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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

Refraction of near-inertial waves by submesoscale vorticity filaments
JP Hilditch, JR Taylor, LN Thomas
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2025)
1020,
a9
Correlation between fluid deformation and density distortions in stably stratified shear layers
X Jiang, A Atoufi, L Zhu, JR Taylor, SB Dalziel, PF Linden
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2025)
1016,
a62
Reconciling layering mechanisms in double-diffusive and single-diffusive fluids
L Middleton, JM Brown, JR Taylor
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2025)
1019,
r1
Three-layer stratified exchange flows: hydraulically controlled transition to turbulence
A Atoufi, L Zhu, A Lefauve, JR Taylor, RR Kerswell, SB Dalziel, GA Lawrence, PF Linden
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2025)
1016,
a69
Onset of turbulence and layering in stratified columnar Taylor–Green vortices
J Guo, JR Taylor, Q Zhou
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2025)
1016,
a44
Basal Melt Rate Variability and Tidal Current Vertical Structure From Observations Beneath Ronne Ice Shelf, Antarctica
J Anselin, KW Nicholls, PR Holland, JR Taylor, S Østerhus, K Makinson
– Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
(2025)
130,
e2025JC022524
Meeting climate goals through mitigation and intervention: developments in emissions reduction, greenhouse gas removal, and solar radiation modification
D McGrath, H Hunt, JR Taylor, S Fitzgerald
– Global Sustainability
(2025)
8,
e20
Layer formation in double-diffusive convection diagnosed in sorted buoyancy coordinates
P Pružina, Q Zhou, L Middleton, JR Taylor
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2025)
1009,
r3
Internal waves generated by a plume impinging on a stratified fluid
CW Powell, BR Sutherland, PH Haynes, JR Taylor
– Journal of Fluid Mechanics
(2025)
1006,
r2
Moisture transport by convective overshoots in the tropical tropopause layer
CW Powell, PH Haynes, AD Ming, JR Taylor
– Weather
(2025)
80,
206
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Research Group

Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics

Room

H1.14

Telephone

01223 337030