Professor Tom Rippeth
Professor of Physical Oceanography

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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
High Latitude Physical Oceanography
- Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
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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. 161-166Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. L05601Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 8107-8123Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 9749-9756Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
- Letter › Research › Peer-reviewed
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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, 5794Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
- Chapter › Research › Not peer-reviewed
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Acoustic Dopper Techniques
Simpson, J., Rippeth, T. P., Williams, E., Betteridge, K., Baumert, H. Z. (Editor) & Sundermann, J. (Editor), 1 Jan 2005, Marine Turbulence: Theories: Observations and Models. 2005 ed. Cambridge University Press, p. 127-138Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Acoustic Dopper Techniques.
Simpson, J. H., Rippeth, T., Williams, E., Betteridge, K., Baumert, H. Z. (Editor) & Sundermann, J. (Editor), 1 Jan 2005, Marine Turbulence: Theories: Observations and Models. 2005 ed. Cambridge University Press, p. 127-138Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The phase lag of turbulent dissipation in tidal flow.
Simpson, J. H., Rippeth, T. P., Campbell, A. R. & Yanagi, T. (Editor), 1 Jan 2000, Interactions between Estuaries: Coastal Seas and Shelf Seas. 2000 ed. Terra Scientific Publishing, p. 57-67Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
- Chapter › Research › Peer-reviewed
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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. 93-104Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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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. 85-92Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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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. 319-350Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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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. 9-35Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
- Conference contribution › Research › Peer-reviewed
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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, OMAE2019-96621Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
- Paper › Research › Not peer-reviewed
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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 conference › Paper
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Vertical mixing in seasonally stratified continental shelf seas
Rippeth, T. P., 1 Jan 2005, p. 25-30.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
- Article › Research
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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 publication › Article
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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 publication › Article
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Atlantification of the Arctic Ocean
Rippeth, T., 1 Sept 2022, Ocean Challenge, 26, 1, p. 17-21 6 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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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 publication › Article
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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 publication › Article
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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 publication › Article
- Review article › Research › Peer-reviewed
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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 journal › Review article › peer-review