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

Research Gate: Tom_Rippeth2   Google Scholar: Tom Rippeth

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

• PhD: Physical Oceanography
  University Of Wales, 1993
• MSc: Physical Oceanography
  University Of Wales, 1989
• BSc: Physics and Meteorology
  University of Reading, 1987

I teach physical oceanography and meterology across a range of modules at undergraduate and MSc level. I have also supervised numerious MSc porjects.

PhD supervision includes:

On-going: Brian Scannell, Katie Sieradzen (lead) and Natasha Lucas (co)

Completed (Lead): Jingnan Li (2017), John Siddorn (2015), Ben Lincoln (2012), Eleanor Howlett (2010).

Completed (co): Jess Mead Silvester (2017), Charlotte Williams (2014), Holly Pelling (2013), Phil Wiles (2008), Matthew Palmer (2008), Neil Fisher (2004).

Tom offers a number of very timely research topics for PhD and MRes study here at Bangor University. These cover Arctic Ocean mixing processes, the role of vertical mixing in biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and carbon in the ocean and in lakes, and the development of techniques to measure turbulence in the aquatic environment.   

2022

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2021

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2020

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2019

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2017

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2016

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2015

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2014

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2013

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• CyhoeddwydThe maintenance of the subsurface chlorophyll maximum in the stratified western Irish Sea
  Williams, C., Sharples, J., Green, M., Mahaffey, C. & Rippeth, T., 2013, Yn: Limnology and Oceanography - Fluids and Environment. 3, 1, t. 61-73
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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2011

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• CyhoeddwydTurbulence 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, Cyfrol 2. t. 9-35
  Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2010

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2009

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2008

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2007

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2006

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2005

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2004

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2003

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2002

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2001

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2000

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1999

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1998

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1997

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1996

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1995

• CyhoeddwydPhysical 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. t. 93-104
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• CyhoeddwydThe 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. t. 85-92
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1993

• CyhoeddwydPERIODIC STRATIFICATION IN THE RHINE ROFI IN THE NORTH-SEA
  Simpson, J., Bos, P., Schirmer, F., Souza, A., Rippeth, T., Jones, S. & Hydes, D., 1993, Yn: Oceanologica Acta. 16, 1, t. 23-32
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2019

• Arctic Mixing Workshop

  16 Hyd 2019 – 18 Hyd 2019

  Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs (Siaradwr)
• Talk to general public on climate change

  Newman Society, Llay, Wrexham

  27 Medi 2019

  Gweithgaredd: Cyflwyniad llafar (Siaradwr)
• PhD External Examiner - Liverpool University

  21 Meh 2019

  Gweithgaredd: Arholiad (Arholwr)
• Discovery Festival Anglesey

  Participation in the Discovery Science Festival on Anglesey.

  1 Meh 2019

  Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
• Presentation of Arcitc and UK weather work to general public

  Presentation to U3A Mold

  14 Mai 2019

  Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
• PhD External Examiner - Southampton University

  2 Ebr 2019

  Gweithgaredd: Arholiad (Arholwr)

2018

• Radio Interview - Radio Wales

  BBC Radio Wales Science Cafe Interview on the impact of disappearing on global tides with Sophie Wilmes: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09nxtxt

  28 Ion 2018

  Gweithgaredd: Arall (Cyfrannwr)

• PcynMix (Pcynocline Mixing in Shelf Seas)

  31/03/2014 – 17/09/2020 (Wedi gorffen)

• Tea-Cosi project additional budget

  01/07/2013 – 05/09/2014 (Wedi gorffen)

• The Environment of the Arctic: Climate, Ocean and Sea Ice (tea-cosi)

  08/11/2011 – 31/08/2016 (Wedi gorffen)

• OSMOSIS

  01/09/2011 – 16/08/2017 (Wedi gorffen)

• A Thermocline Nutrient Pump

  28/01/2009 – 01/08/2019 (Wedi gorffen)

• A new method for the estimation of profiles of diffusivity in the stratified marine environment

  01/01/2009 – 24/11/2011 (Wedi gorffen)

• Asbo Consortium Proposal

  15/11/2007 – 25/08/2011 (Wedi gorffen)

• The Fate Of Freshwater In Tidally Stirre

  01/01/2007 – 26/07/2010 (Wedi gorffen)

• The Development & Testing Of A New Technology

  01/08/2006 – 25/10/2007 (Wedi gorffen)

• Vertical Exchange:Its Forcing & Impacts

  01/09/2002 – 21/07/2008 (Wedi gorffen)

Tom's research is primarily funded by NERC, from whom he has received £2.36 million as PI and £3.1 million as a co-I. In addition to a numebr of standard grants, Tom has also been a member of the ASBO, TEACOSI, OSMOSIS, FASTNET and CANDYFLOS consortia. He has also received research funding from the EU, Leverhulme Trust and EPSRC.

Ongoing Projects:

EPSRC funded "Measurable metrics for characterisation of large-scale turbulent structures in tidal races for the marine tidal energy industry". PI: Martin Austin

NERC funded NE/R01275x/1 "Primary Productivity driven by escalating nutrient fluxes". PI: Yueng-Djern Lenn. Project partners Alfred Wagner Institute, NOC Liverpool and Strathclyde University.

NERC ENVISION DTP studentship: Brian Scannell

KESS funded PhD studentship: Natasha Lucas.

