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. Published

    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. 23-35

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  2. Published

    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 conferencePaper

  3. Published

    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. L21608

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    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 publicationArticle

  5. Published

    Acoustic Dopper Techniques

    Simpson, J., Rippeth, T. P., Williams, E., Betteridge, K., Baumert, H. Z. (ed.) & Sundermann, J. (ed.), 1 Jan 2005, Marine Turbulence: Theories: Observations and Models. 2005 ed. Cambridge University Press, p. 127-138

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  6. Published

    Acoustic Dopper Techniques.

    Simpson, J. H., Rippeth, T., Williams, E., Betteridge, K., Baumert, H. Z. (ed.) & Sundermann, J. (ed.), 1 Jan 2005, Marine Turbulence: Theories: Observations and Models. 2005 ed. Cambridge University Press, p. 127-138

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  7. Published

    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. C12005

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    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 publicationArticle

  9. Published

    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 journalReview articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Atlantification of the Arctic Ocean

    Rippeth, T., 1 Sept 2022, Ocean Challenge, 26, 1, p. 17-21 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle

  11. Published

    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 publicationArticle

  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

    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. 2257-2273

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Published

    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. 247-265

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. 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

  16. Published

    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. 219-240

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. 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

  18. Published

    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. 409-417

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. Published

    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. L08607

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. Published

    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. 2961-2978

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Published

    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. 177-187

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  22. Published

    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. 969-985

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  23. Published

    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. 8354-8370

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  24. Published

    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. 169–192

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  25. 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

  26. Published

    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. L24604

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  27. Published

    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. 3868-3882

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  28. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  29. Published

    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. 269-284

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  30. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  31. Published

    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. 531-547

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  32. 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

  33. Published

    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. 1889-1901

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  34. Published

    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. 1826-1837

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  35. Published

    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. 223-238

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  36. Published

    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. 2837-2854

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  37. 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

  38. Published

    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. 399-442

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  39. Published

    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. 220

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  40. Published

    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. 7950-7956

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  41. Published

    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. 214-225

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  42. Published

    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. 3028

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  43. Published

    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. 1179–1189

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  44. Published

    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. 23-32

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  45. Published

    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. 93-104

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  46. Published

    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. 29-45

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  47. Published

    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. 486-496

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  48. 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

  49. Published

    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. 1403–1419

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  50. Published

    Processes impacting on stratification in a region of freshwater influence: Application to Liverpool Bay

    Verspecht, F., Rippeth, T. P., Howarth, M. J., Souza, A. J., Simpson, J. H. & Burchard, H., 1 Nov 2009, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 114, p. C11022

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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