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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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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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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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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PERIODIC STRATIFICATION IN THE RHINE ROFI IN THE NORTH-SEA
Simpson, J., Bos, P., Schirmer, F., Souza, A., Rippeth, T., Jones, S. & Hydes, D., 1993, In: Oceanologica Acta. 16, 1, p. 23-32Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ocean nutrient pathways associated with passage of a storm
Rumyantseva, A., Lucas, N., Rippeth, T. P., Henson, S., Martin, A. & Painter, S., 16 Jul 2015, In: Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 28, 8, p. 1179–1189Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Observations of the internal tide and associated mixing across the Malin Shelf.
Rippeth, T. P. & Inall, M. E., 15 Apr 2002, In: Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans. 107, C4, p. 3028Research 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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Observations of a diapycnal shortcut to adiabatic upwelling of Antarctic Circumpolar Deep Water
Silvester, J. M., Lenn, Y. D., Polton, J. A., Rippeth, T. P. & Maqueda, M. M., 25 Nov 2014, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 41, 22, p. 7950-7956Research 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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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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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. 707-714Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mixing in seasonally stratified shelf seas: a shifting paradigm.
Rippeth, T. P., 1 Dec 2005, In: Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 363, 1837, p. 2837-2854Research 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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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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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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Internal Waves ...... or something completely different
Rippeth, T. P., 1 Jan 2000, In: Ocean Challenge. 9, 3, p. 32-36Research 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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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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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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Increasing nutrient fluxes and mixing regime changes in the eastern Arctic Ocean
Shultz, K., Lincoln, B., Povazhnyy, V., Rippeth, T., Lenn, Y.-D., Janout, M., Alkire, M., Scannell, B. & Torres-Valdes, S., 16 Mar 2022, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 49, 5, e2021GL096152.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impact of vertical mixing on sea surface pCO2 in temperate seasonally stratified shelf seas
Rippeth, T. P., Lincoln, B. J., Kennedy, H. A., Palmer, M., Sharples, J. & Williams, C. A., 20 Jun 2014, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 119, 6, p. 3868-3882Research 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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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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Impact of acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) motion on structure function estimates of turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate
Scannell, B., Lenn, Y.-D. & Rippeth, T., 3 Feb 2022, In: Ocean Science. 18, 1, p. 169–192Research 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Celebrating 50 years of sea-going science on the RV Prince Madog
Van Landeghem, K. & Rippeth, T., 1 Feb 2020, Ocean Challenge, 24, 1, p. 30-39.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Atlantification of the Arctic Ocean
Rippeth, T., 1 Sept 2022, Ocean Challenge, 26, 1, p. 17-21 6 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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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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An ‘extreme’ heatwave has hit the seas around the UK and Ireland – here’s what’s going on
Rippeth, T., 23 Jun 2023, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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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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Acoustic Dopper Techniques.
Simpson, J. H., Rippeth, T., Williams, E., Betteridge, K., Baumert, H. Z. (Editor) & Sundermann, J. (Editor), 1 Jan 2005, Marine Turbulence: Theories: Observations and Models. 2005 ed. Cambridge University Press, p. 127-138Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Acoustic Dopper Techniques
Simpson, J., Rippeth, T. P., Williams, E., Betteridge, K., Baumert, H. Z. (Editor) & Sundermann, J. (Editor), 1 Jan 2005, Marine Turbulence: Theories: Observations and Models. 2005 ed. Cambridge University Press, p. 127-138Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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A seminal paper on shelf-sea fronts: Insights that led to a new branch of physical oceanography
Rippeth, T., 1 Jan 2024, Ocean Challenge, 27, 1, p. 12-16.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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A novel technique for measuring the rate of turbulent dissipation in the marine environment.
Wiles, P. J., Rippeth, T. P., Simpson, J. H. & Hendricks, P. J., 10 Nov 2006, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 33, 21, p. L21608Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A novel technique for measuring mixing using Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs)
Wiles, P., Simpson, J. & Rippeth, T. P., 1 Jan 2005, p. 9-13.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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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