Fields of Research

Physical oceanography
Biological oceanography
Chemical oceanography
Climate change processes
Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation
Marine geoscience
Glaciology
Conservation and biodiversity
Atmospheric sciences
Atmospheric dynamics
Microfluidics and nanofluidics
Cloud physics
Atmospheric composition, chemistry and processes

Research Objectives

Climate variability (excl. social impacts)
Oceanic processes (excl. in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean)
Antarctic and Southern Ocean oceanic processes
Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences
Measurement and assessment of marine water quality and condition
Social impacts of climate change and variability
Effects of climate change on Antarctic and sub-Antarctic environments (excl. social impacts)
Climate change models
Effects of climate change on Australia (excl. social impacts)
Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Weather
Global effects of climate change (excl. Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and the South Pacific) (excl. social impacts)
Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences
Effects of climate change on the South Pacific (excl. Australia and New Zealand) (excl. social impacts)
Assessment and management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems
Mineral exploration

Career Best Publications

A Mean Synoptic View of the Subantarctic Front south of Australia; Journal of Physical Oceanography
Eddy Variability and Energetics from Direct Current Measurements in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current South of Australia; Journal of Physical Oceanography
Interannual variability in upper ocean salt content in the southeast Indian Ocean; Geophysical Research Letters
On the Leeuwin Current System and its linkage to zonal flows in the South Indian Ocean as inferred from a gridded hydrography; Journal of Physical Oceanography
On the non-equivalent barotropic structure of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: an observational perspective; Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
South Indian countercurrent and associated fronts; Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Space and time scales for optimal interpolation of temperature - Tropical Pacific Ocean; Progress in Oceanography

