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Professor Andrew Willmott

Professor of Physical Oceanography

  • Email: andrew.willmott@ncl.ac.uk
  • Address: School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics
    Herschel Building,
    缅北禁地
    缅北禁地 Upon Tyne
    NE1 7RU
    United Kingdon
Background
I am Professor of Physical Oceanography based in the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics. From 1 August 2020, I work 2 days per week. 
Research

My research interests are:

  1. Dynamics of polar oceans
  2. Vorticity wave dynamics in the ocean
  3. Large-scale ocean circulation theories
  4. Modelling plastic trajectories in the ocean

Publications
  • Gavilan Pascual-Ahuir E, Willmott AJ, Morales Maqueda M, Luneva M. . Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 2020, 125(3), e2019JC015571.
  • Bassom AP, Willmott AJ. . Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology & Oceanography 2019, 71(1), 1-7.
  • de Boer AM, Gavilan Pascual-Ahuir E, Stevens DP, Chafik L, Hutchinson DK, Zhang Q, Sime LC, Willmott AJ. . Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 2018, 123(12), 8714-8729.
  • Willmott AJ, Pascual-Ahuir EG. . Journal of Physical Oceanography 2017, 47(6), 1433-1440.
  • Willmott AJ. . Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 2015, 109(3), 205-206.
  • Willmott AJ, Luneva MV. . Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 2015, 109(3), 216-233.
  • Morales Maqueda MA, Willmott AJ, Walkington IA. . Journal of Fluid Mechanics 2014, 746, 236-272.
  • Morales Maqueda MA, Willmott AJ. Shelf sea circulation at high latitudes. In: C.N.K. Mooers, P. Craig and N. Huang, ed. Coupled coastal wind, wave and current dynamics. Cambridge University Press, 2013. In Press.
  • Luneva M, Willmott AJ, Morales Maqueda MA. . Atmosphere-Ocean 2012, 50(2), 134-155.
  • Postlethwaite CF, Morales Maqueda MA, le Fouest V, Tattersall GR, Holt J, Willmott AJ. . Ocean Science 2011, 7, 203-217.
  • Willmott AJ, Cushman-Roisin B. Barotropic instability of coastal flows as a boundary-value problem: linear and non-linear theory. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 2009, 103(4), 279-292.
  • Davies AM, Xing J, Willmott AJ. Influence of open boundary conditions and sill height upon seiche motion in a gulf. Ocean Dynamics 2009, 59(6), 863-879.
  • Walkington IA, Morales Maqueda MA, Willmott AJ. A robust and computationally efficient model of a two-dimensional coastal polynya. Ocean Modelling 2007, 17(2), 140-152.
  • Holland D, Morales Maqueda MA, Willmott AJ. Polynya Modelling. In: W. O. Smith and D. G. Barber, ed. Polynyas: Windows to the World. Oxford: Elsevier Science Ltd, 2007, pp.87-122.
  • Walkington IA, Willmott AJ. A coupled coastal polynya-atmospheric boundary layer model. Journal of Physical Oceanography 2006, 36(5), 897-913.
  • Owen G, Willmott AJ, Abrahams ID. Scattering of barotropic Rossby waves by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 2006, 111(C12), C12024.
  • Cushman-Roisin B, Willmott AJ, Biggs NRT. Influence of stratification on decaying surface seiche modes. Continental Shelf Research 2005, 25(2), 227-242.
  • Owen GW, Willmott AJ, Abrahams ID, Mansley H. The scattering of Rossby waves from finite abrupt topography. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 2005, 99(3), 219-239.
  • Willmott AJ. Waves in the Ocean and the Atmosphere by J. Pedlosky [Book review]. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 2005, 99(4), 349-351.
  • Biggs NRT, Austin LMC, Willmott AJ. A model for the closure of a two-dimensional coastal latent heat polynya. Ocean Modelling 2004, 7(1-2), 211-226.
  • Morales Maqueda MA, Willmott AJ, Biggs NRT. Polynya dynamics: A review of observations and modeling. Reviews of Geophysics 2004, 42(1), RG1004.
  • Willmott AJ. The Climate of the Arctic by R. Pryzybylak [Book review]. The Holocene 2004, 14(5), 798-799.
  • Walkington IA, Willmott AJ. The effect of topography on the steady-state wind and buoyancy-driven Subtropical Gyre. Journal of Marine Research 2004, 62(3), 373-418.
  • Biggs NRT, Willmott AJ. Unsteady polynya flux model solutions incorporating a parameterization for the collection thickness of consolidated new ice. Ocean Modelling 2004, 7(3-4), 343-361.
  • Tear S, Willmott AJ, Biggs NRT, Morales Maqueda MA. One-dimensional models for the closure of a coastal latent heat polynya. Journal of Physical Oceanography 2003, 33(2), 329-342.
  • Owen GW, Abrahams ID, Willmott AJ, Hughes CA. On the scattering of baroclinic Rossby waves by a ridge in a continuously stratified ocean. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 2002, 465, 131-155.
