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Dr Phil Hosegood - (Lecturer in Physical Oceanography)

School of Marine Science and Engineering (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Address: A519, Portland Square, Drake Circus,
Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
Telephone: +441752584729
Facsimile: +44 (0)1752 232406
Email: phil.hosegood@plymouth.ac.uk

Role

Lecturer in Physical Oceanography
Member of the Marine Physics Research Group

Qualifications & background

2005 – 2007: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington. My research, conducted in cooperation with Prof. Mike Gregg and Prof. Matthew Alford, seeks to understand the respective roles played by mixing and restratification in the surface mixed layer in the north-eastern Pacific Ocean, particularly at sub-mesoscales. This is achieved by the analysis of an extensive dataset obtained through the use of the Shallow Water Mapping System (SWIMS), microstructure profilers (MMP) and acoustic Doppler current profilers.
2000 – 2004: Ph.D (cum laude) Physical Oceanography, Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ), Netherlands. The study was conducted within the multidisciplinary project Processes over the Continental Slope (PROCS) and investigated, through the analysis of data obtained from a combination of moored and ship-based instruments, short-term mixing processes over the continental slope in the Faeroe-Shetland Channel. The work was conducted under the supervision of Dr. Hans van Haren. The thesis, entitled ‘Observations of the impact of flow-topography interactions on mixing processes within a confined basin: the Faeroe-Shetland Channel’, may be viewed on-line at:

http://igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/dissertations/2005-0614-200024/index.htm
1998 – 1999: M.Sc Applied Marine Science, Plymouth University, UK. A dissertation entitled ‘Mesoscale Variability on the Continental Slope in the Faeroe-Shetland Channel’ was completed under the supervision of Professor David Huntley and in which the dynamics of the study region were considered using several year-long data sets.
1994 – 1997: B.Sc Geography, Southampton University, UK.

Professional membership

Member of American Geophysical Union

Teaching interests

Physical Oceanography (Lecturer on Global Ocean core module, BSc Ocean Science)
Internal mixing processes
Internal wave dynamics
Observational techniques

Research interests

My principal research interests are the understanding, primarily through the analysis of observations, of small-scale mixing processes and their impact on circulation at sub-mesoscale to mesoscales and, at smaller scales near topography, on sediment transport. My previous work focused on the role played by dynamic processes occurring at sloping boundaries, particularly internal waves, in enhancing diapycnal mixing. As a part of a multidisciplinary team I also studied how such processes further influence the distribution and transport of sediment and the structure of the near-bed benthic biological community. My current research extends my study of mixing away from regions of sloping topography to the air-sea interface, where the competing influences of mixing and restratification, particularly those due to horizontal rather than vertical processes, are of substantial importance to the interaction between the atmosphere and the ocean. With the creation of the WaveHub off the coast of Cornwall, the effects of surface wave attenuation on surface mixed layer restratification due to wave energy extraction will be studied.

UoP Research group membership

Centre for Coastal and Ocean Science and Engineering (CCOSE)
Marine Physics Research Group

Grants & contracts

2013 - 2016: Surface Mixed Layer Evolution at Submesoscales (SMILES), Natural Environment Research Council, £1.2 million (£470,000 to Plymouth University as lead institute), PI.
2011 - 2015: Fluxes Across Sloping Topography of the North East Atlantic (FASTNeT), Natural Environment Research Council, £3.6 million (£600,000 to Plymouth University), WP2 leader. See http://www.smi.ac.uk/fastnet for project website.
2011 - 2014: Assessing the sensitivity of marginally stratified shelf seas within a changing climate, Natural Environment Research Council, (£100,000), PI
2011 - 2014: Marine Energy in Far Peripheral and Island Communities (MERiFIC), ERDF INTERREG IVa, €4.5 million (€600,000 to Plymouth), Co-I
2011 - 2014: Streamlining of Wave Farm Impact Assessment (SOWFIA), EU Intelligent Energy, (€400,000 to Plymouth University), Co-I
2010 - 2011: Wave Hub baseline study, Natural Environment Research Council, £190,000,(£41,000 to Plymouth University), Co-PI
2011: Marine Institute Travel Grant, £1,000
2011 - 2012: Top predator distribution and behaviour at shelf sea fronts, Marine Institute, £5,000, Co-I
2009 - 2012: Marine e-Data Observatories Network - MeDON, ERDF INTERREG IV, €1.4 million, (€9,244 to Plymouth University), Co-PI
2008: Dynamic Response to Energy Extraction and Mixing (DREEM), South West Regional Development Agency, £184,000, PI

