Prof Carl Amos
Role/area of expertise
Sediment dynamics, coastal morphodynamics
Location & Contact Details
Location:
Southampton
Telephone Extension:
26068
Office / Desk Location:
164/03
Affiliation:
SOES Prof Carl Amos
Profile
Professor Amos has made significant and balanced contributions to the University in scientific leadership through research into the fundamental processes governing sediment transport. He has demonstrated strong leadership skills in coordinating and undertaking major research projects in tidally-dominated coastal settings. His present interests include the development of instrumentation (benthic landers and benthic flumes) for in situ measurement of sediment stability in cohesive and non-cohesive sediments, which has reesulted in over 100 science publications in this field of study. He is presently involved in developing and calibrating a sediment transport model of Venice Lagoon (with the National research Council of Italy) for purposes of management of lagoonal habitats.
Membership of Committees and Boards
Professor Amos is co-director of the newly-formed Centre for Coastal Processes, Engineering and Management (CCPEM), which coordinates all aspects of coastal research at the National Oceanography Centre. He is also co-director of the MSc in Engineering in the Coastal Environment which provides graduates to coastal marine industry. His major administrative contributions in research include directorship and successful completion (in 2005) three European Union multi-national projects (BIOFLOW, EUROSTRATAFORM, EURODELTA. These projects linked about 30 marine institutions across Europe and the same number in USA and Canada. In this capacity, he has co-convened an International (BIOFLOW) Workshop in Venice (2004) and is co-editor of the Special Publication (Journal of Nearshore and Coastal Processes) to be published in 2006. As well, he has represented the University through presentations at bi-annual meetings of each project (2004 and 2005). He has recently won two prestigious grants from CORILA (Committee for Research in Venice Lagoon, to undertake work in Venice Lagoon and Southampton is the only UK University to hold this position. This research has lead to 21 joint publications (2004-2006) in International Journals. He completed (2005) an EPSRC grant which was evaluated by external review as “tending to international quality” and “outstanding”. He is on the editorial board of Journal of Coastal research and Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.
Links to further information on specialist area or projects
Personal web page
Latest Publications for Prof Carl Amos
Paul, M., Bouma, T.J. and Amos, C.L. (2012) Wave attenuation by submerged vegetation: combining the effect of organism traits and tidal current. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 444, 31-41. (doi:10.3354/meps09489)
Paul, M. and Amos, C.L. (2011) Spatial and seasonal variation in wave attenuation over Zostera noltii. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, (C8), C08019. (doi:10.1029/2010JC006797)
Paul, M., Lefebvre, A., Manca, E. and Amos, C.L. (2011) An acoustic method for the remote measurement of seagrass metrics. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 93, (1), 68-79. (doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2011.04.006)
Thompson, C.E.L., Couceiro, F., Fones, G.R., Helsby, R., Amos, C.L., Black, K., Parker, E.R., Greenwood, N., Statham, P.J. and Kelly-Gerreyn, B.A. (2011) In situ flume measurements of resuspension in the North Sea. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 94, (1), 77-88. (doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2011.05.026)
Stratigaki, Vasiliki, Manca, Eleonora, Prinos, Panayotis, Losada, Inigo J., Lara, Javier L., Sclavo, Mauro, Amos, Carl L., Cáceres, Iván and Sánchez-Arcilla, Agustín (2011) Large-scale experiments on wave propagation over Posidonia oceanica. Journal of Hydraulic Research, 49, (Supp1), 31-43. (doi:10.1080/00221686.2011.583388)
