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. Review article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. 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

  3. Article › Research
  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

    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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Published

    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 publicationArticle

  9. Published

    Wind turbines can breathe new life into our warming seas

    Lincoln, B., Rippeth, T. & Dorrell, R., 4 Mar 2022, The Conversation.

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle

  10. Paper › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  11. 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

  12. Published

    Vertical mixing in seasonally stratified continental shelf seas

    Rippeth, T. P., 1 Jan 2005, p. 25-30.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  13. Conference contribution › Research › Peer-reviewed
  14. 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

  15. Chapter › Research › Peer-reviewed
  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. Published

    Tides, the Moon and the Kaleidoscope of Ocean Mixing

    Rippeth, T. & Green, M., 16 Nov 2020, Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review. Hawkins, S. J., Allcock, A. L., Bates, A. E., Evans, A. J., Firth, L. B., McQuaid, C. D., Russell, B. D., Smith, I. P., Swearer, S. E. & Todd, P. A. (eds.). Taylor & Francis, Vol. 58. p. 319-350

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

  19. Published

    Turbulence and Stratification in Estuaries and Coastal Seas

    Stacey, M., Rippeth, T. & Nash, J., 2011, Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences: Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science. Elsevier Science, Vol. 2. p. 9-35

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

  20. Chapter › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  21. 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

  22. 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

  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. Letter › Research › Peer-reviewed
  25. Published

    Turbulent Dissipation of Coastal Seas: Response to article: Observations of Biologically Generated Turbulence in a Coastal Inlet. Kunze, E., Dower, J.F., Beveridge, R., & Bartlett, K.P. (2007) Science 313, 5794, 1768-1770

    Rippeth, T., Gascoigne, J., Green, M., Inall, M., Palmer, M., Wiles, P. & Simpson, J., 7 Jun 2007, In: Science. 313, 5794

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterpeer-review

  26. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

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