Publications

Refereed Publications

Vsemirnova, E. A., R. W. Hobbs and P. J. Hosegood, 2012. Mapping turbidity layers using seismic oceanography methods. Ocean Science, 8, 11-18, doi:10.5194/os-8-11-2012.

Witt M. J, E. V. Sheehan, S. Bearhop, A. C. Broderick, D. C. Conley, S. P. Cotterell, E. Crow, W. J. Grecian, C. Halsband-Lenk, D. J. Hodgson, P. J. Hosegood, R. Inger, P. I. Miller, D. W. Sims, R. C. Thompson, K. Vanstaen, S. C. Votier, M. J. Attrill & B. J. Godley, 2011. Assessing wave energy effects on biodiversity: the Wave Hub experience. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, A. In press.

D. Greaves, G. Smith, M. Attrill, M. Belmont, A. Chadwick, D. Conley, A. Eccleston, B. Godley, N. Harrington, C. Lai Hor, P. Hosegood, L. Johanning, D. Millar, S. Pan, D. Reeve, J. Williams, J. Wolfram, J. Xu, A. Zobaa, Q. Zou, 2009. Development of Marine Renewable Energy – research, design, installation. ICE Maritime Engineering Journal Special Issue, Offshore Renewable Energy, 162, 187-196.

Hosegood, P. J., M. C. Gregg, and M. H. Alford, 2008. Restratification of the surface mixed layer with submesoscale lateral density gradients: Diagnosing the importance of the horizontal dimension. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 38, 2438-2460.

Hosegood, P. J., M. C. Gregg, and M. H. Alford, 2006. Sub-mesoscale lateral density structure in the oceanic surface mixed layer. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L22604, doi:10.1029/2006GL026797.

Hosegood, P. J. and H. van Haren, 2006. Subinertial modulation of semi-diurnal currents over the continental slope in the Faeroe-Shetland Channel. Deep-Sea Research I, 53, 627-655.

Bonnin, J., H. van Haren, P. J. Hosegood and G-J. Brummer, 2006. Variability in resuspension at the foot of the continental slope of the Rockall Channel. Marine Geology, 226, 167-184.

Hosegood, P. J., H. van Haren and C. Veth, 2005. Mixing within the interior of the Faeroe-Shetland Channel. Journal of Marine Research, 63, 529-561.

Hosegood, P. J., J. Bonnin and H. van Haren, 2004. Solibore-induced sediment resuspension in the Faeroe-Shetland Channel. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L09301, doi:10.1029/2004GL019544.

Hosegood, P. J. and H. van Haren, 2004. Near-bed solibores over the continental slope in the Faeroe-Shetland Channel. Deep-Sea Research, II, 51, 2943-2971.

Hosegood, P. J. and H. van Haren, 2003. Ekman-induced turbulence over the continental slope in the Faeroe-Shetland Channel as inferred from spikes in current meter observations. Deep-Sea Research, I, 50, 657 – 680.

Reports

Sherwin, T. and P. Hosegood (2010). A review of the spatial and seasonal distribution of velocity in the Faroe-Shetland Channel, SAMS Internal Report 268, Scottish Marine Institute, Oban, pp.80.

Other academic activities

Invited reviewer: Deep-Sea Research, Journal of Physical Oceanography;

Reviewer of National Science Foundation (NSF) grant proposals.