Publications by research area

NOC staff publications in selected science research area

2002

Classification and characterisation of deep-water sediment waves

The dense overflows from the Nordic Seas into the deep North Atlantic

TOBI sidescan sonar imagery of the very slow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge: evidence for along-axis magma distribution

COAPEC (Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Processes and European Climate): an overview (abstract of paper presented at ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 11-15 Feb 2002)

Ecology and nutrition of the large agglutinated foraminiferan Bathysiphon capillare in the bathyal NE Atlantic: distribution within the sediment profile and lipid biomarker composition

Direct Lagrangian measurements of the circulation of Labrador Sea water in the northern and eastern Atlantic, north of 38N (abstract of paper presented at ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 11-15 Feb 2002)

Validation of TOPEX rain algorithm: comparison with ground-based radar

A freshwater jet on the east Greenland shelf (abstract of paper presented at ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 11-15 Feb 2002)

CLIVAR in the Pacific Ocean (abstract of paper presented at ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 11-15 Feb 2002)

Generation and migration of coarse-grained sediment waves in turbidity current channels and channel-lobe transition zones

CFD model estimates of the airflow distortion over research ships and the impact on momentum flux measurements

Interactions between meso- and micro-plankton: deduction from fine scale distributions in three dimensions obtained using in situ holography

The Agulhas return flow as studied from altimetry, hydrography and mooring data

FISHES 2001 and Vivaldi 1996: two recent surveys of the subpolar northeast Atlantic (abstract of paper presented at ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI, 11-15 Feb 2002)

Recognition and interpretation of deep-water sediment waves - implications for palaeoceanography, hydrocarbon exploration and flow process interpretation (Introduction to special issue)

Decoupling of Hf and Nd isotopes in western Pacific Fe-Mn crusts

Distribution of chlorofluorocarbons in the North Atlantic, 1996-1998

Back to basics: measuring rainfall at sea. Part 1 - in situ sensors

Easterly waves over Africa. I: the seasonal cycle and contrasts between wet and dry years

The distribution of Ceratothoa steindachneri (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae) parasitic in Echiichthys vipera in the north-east Atlantic

RRS James Clark Ross Cruise 67, 19 Nov-17 Dec 2002. Drake Passage repeat hydrography: WOCE Southern Repeat Section 1b – Burdwood Bank to Elephant Island

Back to basics: measuring rainfall at sea. Part 2 - space-borne sensors

Easterly waves over Africa. II: observed and modeled contrasts between wet and dry years

RRS Charles Darwin Cruise 135, 24 Oct-18 Nov 2001. ATSR validation cruise: Seychelles - Durban

A freshwater jet on the east Greenland Shelf

Corrigendum: Use of the 3D radon transform to examine the properties of oceanic Rossby waves. (Ibid, 18, 2001, 1558-1566.)

Background and induced levels of DNA damage in Pacific deep-sea vent polychaetes: the case for avoidance

Intercomparison of ambient acoustic spectra in inland and coastal waters

SST Observations of the Agulhas and East Madagascar Retroflections by the TRMM Microwave Imager

2001

RRS Charles Darwin Cruise 129, Durban, South Africa to Port Louis, Mauritius 6 Jul - 11 Aug 2001. History of the Deep Western Boundary Current in the Madagascar and Mascarene Basins

A highly spatially resolved ecosystem model for the North West European Continental Shelf

Detecting the Zambezi River plume using observed optical properties

Deep and bottom waters in the Eastern Scotia sea: Rapid changes in properties and circulation

Nutrients and chlorophyll at two sites in the Thames plume and southern North Sea

View Item: Stirring and mixing of biologically reactive tracers

The Salt fluxes in a tidally-energetic estuary

Tidal mixing modulation of sea surface temperature and diatom abundance in Southern California

Airflow distortion at instrument sites on the R.R.S. Challenger

Impact of climate change on the coastal zone: discussion and conclusions

Airflow distortion at instrument sites on the RV Ronald H. Brown

Modelling water column structure and suspended particulate matter in the Middle Atlantic continental shelf during the passage of Hurricanes Edouard and Hortense

Flow and seasonality in the Hebridean slope current

Airflow over the RRS Discovery: the variation of velocity errors with relative wind direction for anemometers mounted on cruise D223 and D224

Vertical mixing in the ocean

Coastal-Trapped Waves and Tides at Near-Inertial Frequencies

The Influence of tidal straining and wind on suspended matter and phytoplankton dynamics in the Rhine outflow region

Airflow distortion at instrument sites on the FS Polarstern

Underwater volcanoes

The Status of natural resources on the high-seas. Part I: An environmental perspective; Part 2: Legal and polititcal considerations

Geoscience-Bioscience Synergy: Angola Block 18. Joint Southampton Oceanography Centre & British Geological Survey report to BP