Dr Mattias Green
Reader in Physical Oceanography
Room: 202 Craig Mair
Phone: 01248 382893
E-mail: m.green@bangor.ac.uk
I graduated in Physical Oceanography from Gothenburg University in 1999 and undertook my PhD in physical oceanography at the same university between 2008-2004. I stayed in Gothenburg as a research associate for a further year before moving to Bangor to start as a post-doctoral researcher on the structure of turbulence in shelf seas. In 2008 I was awarded a NERC Advanced Fellowship investigating the effects of sea-level change on the dissipation of tidal energy in the past, present and future and how that may impact on climate. In 2013 Bangor offered me position as Senior Lecturer in Physical Oceanography, and in 2016 I was promoted to Reader
I am a physical oceanographer using models and observations to explore how the tides interact with other components of the Earth system and how these interactions change over long timescales. I especially focus on how tidally driven mixing influence large-scale ocean circulation and climate; effects of sea-level change (on short time scales) and continental drift (on geological time scales) on the tides; ice-ocean-climate interactions and how melting ice-sheets will affect the earth system; the influence of the tides to allow the ocean to evolve and host life, including tidal dynamics during extinction events.
Qualifications
- Other: Stuctural and civil engineering UD (Chalmers University of Technology)
- MSc: Physical Oceanography MSci (Gothenburg University)
- PhD: Physical Oceanography PhD (Gothenburg University)
Teaching and Supervision
I teach physical oceanography, numerical methods, and dynamics, with focus on masters level.
I have been lead supervisor for 3 PhD students to completion, and co-supervised a further 2. Currently, I am leading 4 PhDs and co-supervising a further 4:
David Hadley-Pryce, 2018--: Deep-time tides and their implications for Earth's ability to host life (self-funded).
Bradley Reed, 2018--: Ocean-ice interactions: determining the tipping points for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (ENVISION DTP with British Antarctic Survey).
Julia Rulent, 2017-- : Coastal flood risk from extreme waves (CASE with NOC Liverpool; self-funded).
Hannah Davies, 2017-- (co-supervisor): Is there a super-tidal cycle? (at IDL, Lisbon; IDL funding).
Stacey Carless, 2017--: Long-term variability of internal wave energetics and its implication for Pacific Island Chain ecosystems (self-funded).
Bethanie Francis, 2016-- (co-supervisor): Biological implications of the Island Mass Effect (ENVISION DTP).
Anastasiia Domina, 2014-- (co-supervisor): Into the abyss: the fate of solitary internal waves at the European shelf break (at University of Liverpool; NOC quota).
Brian Scanell, 2014-- (co-supervisor): Dynamics of the surface mixed layer in shelf seas (ENVISION DTP).
Juliane Whisgott, 2013--2017 (co-supervisor): On the onset and breakdown of the seasonal stratification in shelf seas (at University of Liverpool; NERC Quota).
Sophie Wilmes, 2012--2016: Impact on tides by glacially mitigated sea-level rise (Fujitsu/HPC Wales).
Sebastian Rosier, 2011--2015: The interaction between tides and ice sheets (with BAS; NERC Quota).
Holly Pelling, 2009--2013: The impact of sea-level rise and tidal power plants on tides: observations and modelling (NERC Quota).
Ben Lincoln, 2008--2012 (co-supervisor): Internal mixing in shelf seas (NERC Quota).
Research Interests
Research Areas
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
I have a range of research interests in which PhD projects could be developed. Please contact me by email in the first instance regarding any of the following areas: Deep time tidal modelling; Snowball Earth; Climate and Ocean circulation during past mass extinction events.