  • Scott RB, Willmott AJ. Steady-state frictional geostrophic circulation in a one-layer ocean model with thermodynamics. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans 2002, 35(4), 389-419.
  • Abrahams ID, Owen GW, Willmott AJ. The scattering of Rossby waves by ocean ridges. In: Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Diffraction and Scattering in Fluid Mechanics and Elasticity. 2002, Manchester, UK: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  • Biggs NRT, Willmott AJ. A steady-state coupled ocean-polynya flux model of the North Water, Baffin Bay. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 2001, 95(1-2), 1-29.
  • Bjornsson H, Willmott AJ, Mysak LA, Morales Maqueda MA. Polynyas in a high-resolution dynamicthermodynamic sea ice model and their parameterization using flux models. Tellus Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 2001, 53A(2), 245-265.
  • Hines A, Willmott AJ. Solution of the linear thermocline equations driven by wind stress and thermohaline forcing. Atmosphere-Ocean 2001, 39(1), 23-34.
  • Morales Maqueda MA, Willmott AJ. A two-dimensional time-dependent model of a wind-driven coastal polynya: application to the St. Lawrence Island Polynya. Journal of Physical Oceanography 2000, 30, 1281-1304.
  • Biggs NRT, Morales Maqueda MA, Willmott AJ. Polynya flux model solutions incorporating a parameterization for the collection thickness of consolidated new ice. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 2000, 408, 179-204.
  • Morales Maqueda MA, Willmott AJ, DarbY MS. A numerical model for interdecadal variability of sea ice cover in the Greenland-Iceland-Norwegian Sea. Climate Dynamics 1999, 15(2), 89-113.
  • Morales Maqueda MA, Willmott AJ, Bamber JL, Darby MS. An investigation of the small ice cap instabilty in the Southern Hemisphere with a coupled atmosphere-sea ice-ocean-terrestrial ice model. Climate Dynamics 1998, 14(5), 329-352.
  • Grimshaw RHJ, Willmott AJ, Killworth PD. Energetics of linear geostrophic adjustment in stratified rotating fluids. Journal of Marine Research 1998, 56(6), 1203-1224.
  • Edwards NR, Willmott AJ, Killworth PD. On the role of topography and wind stress on the stability of the thermohaline circulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography 1998, 28(5), 756-778.
  • Willmott AJ, Morales Maqueda MA, Darby MS. A model for the influence of wind and oceanic currents on the size of a steady-state latent heat coastal polynya. Journal of Physical Oceanography 1997, 27(10), 2256-2275.
  • Willmott AJ, Collings IL. A steady state two-dimensional model for the maintenance of shelf break fronts. Continental Shelf Research 1997, 17(9), 1119-1139.
  • Hines A, Willmott AJ. Unsteady abyssal circulation driven by a discrete buoyancy source in a continuously stratified ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography 1997, 27(7), 1349-1370.
  • Willmott AJ, Edwards NR, Killworth PD. Abyssal circulation in a circumpolar basin driven by discrete sources of buoyancy. Journal of Physical Oceanography 1996, 26(1), 49-64.
  • Willmott AJ, Grimshaw RHJ. A simple model for unsteady buoyancy-driven abyssal circulation. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 1995, 81(3-4), 131-158.
  • Willmott AJ, Johnson ER. On geostrophic adjustment of a two-layer, uniformly rotating fluid in the presence of a step escarpment. Journal of Marine Research 1995, 53(1), 49-77.
  • Darby MS, Willmott AJ. Vacillating ocean gyres: an instability mechanism in a thermodynamic reduced gravity ocean model. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 1995, 80(1-2), 25-56.
  • Darby MS, Willmott AJ, Mysak LA. A nonlinear steady-state model of the North Water Polynya, Baffin Bay. Journal of Physical Oceanography 1994, 24(5), 1011-1020.
  • Willmott AJ, Thomson RE. Forced shelf wave dynamics for a discontinuous shelf width: application to Vancouver Island. Journal of Physical Oceanography 1994, 24(6), 1347-1367.
  • Darby MS, Willmott AJ, Somerville TA. On the influence of coastline orientation on the steady state width of a latent heat polynya. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 1994, 100(C7), 13625-13633.
  • Willmott AJ, Collings IL. Steady, frictionally modified wind and current forced shelf circulation: application to Vancouver Island. Continental Shelf Research 1994, 14(13-14), 1601-1620.
  • Darby MS, Willmott AJ. A simple time-dependent coupled ice-ocean model with application to the Greenland-Norwegian Sea. Tellus Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 1993, 45A(3), 221-246.
