Dr Tim Boyd

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Principal Investigator in Polar Physical Oceanography

Internal tides and waves: their generation, variability, and relationship to turbulent mixing in the ocean
Polar oceanography: the physical processes that result in variability in the heat and salt content of the upper layers of the Arctic Ocean
Adapting and using novel technologies such as profiling drifters, autonomous underwater vehicles, and moored instrumentation to study these processes

At the Scottish Marine Institute I am a member of the...

Career / education

2007-present	Senior Lecturer in Polar Oceanography, SAMS
1995-2007	Research Associate, College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, USA
1993-1995	Postdoctoral Research Associate, College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
1989-1993	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, USA
1989	PhD, Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
1980	BA, Physics, Carleton College

Research

Research activities

SCICEX
COAST
HOME
AUV observations of mixing in the coastal ocean off Oregon
OrCOOS

Publications

Selected publications

Wijesekera, H. W., W. Scott Pegau, and T. J. Boyd (2010) Focusing of Sunlight Generates Hot Spots beneath the Ocean Surface. Optics Express, under review
Boyd, T., M. Inall, E. Dumont, and C. Griffiths (2010) AUV observations of mixing in the tidal outflow from a Scottish sea loch. IEEE Conference Proceedings, in press
SCICEX Science Advisory Committee (2010), SCICEX Phase II Science Plan, Part I: Technical Guidance for Planning Science Accommodation Missions, US Arctic Research Commission, Arlington, VA, 76 pp
Carter, G. S., M. A. Merrifield, J. M. Becker, K. Katsumata, M. C. Gregg, D. S. Luther, M. D. Levine, T. J. Boyd, and Y. L. Firing (2008) Energetics of M2 Barotropic-to-Baroclinic Tidal Conversion at the Hawaiian Islands. J. Phys. Ocean., 38, 2205-2223
Levine, M. D., and T. J. Boyd (2006) Tidally-forced internal Waves and Overturns Observed on a Slope: Results from the HOME Survey Component, J. Phys. Ocean., 36, 1184-1201
Wijsekera, H. W., W. S. Pegau, and T. J. Boyd (2005) The effect of surface waves on the irradiance distribution in the upper ocean, Optics Express, 13, 23, 9257-9264
Bane, J. M., M. D. Levine, R. M. Samelson, S. M. Haines, M. F. Meaux, N. Perlin, P. M. Kosro, and T. Boyd (2005) Atmospheric forcing of the Oregon coastal ocean during the 2001 upwelling season, J. Geophys. Res., 110, C10S02, 10.1029/2004JC002653
Rudnick, D. L., T. J. Boyd, R. E. Brainard, G. S. Carter, G. D. Egbert, M. C. Gregg, P. E. Holloway, J. M. Klymak, E. Kunze, C. M. Lee, M. D. Levine, D. S. Luther, J. P. Martin, M. A. Merrifield, J. N. Moum, J. D. Nash, R. Pinkel, L. Rainville, and T. S. Sanford (2003) From tides to mixing along the Hawaiian Ridge, Science, 301, 355-357