Research Publications

A fresh event in the southeast Indian Ocean observed by Argo floats; European Geosciences Union First General Assembly
A glaciochemical study of 120 m ice core from Mill Island, East Antarctica; Climate of the Past
A global, multiproduct analysis of coastal marine heatwaves: distribution, characteristics, and long-term trends; JGR Oceans
A Mean Synoptic View of the Subantarctic Front south of Australia; Journal of Physical Oceanography
A mean synoptic view of the Subantarctic Front south of Australia; EGS XVII Assembly
AMOS national conference 2014: southern investigations; Bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
An assessment of numerical weather prediction–derived low-cloud-base height forecasts; Weather and Forecasting
An assessment of the viability of prescribed burning as a management tool under a changing climate. A Report for the National Bushfire Mitigation – Tasmanian Grants Program (NBMP)
An assessment of the viability of prescribed burning as a management tool under a changing climate: a Tasmanian case study; Research Forum at the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and AFAC Conference
Anomalous Ekman Transport Near Kerguelen Island; 18th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
Application of a model-based mapping tool for Argo observations; Second Argo Science Workshop
Aquarius sea surface salinity in the South Indian Ocean: revealing annual-period planetary waves; Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Bermuda's tale of two time series: Hydrostation S and BATS; Journal of Physical Oceanography
Biogeochemical characteristics of eddies in the East Australian Current depend on eddy type, history and location; Journal of Marine Systems
Biogeochemical variability in the central equatorial Indian Ocean during the monsoon transition; Biogeosciences
Boundary Currents and Exchanges with Other Basins [In: Beal, L. M., Vialard, J., Roxy, M. K. and lead authors 2019: Full Report. IndOOS-2: A roadmap to sustained observations of the Indian Ocean for 2020-2030. CLIVAR-4/2019, GOOS-237]
Characteristics of wind-generated near-inertial waves in the Southeast Indian Ocean; Journal of Physical Oceanography
Comparison of constant vertical eddy viscosity with the Mellor and Yamada level 2 _ turbulence closure scheme in a 1-D circulation model; Australian Physical Oceanography Conference
Design of an ocean temperature observing network in the seas north of Australia. Part I - Tropical Pacific Ocean: Statistics
Design of an ocean temperature observing network in the seas north of Australia. Part II - Tropical Indian Ocean: Statistics
Detecting and characterizing Ekman currents in the Southern Ocean; Journal of Physical Oceanography
Detecting change in the Indonesian seas; Frontiers in Marine Science
Dynamics of a standing meander of the Subantarctic Front diagnosed from satellite altimetry and along-stream anomalies of temperature and salinity; Journal of Physical Oceanography
Dynamics of the Leeuwin Current: Part 1. Coastal flows in an inviscid, variable-density, layer model; Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans: Planetary Fluids, Climatic and Biogeochemical Systems
Dynamics of the Leeuwin Current: Part 2. Impacts of mixing, friction, and advection on a buoyancy-driven eastern boundary current over a shelf; Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans
Eddy Variability and Energetics from Direct Current Measurements in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current South of Australia; Journal of Physical Oceanography
Eddy-induced carbon transport across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Estimates of interfacial stress from station data and simulated velocities in the southern Atlantic ocean; 4th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography
Evaluation of NCAR Climate Ocean Model hindcasts for the North Atlantic Ocean; CLIVAR Atlantic Workshop
Explainer: how the Antarctic Circumpolar Current helps keep Antarctica frozen
Global perspectives on observing ocean boundary current systems; Frontiers in Marine Science
High Resolution Current Velocity Profiling Floats Preliminary Results from Subantarctic Waters; OceansObs'09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society
I have always wondered: why is the sea salty?
Improving Australian rainfall prediction using sea surface salinity; Journal of Climate
Interannual to decadal variability in the ocean near Bermuda from observations and a global ocean model; AGU Ocean Scienes Meeting
Interannual variability in freshwater content northwest of Australia from Argo; AMSA 2004
Interannual variability in the upper ocean freshwater content of the southeast Indian Ocean and its relationship with ENSO; Dynamic Planet 2005
Interannual variability in upper ocean salt content in the southeast Indian Ocean; Geophysical Research Letters
Interannual variability of the South Indian Countercurrent; Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Internal waves and mixing near the Kerguelen Plateau; Journal of Physical Oceanography
Kerguelen Axis 2015-16: Marine science activities in support of research and observing of marine ecosystems in the vicinity of the Kerguelen Axis during 2015-16 austral summer
Local drivers of extreme upper ocean marine heatwaves assessed using a global ocean circulation model; Frontiers in Climate
Mean flow and eddy variability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current south of Australia; EGS XVII Assembly
Mean flow and eddy variability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current south of Australia; Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting
Mean flow, eddy variability and energetics of the Subantarctic Front south of Australia
Meridional heat and salt transport across the Subantarctic Front by cold-core eddies; Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Mesoscale eddy characteristics in the interior subtropical southeast Indian Ocean, tracked from the Leeuwin Current system; Deep-Sea Research. Part 2
Mixing (MX) Oceanographic Toolbox for EM-APEX float data applying shear-strain finescale parameterization
Mixing (MX) Oceanographic Toolbox for EM-APEX* float data applying shear-strain finescale parameterization
Mixing variability in the Southern Ocean; Journal of Physical Oceanography
Near-surface salinity reveals the oceanic sources of moisture for Australian precipitation through atmospheric moisture transport; Journal of Climate
New estimates of Southern Ocean annual net community production revealed by BGC-Argo floats; Geophysical Research Letters
Observational estimates of turbulent mixing in the Southeast Indian Ocean; Journal of Physical Oceanography
Ocean response and feedback to the SST dipole in the Tropical Atlantic; Journal of Physical Oceanography
On the Leeuwin Current System and its linkage to zonal flows in the South Indian Ocean as inferred from a gridded hydrography; Journal of Physical Oceanography
On the non-equivalent barotropic structure of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: an observational perspective; Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
On the use of random walk models with spatially variable diffusivity ; Journal of Computational Physics
Physical drivers of biogeochemical variability in the Polar Front Meander; Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Progress in understanding of Indian Ocean circulation, variability, air-sea exchange and impacts on biogeochemistry; Ocean Science
Quality control cookbook for XBT data
Recent hemispheric asymmetry in global ocean warming induced by climate change and internal variability; Nature Communications
Refining our understanding of surface currents in the southeast Indian Ocean; CLIVAR Exchanges
Salinity Change in the southeast Indian Ocean; First Argo Science Workshop
Salinity dominance on the Indian Ocean Eastern Gyral current; Geophysical Research Letters
Seasonal evolution of the surface layer heat balance in the eastern subtropical Indian Ocean; Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Slower long-term coastal warming drives dampened trends in coastal marine heatwave exposure; JGR Oceans
South Indian countercurrent and associated fronts; Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Southern Australia Current System based on a gridded hydrography and a high-resolution model; Progress in Oceanography
Space and time scales for optimal interpolation of temperature - Tropical Pacific Ocean; Progress in Oceanography
Strengthened Indonesian throughflow drives decadal warming in the Southern Indian Ocean; Geophysical Research Letters
The biogeochemical structure of Southern Ocean mesoscale eddies; Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
The scientific and societal uses of global measurements of subsurface velocity; Frontiers in Marine Science
The seasonal cycle of Salinity in the Indian Ocean from Argo and Hydrobase; International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) General Assembly XXIV
TOGA XBT sampling strategy
Turbulent mixing variability in an energetic standing meander of the Southern Ocean; Journal of Physical Oceanography
U.S.--Australia: Cooperation in the Southern Ocean
Upper thermocline salinity anomalies in the Indian Ocean; American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2004
Using global arrays to investigate internal-waves and mixing; OceanObs: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society
Wanaea current modelling - The influence of stratification, CSIRO Division of Oceanography Report
Watermass characteristics and circulation near 110°E in the southeast Indian Ocean; Deep-Sea Research. Part 2
XBT network design for the equatorial Pacific Ocean; Australian Physical Oceanography Conference