  • Willmott AJ. Nonlinear Topics in Ocean Physics, A.R. Osborne (ed.) [Book review]. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 1993, 69(1-4), 257-263.
  • Darby MS, Willmott AJ. Rossby wave propagation in an ocean with variable mixed layer depth. In: S.D. Mobbs, J.C. King, ed. Waves and Turbulence in Stably Stratified Flows. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993, pp.275-300.
  • Wright DG, Willmott AJ. Buoyancy-driven abyssal circulation in a circumpolar basin. Journal of Physical Oceanography 1992, 22(2), 139-154.
  • Willmott AJ, Murphy DG. On steady, frictional, wind-driven ocean circulation with topography in a circumpolar basin. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 1992, 66(1-4), 87-100.
  • Willmott AJ, Grimshaw RHJ. Reply to comments on "The evolution of a coastal current over the wedge shaped escarpment". Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 1992, 65(1), 251-253.
  • Wallace HM, Willmott AJ. A three-layer model of ocean fronts. Tellus Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 1991, 43A(3), 235-245.
  • The FRAM Group. An eddy-resolving model of the Southern Ocean. EOS Transactions 1991, 72(15), 169-184.
  • Wallace HM, Willmott AJ. Coastal-trapped waves in elliptical lakes and around elliptical islands. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 1991, 56(1-4), 81-114.
  • Murphy DG, Willmott AJ. Rossby wave scattering by a meridional line barrier in an infinitely long zonal channel. Journal of Physical Oceanography 1991, 21(5), 621-634.
  • Willmott AJ, Grimshaw RHJ. The evolution of coastal currents over a wedge-shaped escarpment. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 1991, 57, 19-48.
  • Willmott AJ, Darby MS. Nonlinear Rossby waves in a thermodynamic reduced gravity ocean. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 1990, 54(3-4), 189-227.
  • Darby MS, Willmott AJ. On Rossby wave propagation in a meridionally stratified channel. Pure and Applied Geophysics 1990, 133(4), 691-712.
  • Darby MS, Willmott AJ. On the generation and propagation of Rossby waves in an ocean with a zonally shoaling mixed layer. Journal of Marine Research 1990, 48(2), 287-317.
  • Willmott AJ, Mysak LA. A simple steady-state coupled ice-ocean model, with application to the Greenland-Norwegian Sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography 1989, 19(4), 501-518.
  • Willmott AJ, Johnson ER. Topographic waves in a rotating stratified basin. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 1989, 45(1-2), 71-87.
  • Willmott AJ. Comments on "Wind-forced continental shelf waves from a geographical origin". Continental Shelf Research 1988, 8(1), 107-110.
  • Wood RG, Willmott AJ. The generation of baroclinic Rossby waves by stationary and translating currents part 1. Stationary current forcing. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 1988, 41, 287-311.
  • Wood RG, Willmott AJ. The generation of baroclinic Rossby waves by stationary and translating currents. Part 2. Translating current forcing. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 1988, 42(3-4), 247-268.
  • Willmott AJ, Edwards PD. A numerical model for the generation of tidally forced nonlinear internal waves over topography. Continental Shelf Research 1987, 7(5), 457-484.
  • Willmott AJ. . Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers 1985, 32(5), 613-617.
  • Willmott AJ. The generation of baroclinic Rossby waves by meridional oscillations of a zonal wind stress. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 1985, 34(1-4), 39-63.
  • Willmott AJ. Forced double Kelvin waves in a stratified ocean. Journal of Marine Research 1984, 42(2), 319-358.
  • Willmott AJ, Bird AA. Freely propagating trench waves on a beta-plane. Journal of Physical Oceanography 1983, 13(9), 1659-1668.
  • Willmott AJ. The influence of a coastal headland on oceanic boundary currents. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 1983, 23(4), 273-299.
  • Johnson JA, Willmott AJ. An unsteady wind-driven ocean circulation model. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans 1981, 6(1), 1-27.
  • Mysak LA, Willmott AJ. Forced trench waves. Journal of Physical Oceanography 1981, 11(11), 1481-1502.
  • Willmott AJ. The spin down of a stratified ocean. Deep Sea Research Part A: Oceanographic Research Papers 1981, 28(3), 239-250.
  • Willmott AJ, Mysak LA. Atmospherically forced eddies in the Northeast Pacific. Journal of Physical Oceanography 1980, 10(11), 1769-1791.
  • Willmott AJ, Johnson JA. The effects of horizontal momentum exchange on the spin-up of a stratified ocean. Deep Sea Research Part A: Oceanographic Research Papers 1979, 26(11), 1247-1265.