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Marine Physics and Ocean Climate

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Southampton

Email:

jugott at noc.ac.uk

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Biography

I am a physical oceanographer with a strong interest in biogeochemical cycles. I am currently working within an interdisciplinary project researching ocean ecosystem health and its resilience in the face of climate change in the Western Indian Ocean (SOLSTICE-WIO). Within this project I am investigating the biophysical interactions that sustain fisheries in coastal communities in South Africa and Tanzania and their sensitivities to climate change.

My main research interests are:

Biophysical interactions
Ocean mixing processes and atmosphere-ocean interactions
Integration of ocean observations and numerical simulations
Ocean response to climate change
Knowledge exchange and science into policy

My most recent publications are:

Palmer, M.R., Shagude, Y.W., Roberts, M.J., Popova, E., Wihsgott, J.U., Aswani, S., Coupland, J., Howe, J.A., Bett, B.J,. Osuka, K.E., Abernethy, C., Alexiou, S., Painter, S.C., Kamau, J.N., Nyandwi, N., Sekadende, B. (2021), Marine Robots for Coastal Ocean Research in the Western Indian Ocean. Ocean & Coastal Management. DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105805

Kamau, J.N., Jacobs, Z.L., Jebri, F., Kelly, S., Kimani, E., Makori, A., Mwaluma, J., Mueni, E., Ong'anda, H., Palmer, M.R. and Popova, E., Taylor, S.F.W., Wihsgott, J.U., Painter, S.C. (2021). Managing emerging fisheries of the North Kenya Banks in the context of environmental change. Ocean & Coastal Management, 209. DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105671

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Roles

Physical Oceanographer within SOLSTICE-WIO

Projects

Currently

Sustainable Oceans, Livelihoods and food Security Through Increased Capacity in Ecosystem research in the Western Indian Ocean (SOLSTICE-WIO)

Previously

CArbon/Nutrient DYnamics and FLuxes Over Shelf Systems (CANDYFLOSS), part of Shelf Sea Biogeochemistry (SSB)

The goal of this project is to quantify the role of shelf seas in the global nutrient and carbon cycles. Our goal will be realised via dedicated process studies in the Celtic Sea to improve our understanding of the mechanisms by which the biogeochemical cycling of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and silicate in a shelf sea system support the net sequestration of carbon in the deep ocean, enabling the identification of drivers which may be susceptible to ongoing or future environmental changes.

Fluxes Across Sloping Topography of the North East Atlantic (FASTNEt)

FASTNEt recognises that shelf seas are a critical interface, linking the terrestrial, atmospheric and oceanic carbon pools and acting as a physical gateway to key biogeochemical fluxes. We are therefore seeking to establish collaborations within our field and modelling programmes to combine our physical science advances with linked advances in biogeochemical processes and exchanges in shelf seas and at ocean margins. More at www.sams.ac.uk/fastnet

Liverpool Bay Coastal Observatory (CObs)

CObs was operational in the Eastern Irish Sea between 2002 and 2012. Although the project ended in April 2012 it provides a unique dataset comprised of time series from a number of different platforms measuring physical and biogeochemical parameters in the highly dynamic and complex Liverpool Bay. This rich archive is available for public use and remains a major part of my current research. The archived website can be found here: http://cobsdev.pol.ac.uk

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My main research interests are:

Biophysical interactions

Ocean mixing processes and atmosphere-ocean interactions

Integration of ocean observations and numerical simulations

Ocean response to climate change