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

    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

  2. Published

    Residual circulation and stratification in the Liverpool Bay region of freshwater influence.

    Verspecht, F., Rippeth, T. P., Simpson, J. H., Souza, A. J., Burchard, H. & Howarth, M. J., 1 Nov 2009, In: Ocean Dynamics. 59, 5, p. 765-779

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Reynolds stress and turbulent energy production in a tidal channel.

    Rippeth, T., Williams, E. & Simpson, J. H., 1 Apr 2002, In: Journal of Physical Oceanography. 32, 4, p. 1242-1251

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    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. 813-823

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Semi-diurnal tidal ellipse variability in a region of freshwater influence

    Verspecht, F., Simpson, J. H. & Rippeth, T. P., 1 Sept 2010, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 37, 18, p. 1-4

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    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. 1798-1810

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    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. 307-314

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    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. 1679-1691

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Spring-neap modulation of internal tide mixing and vertical nitrate fluxes at a shelf edge in summer

    Sharples, J., Tweddle, J. F., Green, M., Palmer, M. R., Kim, Y-N., Hickman, A. E., Holligan, P. M., Moore, C. M., Rippeth, T., Simpson, J. H. & Krivtsov, V., 27 Sept 2007, In: Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin. 52, 5, p. 1735-1747

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    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. 6021-6034

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Published

    THE CLYDE SEA - A MODEL OF THE SEASONAL CYCLE OF STRATIFICATION AND MIXING

    Simpson, J. & Rippeth, T., 1 Aug 1993, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 37, 129-144, p. 129-144

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Published

    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. 203-209

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. Published

    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. 2019-2028

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  16. Published

    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, OMAE2019-96621

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

  17. Published

    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. 4066-4094

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Published

    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. 2458-2471

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. Published

    The deepwater oxygen deficit in stratified shallow seas is mediated by diapycnal mixing

    Rippeth, T., Shen, S., Lincoln, B., Scannell, B., Meng, X., Hopkins, J. & Sharples, J., 11 Apr 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 3136, 1 p., 15:3136.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. Published

    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. 1580-1587

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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