Past Reseach Funding:

1999-2002: NERC Post Doctoral Fellowship: Tom Rippeth

2002-7: NERC Advanced Fellowship: Tom Rippeth

Vertical Exchange: its forcing, mechanisms and impacts.

2002-6: NER/A/S/2001/0961 NERC Standard Grant:  Physical-biological control of new production within the seasonal thermocline. PI: Prof. Patrick Holligan (Southampton Oceanography Centre). co-I: Prof. John Simpson and Dr Tom Rippeth (Bangor), Dr. Jonathan Sharples (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory). Total: 416,528. Bangor funds: £228,273

2003-6: NER/A/S/2002/0781 NERC Standard Grant: Turbulent control of the properties and flux of suspended matter in tide-stirred shelf seas. PI: Drs Colin Jago Co-I: Sarah Jones (Marine Sediments Group) and Tom Rippeth. Funds: £295,991

2004-5: NE/C513318/1: Coastal Observatory: Second in situ site – resolving the property gradient. PI: MJ Howarth (Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory), co-Is T Rippeth and others. Total Funds:  £232,000.

2004-7: NER/D/S/2002/0965 NERC Standard Grant:  The structure of turbulence in shelf seas using Autosub. PI: Prof. John Simpson. co-I Prof Steve Thorpe FRS, Dr Tom Rippeth (Bangor) and Prof. Tom Osborn (John Hopkins University, Baltimore). Funds: £284,004

2002-5: EU Framework V: Mabene consortium. To study the flow over mussel beds and mussel feeding rates. Bangor PIs: Prof John Simpson and Dr Tom Rippeth. Bangor funds: £164,000.

2006-7: NE/D007003/1 NERC Small grant: The development and testing of new techniques for the estimation of profiles of epsilon using an acoustic Dopple current profiler (ADCP). PI: Dr Tom Rippeth co-I: JH Simpson. Total funds: £63,368

2006-2009: NE/E522716:  Applied Physical Oceanography (MTG). PI: T Rippeth. Funds: £150,470.

2009-2011: NE/H525397: MSc Applied Physical Oceanography (MTG): PI: T Rippeth. Funds: £105,202.

2007-9: NERC Arctic IPY call:  Arctic Synoptic Basin wide Oceanography Consortium. Total: £1.7M.  Lead institution: University College London. Bangor PI: Dr Tom Rippeth. Total Bangor funds requested: £144,932 (direct cost model). A further £53,000 was subsequently awarded to Bangor to participate in a second Arctic cruise.

2006-9:  NE/D0011566/1 NERC Standard Grant:  The fate of freshwater in tidally stirred shelf seas. PI: Dr Tom Rippeth (Bangor). co-I: Dr Alex Souza & MJ Howarth (Proudman Oceanographic Labs, Liverpool University). Total: £313,950. Bangor funds: £213,367.

2008-11: NE/F002858/1 NERC Standard Grant: A wind driven nutrient pump. PI: TP Rippeth. Co-I J Sharples (Proudman Oceanographic Labs). Total Funds: £700,097. Bangor total: £430,547.

2009-11: NE/F019467/1 NERC Standard Grant: A New Method for the Estimation of Profiles of Diffusivity in the stratified Marine Environment.PI: TP Rippeth. Co-Is P Wiles and JH Simspon. Total: £203,028.

2009-10: NE/ G010986/1 NERC Small Grant: Diapcynal transfer of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus across the seasonal thermocline in stratified shelf seas. PI: H Kennedy. Co-Is; Prof DN Thomas and TP Rippeth. Total: £64,393.

2008-10: F/00174/L Leverhulme Trust Grant: Visualization of time-varying volume data based on topological hierarchy. PI: I Soo Lim. Co-Is: N John (Bangor - Computing), K Hughes (Bangor - Chemistry) and TP Rippeth. Total: £66,000.

2011-2014 F003101 The Environment of the Arctic: Climate, Ocean and Sea Ice (tea-cosi) NERC Arctic Programme Consortium. PI: Dr Sheldon Bacon (National Oceanography Centre, Southampton). Partners: UCL, Oxford Uni, Bangor Uni, SAMS, Southampton Uni, Reading Uni, NOC. Bangor PI: Tom Rippeth with co-Is Yueng-Djern Lenn and Mattias Green. £3M grant. Total Bangor: £253,844

2011-2014. NE/1019794/1 OSMOSIS: Ocean Surface Mixing, Ocean Sub-mesoscale Interaction Study (NERC Consortium). PI: Prof Stephen Belcher (Reading University). Partners: Southampton Uni, Reading Uni, Oxford Uni, Bangor Uni, UEA, SAMS, NOC, Met Office.  Bangor PI: T Rippeth with M Green. £3.6M grant. Total Bangor: £351,031.

2011-2015. FASTNEt: Fluxes Across Sloping Topography of the North East Atlantic (NERC Consortium). PI Mark Inall (SAMS). Partners: NOC, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Liverpool and Plymouth Universities. Bangor PI: Mattias Green, co-Is: T Rippeth and JH Simpson. £3.5M Grant. Total Bangor: £419,734.

2012 - 2016. F003861 NERC Consortium Grant: Carbon and nutrient dynamics and fluxes over shelf systems. Lead: Prof J Sharples (Liverpool University). Bangor PI: S Wilson. co-I: TP Rippeth. £3.5M grant. Bangor share: £64,753.

2014-2017. NE/R01275X/1 Standard Grant: Pcynocline mixing in shelf seas. Lead Jeff Polton (NOC Liverpool). Bangor PI. T Rippeth.