Publications
2019
- E-pub ahead of printThe impacts of tidal energy development and sea-level rise in the Gulf of Maine
Kresning, B., Hashemi, M. R., Neill, S. P., Green, M. & Xue, H., 15 Aug 2019, In : Energy. 115942.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - E-pub ahead of printGlacial ice sheet extent effects on modeled tidal mixing and the global overturning circulation
Wilmes, S-B., Schmittner, A. & Green, M., 1 Aug 2019, In : Paleoceanography.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - E-pub ahead of printInternal tides drive nutrient fluxes into the deep chlorophyll maximum over mid-ocean ridges
Tuerena, R., Williams, R., Mahaffey, C., Green, M., Vic, C., Naveira-Garabato, A., Forryan, A. & Sharples, J., 1 Aug 2019, In : Global Biogeochemical Cycles.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - Accepted/In pressTides: A key driver of the evolution of terrestrial vertebrates?
Byrne, H. M., Green, J. A. M., Balbus, S. A. & Ahlberg, P. E., 14 Jun 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedTHE INCREASING PREVALENCE OF HIGH FREQUENCY INTERNAL WAVES IN AN ARCTIC OCEAN WITH DECLINING SEA ICE COVER
Rippeth, T., Lincoln, B., Green, M., Scannell, B., Lenn, Y-D., Vlasenko, V., Stashchuk, N. & Koslov, I., 1 Jun 2019, Proceedings of the ASME 2019 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering OMAE2019. OMAE2019-96621
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution - PublishedConsequences of Tidal Dissipation in a Putative Venusian Ocean
Green, J. A. M., Way, M. J. & Barnes, R., 10 May 2019, In : The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 876, 2, L22.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedDeep-ocean mixing driven by small-scale internal tides
Vic, C., Naveira-Garabato, A. C., Green, J. A. M., Waterhouse, A. F., Zhao, Z., Melet, A., de Lavergne, C., Buijsman, M. C. & Stephenson, G. R., 8 May 2019, In : Nature Communications. 10, 2099 (2019) .
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedScale-dependent spatial patterns in benthic communities around a tropical island seascape
Aston, E. A., Williams, G. J., Green, J. A. M., Davies, A. J., Wedding, L. M., Gove, J. M., Jouffray, J-B., Jones, T. T. & Clark, J., Mar 2019, In : Ecography. 42, 3, p. 578-590
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedThe impact of sea-level rise on tidal characteristics around Australia
Harker, A., Green, M., Schindelegger, M. & Wilmes, S-B., 19 Feb 2019, In : Ocean Science. 15, 1, p. 147-159
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2018
- PublishedBack to the Future: Testing different scenarios for the next Supercontinent gathering
Davies, H., Green, M. & Duarte, J., Oct 2018, In : Global and Planetary Change. 169, p. 133-144
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedCan we model the effect of observed sea level rise on tides?
Schindelegger, M., Green, M., Wilmes, S. B. & Haigh, I. D., 5 Jul 2018, In : Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 123, 7, p. 4593-4609
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedIs there a tectonically driven super-tidal cycle?
Green, M., Molloy, J., Davies, H. & Duarte, J., 11 Apr 2018, In : Geophysical Research Letters.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedThe Lifecycle of Semidiurnal Internal Tides over the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Vic, C., Naveira-Garabato, A., Green, M., Spingys, C., Forryan, A., Zhao, Z. & Sharples, J., Jan 2018, In : Journal of Physical Oceanography. 48, 1, p. 61-80
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2017
- PublishedTidal 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 journal › Article - PublishedGlobal tidal impacts of large-scale ice-sheet collapses
Wilmes, S-B., Green, M., Gomez, M., Lau, H. & Rippeth, T., Nov 2017, In : Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans. 122, 11, p. 8354-8370
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedTuning, Interference and False Shallow Gas Signatures in Geohazard Interpretations: Beyond the 'λ/4' Rule
Barret, B., Huws, D., Booth, A., Wergeland, O. & Green, M., Aug 2017, In : Near-surface Geophysics . 15, 4, p. 359-366
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedThe double high tide at Port Ellen: Doodson's criterion revisited
Byrne, H., Green, M. & Bowers, D., 20 Jul 2017, In : Ocean Science. 13, p. 599-607
