Recent Activity

At Ocean Sciences Meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, I had the opportunity to present preliminary results from my postdoc work. This presentation summarized a handful of 16 different regional model runs (using Oceananigans) to investigate MCDR uncertainty. In these different runs, various model parameters were modified (eg. wind speed, initial DIC/Alk, heat flux, etc.) and the CO2 additionality after 6 months was evaluated. Standard Model Run The entire MCDR modelling session was fascinating, and it was great to chat with others tackling similar problems! We’re hoping to improve the regional model set up, and run a set of simulations building upon the work presented here. Stay tuned for the paper in prep! ...

Recently I was able to attend the 56th annual Liège Colloquium on ocean dynamics in Liège, Belgium. I presented a poster summarizing recent work I’ve done on realistic regional modelling in Oceananigans, a Julia-based ocean modelling software with GPU support. Liège Poster The modelling work has been progressing quickly, keep an eye out for future updates here!

A numerical model of Aotearoa’s southeast continental shelf forced with realistic discharge from the Clutha River is used to assess the drivers of river plume variability and identify conditions associated with the transport of neritic water beyond the shelf break.

Using a synthesis of remotely-sensed, in situ, and modelled data, this work investigates subseasonal (< 60 day) biophysical variability (eg. chlorophyll-a, stratification, freshwater influence) along a shelf break front situated in southeast Aotearoa/New Zealand.

This study investigates the influence of along-front wind forcing on chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) at the Otago Shelf Break (OSB) in southeast Aotearoa/New Zealand using remotely-sensed and in situ data.