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

    The frequency and duration of episodes of complete vertical mixing in the Clyde Sea

    Rippeth, T. & Simpson, J., 1 Jun 1996, In: Continental Shelf Research. 16, 7, p. 933-947

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  2. Published

    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. 61-73

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Published

    The seasonal cycle of stratification in a Scottish fjord

    Rippeth, T., Midgley, R. & Simpson, J., 1995, Mare Nor Symposium on the Ecology of Fjords and Coastal Waters. p. 85-92

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

  7. Published

    The semi-diurnal cycle of dissipation in a ROFI: model-measurement comparisons.

    Simpson, J., Burchard, H., Fisher, N. R. & Rippeth, T., 1 Jul 2002, In: Continental Shelf Research. 22, 11-13, p. 1615-1628

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    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. 428-440

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    The vertical structure of turbulent dissipation in shelf seas

    Simpson, J., Crawford, B., Rippeth, T., Campbell, A. & Cheok, J., 1 Aug 1996, In: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 26, 8, p. 1579-1590

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    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. L05602

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review