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedExplicitly modelled deep-time tidal dissipation and its implication for Lunar history
Green, M., Huber, M., Waltham, D., Buzan, J. & Wells, M., 1 Mar 2017, In : Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 461, p. 46–53
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2016
- PublishedEffects of future sea-level rise on tidal processes on the Patagonian Shelf
Carless, S., Green, M., Pelling, H. & Wilmes, S-B., Nov 2016, In : Journal of Marine Systems. 163, November 2016, p. 113-124
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedSystematic bias in baroclinic energy estimates in shelf seas
Stephenson, G., Green, M. & Inall, M. E., Sep 2016, In : Journal of Physical Oceanography. 46, 9
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedDrifter observations in the summer time Bay of Biscay slope current
Porter, M., Inall, M. E., Green, M., Simpson, J., Dale, A. C. & Miller, P. I., May 2016, In : Journal of Marine Systems. 157, p. 65-74
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2015
- PublishedClimatic Consequences of a Pine Island Glacier Collapse
Green, J. A. M. & Schmittner, A., 7 Dec 2015, In : Journal of Climate. 28, 23, p. 9221-9234
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedTemporal variations in the flow of a large Antarctic ice stream controlled by tidally induced changes in the subglacial water system
Rosier, S. H., Gudmundsson, G. H. & Green, J. A., 21 Aug 2015, In : Cryosphere. 9, 4, p. 2397–2429
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedGlacial ocean overturning intensified by tidal mixing in a global circulation model
Schmittner, A., Green, J. A. & Wilmes, S. B., 22 May 2015, In : Geophysical Research Letters. 42, 10, p. 4014-4022
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedBaroclinic energy flux at the continental shelf edgemodified by wind-mixing
Stephenson, G., Hopkins, J., Green, J. A., Inall, M. & Palmer, M., 18 Mar 2015, In : Geophysical Research Letters. 42, 6, p. 1826-1833
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedTide-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 journal › Article
2014
- PublishedTurbulence and mixing by internal waves in the Celtic Sea determined from ocean glider microstructure measurements
Palmer, M. R., Stephenson, G. R., Mall, M. E., Balfour, C., Dusterhus, A. & Green, J. A., 28 Nov 2014, In : Journal of Marine Systems. 144, p. 57-69
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedOptimizing internal wave drag in a forward barotropic model with semidiurnal tides
Buijsman, M. C., Arbic, B. K., Green, J. A., Helber, R. W., Richman, J. G., Shriver, J. F., Timko, P. G. & Wallcraft, A., 22 Nov 2014, In : Ocean Modelling. 85, p. 42-55
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedStorms modify baroclinic energy fluxes in a seasonally stratified shelf sea: Inertial-tidal interaction
Hopkins, J. E., Stephenson, G. R., Green, J. A., Inall, M. E. & Palmer, M. R., 16 Oct 2014, In : Journal of Geophysical Research. 119, 10
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedInsights into ice stream dynamics through modelling their response to tidal forcing
Rosier, S. H., Gudmundsson, G. H. & Green, J. A., 25 Sep 2014, In : Cryosphere. 8, p. 1763-1775
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedA suite of early Eocene ( ∼ 55 Ma) climate model boundary conditions
Herold, N., Buzan, J., Seton, M., Goldner, A., Green, J. A. M., Muller, R. D., Markwick, P. & Huber, M., 16 Sep 2014, In : Geoscientific Model Development. 7, p. 2077-2090
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedAccuracy assessment of global barotropic ocean tide models
Stammer, D., Ray, R. D., Andersen, O. B., Arbic, B. K., Bosch, W., Carrère, L., Cheng, Y., Chinn, D. S., Dushaw, B. D., Egbert, G. D., Erofeeva, S. Y., Fok, H. S., Green, J. A. M., Griffiths, S., King, M. A., Lapin, V., Lemoine, F. G., Luthcke, S. B., Lyard, F., Morison, J., Müller, M., Padman, L., Richman, J. G., Shriver, J. F., Shum, C. K., Taguchi, E. & Yi, Y., 7 Aug 2014, In : Reviews of Geophysics. 52, 3, p. 242-283
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedThe evolution of tides and tidal dissipation over the past 21,000 years
Wilmes, S. B. & Green, J. A. M., 7 Jul 2014, In : Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 119, 7, p. 4083-4100
