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Principal Investigator in Sea Ice Physics

Jeremy Wilkinson has almost 15 years experience studying climate related processes in the polar oceans such as sea ice dynamics, mechanics and thermodynamics, as well as deep convection and water mass modification in the polar seas. Jeremy is one of the most experienced observational sea ice physicists in Europe having participated in about 20 polar field expeditions, in almost all latitudes and seasons. His research has been performed from many different platforms, including ships, helicopters, airplanes and ice camps. Logistically his experience includes the planning, mobilization, participation and demobilization of the above mentioned platforms.

Jeremy is one of only a handful of people who have used Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) in the polar oceans and is very familiar with this technology.  In addition he plays a crucial role in guiding technological development of autonomous polar instrumentation at the Scottish Marine Institute, including automatic weather stations, drifting buoys, tilt-meters and sea ice mass balance buoys.  Over the past five years he has deployed over 30 autonomous drifting platforms on sea ice and is highly experienced in the interpretation of data from these platforms. He has developed a high resolution oil spill model that can predict the movement of oil under sea ice.

Jeremy has substantial experience in large internationally funded multidisciplinary programmes such as ESOP-1, ESOP-2, CONVECTION, SITHOS and DAMOCLES.  Jeremy publishes widely in high impact journals. He is presently coordinator or co-PI on a number of UK (INUIT and ICEBELL), EU (ACCESS) and ESF (SATICE) programmes.

Jeremy is Head of the Sea Ice Group.

At the Scottish Marine Institute Jeremy is a member of the ...

 

Education / career

Projects

Current research projects

 

Also 

European Space Agency (ESA) Cryosat-2 A0 programme

This four partner programme aims to calibrate the Cryosat-2 returns through collaboration with the SATICE programme. Through this AO we are entitled to Cryosat-2 and Envisat data free of charge. More...

Past projects

Past projects (last 3 years)

National funded programmes

  • Co-PI on the UK NERC Cryosat validation programme (end: 2009). This programme is designed to calibrate and validate the returns from the European Space Agency’s satellite radar altimeter, Cryosat.
  • Co-PI on the UK NERC funded Oceans 2025 programme (end 2012). This programme aims to predict what the world’s ocean will be like in 2025. My role focuses on the Arctic Ocean, in particular the sea ice.

 

European funded research programmes

  • Partner on the EU DAMOCLES programme (Developing Arctic Modelling and Observing Capabilities for long-term Environmental Studies, end 2009). The aim of DAMOCLES, 47 EU partners, was to observe, understand and quantify climate changes in the Arctic and the impacts this might have on the environment and on human activities.
  • Co-ordinator of the EU FP 6 Integrated Infrastructure Initiative HYDRALAB III project RECARO (Understanding the impact of a REduced ice Cover in the ARctic Ocean end 2009). This programme, 20 partners from 10 European countries, Japan and USA, aimed to quantify the changes to the Arctic Ocean due to a reducing ice cover.

 

European Space Agency funded programmes

  • Lead partner European Space Agency (ESA) International Polar Year (IPY) programme. Has fundamental change occurred in the Northeast Water Polynya (NEW)? This programme involved five EU partners (end: 2009).

 

Internationally Funded programmes

  • Co-ordinator International Space Science Institute international workshop programme (Switzerland). Full funding (including T&S for all participants) for two international workshops per year during the IPY years (end: 2009). 

 

Publications

Selected recent publications

Scientific Papers: Main author

  • Wilkinson, J. P., P. Gudmandsen, S. Hanson, R. Saldo, and R. M. Samelson (2009), Hans Island: Meteorological Data From an International Borderline, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(22), doi:10.1029/2009EO220002.
  • Wilkinson, J.P.+15 others (2009), Ice tank experiments highlight changes in sea ice types, Eos Trans. AGU, 90(10), doi:10.1029/2009EO100002. (Featured Nature)
  • Wilkinson J.P. and P. Wadhams (2008). Modelling the flow of oil under sea ice: A role for the AUV. The IEEE/OES AUV 2008 Conference on Polar AUVs, October 13-14, 2008, Woods Hole Ma , USA
  • Wilkinson, J. P., P. Wadhams, and N. E. Hughes (2007), Modelling the spread of oil under fast sea ice using three-dimensional multibeam sonar data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L22506, doi:10.1029/2007GL031754. (Feature article published in the popular scientific journal New Scientist. Date: 14/12/07, Issue No:2634)
  • Wilkinson J. P., P.M.Wadke, D. Meldrum, D. Mercer, M. Doble and P. Wadhams (2007). The autonomous measurement of waves propagating across the Arctic Ocean. MTS-IEEE Oceans 2007, Vancouver, Canada.
  • Wilkinson J.P, P. Wadhams and N.E. Hughes (2007). A new technique to determine the spread of oil spill under fast ice. 19th International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering Under Arctic Conditions. Dalian, China.
  • Wilkinson, J. P. (2006), Ice dynamics in the central Greenland Sea, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, C12022, doi:10.1029/2006JC003639.
  • Wilkinson, J.P. and P. Wadhams (2005). A method of detecting change in the ice conditions of the central Greenland Sea by the whelping locations of harp seals. Journal of Climate: Vol. 18, No. 8. 

 

Scientific Papers: Co-author
  • Dowdeswell, J.A.., Wilkinson, J.P. + 22 others. (2008) Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and investigations of the ice-ocean interface: deploying the Autosub AUV in Antarctic and Arctic waters. Journal of Glaciology, 54, (187), 661-672. (doi:10.3189/002214308786570773)
  • Gascard, J.-C.,Wilkinson. J and 24 others (2008). Exploring Arctic transpolar drift during dramatic sea ice retreat. EOS, 89 (15 Jan. 2008), p. 21-22
  • P. Wadhams, M Doble and J Wilkinson (2008). Three-dimensional mapping of the sea ice underside from AUVs and applications to the offshore industry, Proceedings of ICETECH 2008 , Alberta (Soc. of Naval Arch and Mar Eng).
  • Sayer, M.D.J., Fraser, K.P.P., Shimmield, T.M. and Wilkinson, J.P. (2007). Under ice diving operations carried out by UK organisations in support of scientific research. In, Scientific diving under ice: proceedings of an international diving under ice workshop (Lang, M.A. and Sayer, M.D.J., eds.). Smithsonian Institution: Washington.
  • P. Wadhams , J.P. Wilkinson, S. D. McPhail. (2006) A New View Of The Underside Of Arctic Sea Ice. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L04501, doi:10.1029/2005GL025131.
  • K.W. Nicholls, J.P. Wilkinson and 19 others. (2006) Measurements from beneath an Antarctic ice shelf using an autonomous underwater vehicle. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L08612, doi:10.1029/2006GL025998. 

 

Book Chapters: Main author
  • Wilkinson J.P., N.E. Hughes and P. Wadhams (2007): Advances in sonar technology for the imaging of the underside of sea ice. In Artic Sea Ice Thickness: Past, Present and Future. Climate Change and Natural Hazards series 10, P30-45 Directorate-General for Research, Belgium 296pp. ISBN.92-79-02803-EPS
  • Wilkinson J.P (2007). Future campaigns and missions. In AUV Technology for Polar Science. Society for Underwater Technology. London, UK. 146 pp. ISBN 0 906940 48 6.
    Book Chapters Co: author
  • P. Wadhams and Wilkinson J.P., (2008): Measuring the thickness of sea ice. In AUV Science

 

For a full list of Jeremy Wilkinson's publications, please use the search box on the right.
 
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Dr Jeremy Wilkinson SAMS

Dr Jeremy Wilkinson

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