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My research focuses on the fluid dynamics of the ocean. I am particularly interested in ocean turbulence and mixing, ocean fronts and the surface boundary layer, and the impact of turbulence on micro-organisms. Recent work has uncovered a fascinating and poorly-understood collection of processes occurring at relatively small scales (<O(10km)) where the vertical motion is strong but stratification and the Earth's rotation are important factors. Since these motions are too small to be directly resolved by global ocean and climate models, understanding their impact on the structure and dynamics of the ocean is one of the most pressing topics in physical oceanography. Currently, I am studying the dynamics of upper ocean fronts, the turbulent boundary layer beneath melting ice shelves, stratified turbulence, and the influence of physical processes on biogeochemical dynamics. Please see my homepage (linked on the right) for more information.

Publications

Parameterization of Frontal Symmetric Instabilities. I: Theory for Resolved Fronts
SD Bachman, B Fox-Kemper, JR Taylor, LN Thomas
– Ocean Modelling
(2017)
109,
72
The transition from symmetric to baroclinic instability in the Eady model
MA Stamper, JR Taylor
– Ocean Dynamics
(2017)
67,
65
A new method for isolating turbulent states in transitional stratified plane Couette flow
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2016)
808,
r1
Robust identification of dynamically distinct regions in stratified turbulence
GD Portwood, SM De Bruyn Kops, JR Taylor, H Salehipour, CP Caulfield
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2016)
807,
r2
Spontaneous wave generation at strongly strained density fronts
CJ Shakespeare, JR Taylor
– Journal of Physical Oceanography
(2016)
46,
2063
Turbulent mixing, restratification, and phytoplankton growth at a submesoscale eddy
JR Taylor
– Geophysical Research Letters
(2016)
43,
5784
Numerical Simulations of the Equilibrium between Eddy-Induced Restratification and Vertical Mixing
SD Bachman, JR Taylor
– Journal of Physical Oceanography
(2016)
46,
919
Symmetric Instability, Inertial Oscillations, and Turbulence at the Gulf Stream Front
LN Thomas, JR Taylor, EA D'Asaro, CM Lee, JM Klymak, A Shcherbina
– Journal of Physical Oceanography
(2016)
46,
197
The intermittency boundary in stratified plane Couette flow
E Deusebio, CP Caulfield, JR Taylor
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2015)
781,
298
The LatMix Summer Campaign: Submesoscale Stirring in the Upper Ocean
AY Shcherbina, MA Sundermeyer, E Kunze, E D'Asaro, G Badin, D Birch, AMEG Brunner-Suzuki, J Callies, BT Kuebel Cervantes, M Claret, B Concannon, J Early, R Ferrari, L Goodman, RR Harcourt, JM Klymak, CM Lee, MP Lelong, MD Levine, RC Lien, A Mahadevan, JC McWilliams, MJ Molemaker, S Mukherjee, JD Nash, T Özgökmen, SD Pierce, S Ramachandran, RM Samelson, TB Sanford, RK Shearman, ED Skyllingstad, KS Smith, A Tandon, JR Taylor, EA Terray, LN Thomas, JR Ledwell
– Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
(2015)
96,
1257
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Research Group

High-Reynolds-Number Fluid Flow

Room

H1.14

Telephone

01223 337030