Dr. Jonathan Sharples, School of Ocean and Earth Science

Dr. Jonathan Sharples

Research and Teaching Page

email: j.sharples@soc.soton.ac.uk tel. +44 (0)23 8059 6490 fax. +44 (0)23 8059 3059
Room. SOC 564/17
Contents: Current research - Teaching - Publications
Background 
1981-1983 International Baccalaureate, Atlantic College, UK.
1984-1987 B.Sc. (hons) Physics with Astrophysics, University of Birmingham.
1987-1988 M.Sc. Physical Oceanography, University of Wales Bangor.
1988-1992 Ph.D. Physical Oceanography, University of Wales Bangor.
1992-1993 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Wales Bangor.
1993-1996 Researcher, New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand.
1996-1999 Research/Teaching Fellow, Southampton University Department of Oceanography.
January 1999 appointed lecturer, Southampton University School of Ocean and Earth Science.
Current Research
Cross-shelf transfers across the northeast shelf of New Zealand.
Internal tide mixing and nitrate fluxes at the NE New Zealand shelf edge.
The Effect of Physical Variability on Primary Production in shelf seas.
Modelling phytoplankton responses to vertical physical structure in shelf seas (PHYTO_1D).
NEW: There is now an updated, windows version of PHYTO_1D here.
Turbulent mixing and transport in estuaries.
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Teaching

Director: MSc Oceanography Course.

Co-ordinator/Lecturer: Shelf sea and shelf edge dynamics (OA311)

Joint co-ordinator of the Masters unit Coastal and Shelf Oceanography (OA419)

Contributions to:

Oceanography and Marine resources (OA114)
Undergraduate fieldcourse (OA328)

Publications:
Simpson, J.H., J.Sharples. 1991. Dynamically active models in the prediction of estuarine stratification. In: Dynamics and Exchanges in Estuaries and the Coastal Zone; ed. D.Prandle. Coastal and Estuarine Studies (vol. 40). A.G.U.. 101-113
Simpson, J.H., J.Sharples, T.P.Rippeth. 1991. A prescriptive model of stratification induced by freshwater run-off. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 33, 23-35.
Sharples, J. and J.H.Simpson. 1993. Periodic frontogenesis in regions of freshwater influence. Estuaries 16(1), 74-82.
Sharples, J., J.H.Simpson, and J.M.Brubaker. 1994; Observations and modelling of periodic stratification in the Upper York River estuary, Virginia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 38, 301-312.
Sharples, J. and P.Tett. 1994. Modelling observations of the seasonal cycle of primary productivity: the importance of short-term physical variability. Journal of Marine Research 52, 219-238.
Simpson, J.H. and J.Sharples. 1994. Does the earth's rotation influence the position of the shelf sea fronts? Journal of Geophysical Research 99 C2, 3315-3319.
Sharples, J. and J.H.Simpson. 1995. Semi-diurnal and longer period stability cycles in the Liverpool Bay region of freshwater influence. Continental Shelf Research 15(2/3), 295-313.
Hadfield, M.G., and J.Sharples. 1996. Modelling mixed layer depth and plankton biomass off the west coast of South Island, New Zealand. Journal of Marine Systems 8(1-2), 1-29.
Sharples, J. and J.H.Simpson. 1996. The influence of the springs-neaps cycle on the position of shelf sea fronts. In: Buoyancy Effects on Coastal Dynamics, D.G.Aubrey & C.T.Friedrichs (Eds). Coastal and Estuarine Studies (vol. 53) AGU, 71-82.
Sharples, J.. 1997. Cross-shelf intrusion of subtropical water into the coastal zone of Northeast New Zealand. Continental Shelf Research, 17(7), 835-857.
Wright, P. N., D. J. Hydes, M. L. Lauria, J. Sharples, & D. A. Purdie. 1997. Data buoy measurements of phytoplankton dynamics in Southampton Water, UK, a temperate latitude estuary with high nutrient inputs. Deutsche Hydrographische Zeitschrift, 49(2/3), 203-211.
Sharples, J. 1998. Physical processes on the New Zealand shelf, and the rest of the world's islands. In: The Sea, eds. A.R. Robinson & K.H. Brink, vol. 11. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 965-996.
Sharples, J., & M.J.N.Greig. 1998. Tidal currents, mean flows, and upwelling on the northeast shelf of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 32(2), 215-231.
Chang, F. H., J. Sharples, J. M. Grieve, M. M iles, & D. G. Till. 1998. Distribution of Gymnodinium cf. breve and shellfish toxicity from 1993 to 1995 in Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. In: Harmful Algae; Reguera, B., Blanco, J., Fernández, M. L., & Wyatt, T., (Eds). IOC UNESCO, 139-142.
Lauria, M.L., D.A. Purdie, & J. Sharples. 1999. Contrasting phytoplankton distributions controlled by tidal turbulence in an estuary. Journal of Marine Systems, 21(1-4) 189-197.
Sharples, J.. 1999. Investigating the seasonal vertical structure of phytoplankton in shelf seas. Marine Models Online, 1, 3-38.
Sharples, J., C. M. Moore, T. P. Rippeth, P. M. Holligan, D. J. Hydes, N. R. Fisher, & J. H. Simpson. 2001. Phytoplankton distribution and survival in the thermocline.Limnology and Oceanography, 46(3), 486-496.
Sharples, J., Moore, C.M., and Abraham, E.R.. 2001. Internal tide dissipation, mixing, and vertical nitrate flux at the shelf edge of NE New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106 (C7), 14,069-14,081.

Email: j.sharples@soc.soton.ac.uk
Author: Jonathan Sharples. Last updated 21st September 2001.