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedImpact of flood defences and sea-level rise on the European Shelf tidal regime
Pelling, H. E. & Green, J. A., 12 Jun 2014, In : Continental Shelf Research. 85, p. 96-105
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedModeling Antarctic tides in response to ice shelf thinning and retreat
Rosier, S. H., Green, J. A., Scourse, J. D. & Winkelmann, R., 7 Jan 2014, In : Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 119, 1, p. 87-97
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2013
- PublishedBriefing: Young Coastal Scientists and Engineers Conference 2012
Green, M., Davies, A. G., Bowers, D. G., Zhu, F., Ward, S. L. & Porter, K., Sep 2013, In : Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Maritime Engineering. 166, 3, p. 101-108
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedThe impact of rapid coastline changes and sea level rise on the tides in the Bohai Sea, China
Pelling, H. E., Uehara, K. & Green, J. A., 17 Jul 2013, In : Journal of Geophysical Research. 118, 7, p. 3462-3472
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedTidal dissipation in the early Eocene and implications for ocean mixing
Green, J. A. & Huber, M., 16 Jun 2013, In : Geophysical Research Letters. 40, 11, p. 2707-2713
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedSea level rise and tidal power plants in the Gulf of Maine
Pelling, H. E. & Green, J. A., 11 Jun 2013, In : Journal of Geophysical Research. 118, 6, p. 2863-2873
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedNon-assimilated tidal modeling of the South China Sea
Green, J. A. & David, T. W., 24 Apr 2013, In : Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 78, p. 42-48
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedModelling tides and sea-level rise: To flood or not to flood
Pelling, H. E., Green, J. A. M. & Ward, S. L., Mar 2013, In : Ocean Modelling. 63, p. 21-29
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedVariable 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 journal › Article - PublishedA Comparison of Tidal Conversion Parameterizations for Tidal Models
Green, J. A. & Nycander, J., 1 Jan 2013, In : Journal of Physical Oceanography. 43, 1, p. 104-119
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedThe 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 journal › Article
2012
- PublishedTides, sea-level rise and tidal power extraction on the European shelf
Ward, S. L., Green, J. A. M. & Pelling, H. E., Aug 2012, In : Ocean Dynamics. 62, 8, p. 1153-1167
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedThe impact of future sea-level rise on the European Shelf tides
Pickering, M. D., Wells, N. C., Horsburgh, K. J. & Green, M., 1 Mar 2012, In : Continental Shelf Research. 35, March, p. 1-15
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2011
- PublishedSimulating the impact of freshwater inputs and deep-draft icebergs formed during a MIS 6 Barents Ice Sheet collapse
Green, C. L., Green, J. A. & Bigg, G. R., 1 Jun 2011, In : Paleoceanography. 26, 2
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedImpacts on the global ocean circulation from vertical mixing and a collapsing ice sheet
Green, M. & Bigg, G. R., 2011, In : Journal of Marine Research. 69, 2-3, p. 221-244 24 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2010
- PublishedDeep draft icebergs from the Barents Ice Sheet during MIS 6 are consistent with erosional evidence from the Lomonosov Ridge, central Arctic
Green, C. L., Bigg, G. R. & Green, J. A., 1 Dec 2010, In : Geophysical Research Letters. 37, 23, p. L23606
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedOcean tides and resonance
Green, M., Oct 2010, In : Ocean Dynamics. 60, 5, p. 1243-1253
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedObservations of internal tidal waves in the isolated seasonally stratified region of the western Irish Sea.
Green, J. A., Simpson, J. H., Thorpe, S. A. & Rippeth, T. P., 1 Feb 2010, In : Continental Shelf Research. 30, 2, p. 214-225
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2009
- PublishedTidal 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., 4 Aug 2009, In : Geophysical Research Letters. 36, p. L15603
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedThe 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 journal › Article
2008
- PublishedBoils and turbulence in a weakly stratified shallow tidal sea.
