About
I am an ocean dynamicist with interests in the full range of spatial scales, from turbulent to planetary. My research to date has covered turbulence at ice shelf-ocean interface, submesoscale eddy dynamics in the surface mixed layer, topographic interaction and ice shelf cavity circulation. I have a broad experience in numerical modelling with MITgcm and NEMO, both configuring simulations and developing functionality.
Roles
2023-Present | National Oceanography Centre | Modelling Scientist
2020-2023 | University of Reading | PDRA
2018-2020 | British Antarctic Survey | PDRA
2014-2018 | British Antarctic Survey/University of Southampton | PhD
Publications
Patmore, R. D., D. Ferreira, D. P. Marshall, M. D. du Plessis, J. A. Brearley, and S. Swart, 2024: Evaluating Existing Ocean Glider Sampling Strategies for Submesoscale Dynamics. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 41, 647–663, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-23-0055.1.
Sallée, J., ..., R. D. Patmore, et al., 2023: Southern ocean carbon and heat impact on climate, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A., 381, 20220056-20220056, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2022.0056.
Patmore, R. D., P. R. Holland, C. A. Vreugdenhil, A. Jenkins, and J. R. Taylor, 2023: Turbulence in the Ice Shelf–Ocean Boundary Current and Its Sensitivity to Model Resolution. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 53, 613–633, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-22-0034.1.
Steiger, N., E. Darelius, S. Kimura, R. D. Patmore, and A. K. Wåhlin, 2022: The Dynamics of a Barotropic Current Impinging on an Ice Front. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 52, 2957–2973, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-21-0312.1.
Patmore, R. D., P. R. Holland, D. R. Munday, A. C. Naveira Garabato, D. P. Stevens, and M. P. Meredith, 2019: Topographic Control of Southern Ocean Gyres and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: A Barotropic Perspective. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 49, 3221–3244, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0083.1
Patmore, R. D., 2018: Topographic control of Southern Ocean gyres and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Southampton, 176 pp, https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/428707/.
Present
2024-Present | MAS-DT | Marine Autonomous Systems Digital Twin
2023-Present | CHAMFER | UK Coastal Hazards, Multi-hazard Controls on Flooding and Erosion
2023-Present | JMMP | Joint Marine Modelling Programme
2020-Present | SO-CHIC | Southern Ocean Carbon and Heat Impact on Climate
Past
2018-2020 | Characterising the Ice Shelf/Ocean Boundary Layer