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Ross Vennell

 Coastal observational oceanography, ADCP measurement of tidal currents and dynamics. Oceanographic data analysis techniques. Secondary flows. Tidal flow in straits. Optimising Tidal Turbine Farms
Pat Langhorne

Platelet Sea Ice growth, see Sea Ice Group

 
Vernon Squire

Wave break up of Sea Ice

 
Gareth Vaughan Wave scattering by sea ice

 

Students (click on name to see student's research and publications)

Claire Biggs-PhD Dynamics and structure of ebb tidal jets.
Pete Russell -PhD Secondary Flow around headlands.
Natalie Robinson-PhD Ocean density structure during the growth and decay of Antarctic sea ice.

Nilesh Kumar-PhD

 Flow separation from headlands using POM numerical model.
Craig Purdie-PhD The freezing of land-fast sea ice during the Antarctic winter
Cerys Bailey -PhD Estuarine circulation
Severin Thiebaut -PhD Long period waves generated by storms
Tim Divett-PhD Tidal power generation by large farms
Hamish Bowman-MSc Oceanography of the entrance to Doubtful Sound

Past Students

Dave Pease-PhD Wave drag of an human body and its implications for performance-2009
Julia de Chabannes-MSc Tides in the Taieri River estuary-2008
Gary Griffith -PhD Adaptation of phytoplankton to light in the upper ocean. 2007
Mike Denham-MSc GPS measurement of vessel squat- the oil tanker Kakariki. 2007
Shigetada Kudo-PhD Fluid forces on an accelerating swimmer's hand. 2007
Mathew Enright-MSc Tidal flushing of an Otago Inlet. 2006

Nicole Albrecht-MSc

 Internal gravity waves in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. 2005

Chris Petrich-PhD

 Experiments on refreezing cracks in sea ice. 2005
Jonathan Whitfield- MSc ADCP echo intensity in an ebb tidal jet. 2004
Inga Smith-PhD Platelet sea ice formation, 2000
Chris Old -PhD The structure and dynamics of an ebb tidal jet. 1999
Andrew Shaw -PhD The Temporal and Spatial Variability of the Southland Font, NZ using AVHRR SST Imagery. 1998

 

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