Emma Heslop, from the Glider Facility at SOCIB, has been awarded her Doctoral Thesis at the University of Southampton
Emma Heslop, from the Glider Facility at SOCIB, has been awarded her Doctoral Thesis at the University of Southampton. The thesis is entitled “Unravelling high frequency and sub-seasonal variability at key ocean circulation 'choke' points: a case study from glider monitoring in the western Mediterranean sea”, and provides insight into use of gliders as part of a multi-platform ocean observation strategy and is part of a quiet revolution. Restricted ‘choke’ points between our ocean basins are critical locations to monitor water transport variability, as they constrain the inter-basin exchange of heat, salt and nutrients. The long term monitoring of such locations is part of what she calls ‘the quiet revolution’ that is taking place in ocean observations, where new multi-platform ocean observatories are filing significant gaps in our knowledge of ocean state and ocean variability through careful, long term monitoring and analysis.
