Dr Andrew Thompson

Career

  • 2007-present NERC Postdoctoral Fellow, DAMTP, University of Cambridge
  • 2006-2007 Senior Research Associate, University of East Anglia
  • 2002-2006 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Research

Andrew Thompson is a member of the Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics group in DAMTP.

Andrew is a physical oceanographer with interests in observations and idealised models of

  • ocean turbulence,
  • ocean eddies and jets,
  • Southern Ocean circulation.

Current projects include:

  • Transport properties in baroclinic turbulence simulations,
  • Influence of bottom topography on ocean eddies and jets,
  • Antarctic Drifter Experiment: Links to Isobaths and Ecosystems (ADELIE)

Selected Publications

  • Thompson, A.F., 2008. The atmospheric ocean: eddies and jets in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A. To appear in the 2008 'Visions of the Future' Issue.
  • Thompson, A.F., K.J. Heywood, S.E. Thorpe, A.H.H. Renner, A. Trasvina-Castro, 2008. Surface circulation at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula from drifters. Journal of Physical Oceanography. Accepted.
  • Thompson, A.F. & K.J. Heywood, 2008. Frontal structure and transport in the northwestern Weddell Sea. Deep-Sea Research I, 55, 1229-1251.
  • Thompson, A.F. & W.R. Young, 2007. Baroclinic eddy heat fluxes: zonal flows and energy balance. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 64, 3214-3231.
  • Thompson, A.F., S.T. Gille, J.A. MacKinnon, & J. Sprintall, 2007. Spatial and temporal patterns of small-scale mixing in Drake Passage. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37, 572-592.
  • Thompson, A.F. & W.R. Young, 2006. Scaling baroclinic eddy fluxes: vortices and the energy balance. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 36, 720-738.