.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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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 Apr 2024, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Turbulent mixing in a changing Arctic Ocean
Rippeth, T. & Fine, E., Jun 2022, In: Oceanography. 35, 2, 11 p.Research 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 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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Dissipation of Tidal Energy and Associated Mixing in a Wide Fjord
Rippeth, T. & Inall, M. E., 1 Sept 2002, In: Environmental Fluid Mechanics. 2, 3, p. 219-240Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › 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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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