Research Projects

2009 R1 - MOCA-09 Our Warming Planet; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Antarctic Circumpolar Current and Consequences for the Meridional Overturning Circulation; CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Assessment of habitats, productivity and food webs on the Kerguelen Axis in the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Australian Antarctic Program Partnership; Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (DoIIS)
Coupling of bio-physical, ecosystem scale, examination of Australia's International Indian Ocean Expedition line; CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Dynamics of Near-surface Eastward Flows in the South Indian Ocean; National Science Foundation (NSF)
Eddies: The key to understanding Southern Ocean carbon cycling; Australian Research Council (ARC)
How does a standing meander southeast of Tasmania brake the Antarctic Circumpolar Current? ; CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
How does topography brake the Antarctic Circumpolar Current?; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Linking eddy physics and biogeochemistry in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current south of Tasmania; CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
NESP 2 CLIMATE SYSTEMS HUB CSIRO UMBRELLA AGREEMENT; Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment (DAWE)
Ocean mixing at high Reynolds number: Efficiencies in extrema; The Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ)
Ocean-atmosphere Interaction in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current; CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Organization of a cruise on board R/V Melville to provide research opportunities and train scientists from Philippines Marine Institutions ; Ian Potter Foundation (IPF)
Physical, chemical and biogeochemical gradients in the East Australian Current; CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Project 5.7 Tracking ocean change: ocean observations and models; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Southern Ocean Mixing: Unique Observations of Eddy Exchange across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Submarine volcanism and hydrothermalism around Heard and McDonald Islands; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
The Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science; Australian Research Council (ARC)
The Southern Ocean Branch of the Meridional Overturning Circulation: New Observations of Vertical Mixing; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
The Southern Ocean Branch of the Meridional Overturning Circulation: New Observations of Vertical Mixing; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
The Southern Ocean Meridional Overturning Circulation: New Observations of Vertical Mixing; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Turbulent mixing processes in the southern Ocean from observations and models; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Unraveling ocean mixing and air-sea forcing along the Indo-Pacific exchange; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Does water-mass variability at intermediate depth in the tropical-subtropical southeast Indian Ocean originate in the Southern Ocean? - PhD top up

Research Candidate Supervision

Diapycnal Mixing and the Internal Wavefield North of the Kerguelen Plateau
Ekman Currents in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Glaciochemical Study of Mill Island Ice Core Records
Global Ocean Salinity- A Climate Change Diagnostic?
Remarkable Near-surface Eastward Flows in the South Indian Ocean- Understanding the Dynamical Links between the Indian Ocean Subtropical Gyre, Indonesian Throughflow,