Research Interests
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Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC)
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volume and property transports, ocean heat content
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monsoon processes in the tropical Indian Ocean
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impacts of climate change on the global oceans
PhD students:
- Anneke Sperling (2023-present; supervisor): Do ocean currents stick together? AMOC proxies and processes
- Harry Ashton-Key (2023-present; co-supervisor): AMOC and tipping points
- Jack Giddings (2017-2020; co-supervisor): ocean processes triggering monsoon rainfall
Recent fieldwork:
- CLASS/GO-SHIP hydrographic cruise along the A05 line (2020) - RRS James Cook
- ORCHESTRA/GO-SHIP hydrographic cruise along the A10 line (2018) - RRS James Cook
- BoBBLE field campaign (2016) - RV Sindhu Sadhana
Education:
- PhD, Marine and Atmospheric Science (2015), Stony Brook University
- B. Math, Honours Applied Mathematics (2010), University of Waterloo
Links:
Member of the IAPSO executive committee (2019-present), http://iapso.iugg.org
Chair and founder of the IAPSO Early Career Scientists working group (2018-present), https://www.iapsoecs.org
Member of the Challenger Society council (2017-2020), https://www.challenger-society.org.uk
MEZCAL (PI; 2023-2026) - Methods for Extending the horiZontal Coverage of the Amoc Latitudinally and retrospectively
ALPACA (co-I; 2023-2026) - Advancing the Long-range Prediction, Attribution, and forecast Calibration of Amoc and its climate impacts
LEGACY (co-I; 2022-2023) - Labrador Current Governs North Atlantic Climate System?
NEW NORMAL (PI; 2021-2023) - NEar surface Warming in the INdian Ocean and Rainfall Monsoon Anomaly Links
SNAPDRAGON - investigating the dynamics of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in the subpolar N. Atlantic
RAPID - programme monitoring the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation from a mooring array at 26N
BoBBLE - the role of Bay of Bengal in South Asian monsoon variability