Thorpe, S. A., Green, J. A., Simpson, J. H., Osborn, T. R. & Nimmo-Smith, W. A., 1 Aug 2008, In : Journal of Physical Oceanography. 38, 8, p. 1711-1730
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedInternal waves, baroclinic energy fluxes and mixing at the European shelf edge.
Green, J. A., Simpson, J. H., Legg, S. & Palmer, M. R., 30 Apr 2008, In : Continental Shelf Research. 28, 7, p. 937-950
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2007
- PublishedBaroclinic wave drag from two closely spaced sills in a narrow fjord as inferred from basin water mixing.
Johnsson, M., Green, J. A. & Stigebrandt, A., 3 Nov 2007, In : Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans. 112, C11, p. C11002
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedSpring-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 Sep 2007, In : Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin. 52, 5, p. 1735-1747
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2006
- PublishedPhysical oceanography and water exchange in the Northern Kvark Strait.
Green, J. A., Liljebladh, B. & Omstedt, A., 1 Apr 2006, In : Continental Shelf Research. 26, 6, p. 721-732
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2004
- PublishedHydrographic response of Holandsfjord to changed freshwater runoff.
Green, J. A., Molvaer, J. & Stigebrandt, A., 30 Jul 2004, In : Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans. 109, C7, p. C07021
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2003
- PublishedStatistical models and distributions of current velocities with application to the prediction of extreme events.
Green, J. A. & Stigebrandt, A., 1 Nov 2003, In : Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 58, 3, p. 601-609
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedNutrient land-sea fluxes in oligothrophic and pristine estuaries of the Gulf of Bothnia, Baltic Sea
Humborg, C., Danielsson, A., Sjoberg, B. & Green, J. A., 1 Mar 2003, In : Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 56, 3-4, p. 781-793
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2002
- PublishedInstrument-induced linear flow resistance in Öresund
Green, J. A. & Stigebrandt, A., 1 Feb 2002, In : Continental Shelf Research. 22, 3, p. 435-444
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Projects
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Milankovitch and Tidal Cycle History (MATCH)
01/07/2019 – 31/01/2023 (Active)
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A nutrient and carbon pump over mid ocean ridges
01/09/2014 – 03/05/2019 (Finished)
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FASTNEt - Fluxes Across the Sloping Topography of the North East Atlantic
05/01/2012 – 16/08/2017 (Finished)
Links:
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01/09/2008 – 05/09/2014 (Finished)
Other Grants and Projects
I have a range of research interests in which PhD projects could be developed. Please contact me by email in the first instance regarding any of the following areas:
Earth system consequences of collapsing ice sheets; tides and mass extinction events; parameterising internal wave driven mixing in ocean models; ice-tide-ocean interactions.
Grant Awards
Tidal mixing and ocean resonance over 22000 years (PI: NERC advanced fellowship, GBP480,000, 2008.)
Fluxes across sloping topography of the North East Atlantic (PI: NERC directed consortium Grant SAMS leading), GBP480,000 to Bangor 2011)
The Environment of the Arctic: Climate, Ocean and Sea Ice (Collaborative partner, NERC Consortium 2011).
Ocean Surface Mixing, Ocean Sub-mesoscale Interaction Study (CO-I: NERC directed consortium, GBP280,000 to Bangor 2011.)
A nutrient and carbon pump over mid-ocean ridges (CO-I: NERC standard grant led by University of Liverpool, GBP25,000 to Bangor 2014.)
Tidal mixing and the overturning circulation during the LGM (PP: NSF standard grant led by Oregon State University)
Measurable metrics for characterisation of large-scale turbulent structures in tidal races for the marine tidal energy industry (CO-I: EPSRC standard grant, GBP 145,000, 2017.)
Santander Mobility Award to visit IDL, Lisbon: £770 as PI (2018).
Fully funded PhD studentships to Bangor: £250,000 as PI, £140,000 as CO-I (2009--present).
Self-funded PhD studentships to Bangor: £26,000 as PI (2017--present).