Professor Tom Rippeth

Professor of Physical Oceanography

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

 

  1. 2001
  2. Published

    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. 486-496

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. 2000
  4. Published

    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. 8687-8705

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

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

    Rippeth, T. P., 1 Jan 2000, In: Ocean Challenge. 9, 3, p. 32-36

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    The phase lag of turbulent dissipation in tidal flow.

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

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  7. 1999
  8. Published

    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. 1833-1848

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. 1998
  10. Published

    Non-conservative nutrient fluxes from budgets for the Irish Sea

    Simpson, J. & Rippeth, T., 1 Dec 1998, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 47, 6, p. 707-714

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Diurnal signals in vertical motions on the Hebridean Shelf

    Rippeth, T. & Simpson, J., 1 Nov 1998, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 43, 7, p. 1690-1696

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    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. 10543-10554

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Published

    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 Jan 1998, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. p. 39-50

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. 1997
  15. Published

    The seasonal cycle of nitrate in the Clyde Sea

    Rippeth, T. & Jones, K., 1 Aug 1997, In: Journal of Marine Systems. p. 299-310

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review