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. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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, 15:3136.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. Published

    Tidal conversion and mixing poleward of the critical latitude (an Arctic case study)

    Rippeth, T., Vlasenko, V., Stashchuk, N., Scannell, B., Green, M., Lincoln, B. & Bacon, S., 28 Dec 2017, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 44, 24, p. 12349-12357

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Tidal mixing and the Meridional Overturning Circulation from the Last Glacial Maximum.

    Green, J. A., Green, C. L., Bigg, G. R., Rippeth, T. P., Scourse, J. D. & Uehara, K., 16 Aug 2009, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 36, 15

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Tidally-forced lee waves drive turbulent mixing along the Arctic Ocean margins

    Fer, I., Koenig, Z., Koslov, I., Ostrowski, M., Rippeth, T., Padman, L., Bosse, A. & Kolas, E., 28 Aug 2020, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 47, 16, 2020GL088083R.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Tide-mediated warming of Arctic halocline by Atlantic heat fluxes over rough topography

    Rippeth, T. P., Lincoln, B. J., Lenn, Y. D., Green, J. A., Sundfjord, A. & Bacon, S., Mar 2015, In: Nature Geoscience. 8, 3, p. 191-194

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Turbulence and Coherent Structure Characterisation in a Tidally Energetic Channel

    Lucas, N., Austin, M., Rippeth, T., Powell, B. & Wakonigg, P., Jul 2022, In: Renewable Energy. 194, p. 259-272

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Turbulent mixing and the formation of an intermediate nepheloid layer above the Siberian continental shelf break

    Shultz, K., Buttner, S., Rogge, A., Janout, M. A., Holemann, J. & Rippeth, T., 16 May 2021, In: Geophysical Research Letters. e2021GL092988.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Turbulent mixing in a changing Arctic Ocean

    Rippeth, T. & Fine, E., Jun 2022, In: Oceanography. 35, 2, 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Turbulent mixing in the seasonally-stratified western Irish Sea: a Thorpe Scale perspective

    Stansfield, K. L., Palmer, M. R., Rippeth, T. P. & Simpson, J. H., 19 Nov 2013, In: Ocean Science. 10, 6, p. 2141-2155

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Variable behavior in pycnocline mixing over shelf seas

    Palmer, M., Polton, J. A., Inall, M. E., Rippeth, T. P., Green, M., Sharples, J. & Simpson, J., 16 Jan 2013, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 40, 1, p. 161-166

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Vertical mixing at intermediate depths in the Arctic boundary current.

    Lenn, Y. D., Wiles, P. J., Torres-Valdes, S., Abrahamsen, E. P., Rippeth, T. P., Simpson, J. H., Bacon, S., Laxon, S. W., Polyakov, I., Ivanov, V. & Kirillov, S., 3 Mar 2009, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 36, p. L05601

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Weakening of cold halocline layer exposes sea ice to oceanic heat in the eastern Arctic Ocean

    Polyakov, I., Rippeth, T., Fer, I., Alkire, M., Baumann, T., Carmack, E., Ivanov, V., Janout, M. A., Padman, L., Pnyushkov, A. & Rember, R., 15 Sept 2020, In: Journal of Climate. 33, 18, p. 8107-8123

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Wind-driven mixing at intermediate depths in an ice-free Arctic Ocean

    Lincoln, B., Rippeth, T., Lenn, Y-D., Timmermans, M-L., Willaims, W. & Bacon, S., 28 Sept 2016, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 43, 18, p. 9749-9756

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Wind-driven nutrient pulses to the subsurface chlorophyll maximum in seasonally stratified shelf seas

    Williams, C., Sharples, J., Mahaffey, C. & Rippeth, T., 28 Oct 2013, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 40, 20, p. 5467-5472 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  32. Letter › Research › Peer-reviewed
  33. 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

  34. Chapter › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. Chapter › Research › Peer-reviewed
  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. Conference contribution › Research › Peer-reviewed
  44. 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

  45. Paper › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  46. 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

  47. Published

    Vertical mixing in seasonally stratified continental shelf seas

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

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  48. Article › Research
  49. 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

  50. 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

  51. 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

  52. 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

  53. 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

  54. Review article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  55. 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

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