- Room 3rd Floor, Marine Building, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
- oliver.billson@plymouth.ac.uk
Profiles
Mr Oliver Billson
Teaching and Support Assistant
School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Biography
Biography
PhD Researcher (Coastal Processes Research Group)
In collaboration with The University of Liverpool
Qualifications
BSc Ocean Science (2012-2015) University of Plymouth
MSc Applied Marine Science (2015/16) University of Plymouth
Research
Research
Research interests
The role of infragravity waves in coastal change
Nearshore field data collection, under high energy conditions
Other research
Potential of recreational water users for the collection of oceanographic data
Data collection on Smart Fin Project: https://smartfin.org/
Grants & contracts
Travel Grants
13th Graduate Climate Conference - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, November 2019 (Fully funded by conference organisers)
International Conference on Coastal Sediments - Florida, May 2019 (Part-funded by Plymouth Marine Science and Education Foundation (PlyMSEF))
Publications
Publications
Journals
First Author:
Billson, O.; Russell, P.; Davidson, M. Storm Waves at the Shoreline: When and Where Are Infragravity Waves Important? J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2019, 7, 139. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse7050139
Co-author:
McCarroll, R.J.; Masselink, G.; Wiggins, M.; Scott, T.; Billson, O.; Conley, D.C.; Valiente, N.G. High‐efficiency gravel longshore sediment transport and headland bypassing over an extreme wave event. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms 2019, esp.4692. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4692
Brewin, R.J.W.; Hyder, K.; Andersson, A.J.; Billson, O.; Bresnahan, P.J.; Brewin, T.G.; Cyronak, T.; Dall’Olmo, G.; Mora, L.; Graham, G.; Thomas, J.; Dionysios, R. Expanding aquatic observations through recreation. Front. Mar. Sci. 2017,4.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00351
Brewin, R.J.W.; de Mora, L.; Billson, O.; Jackson, T.; Russell, P.; Brewin, T.G.; Shutler, J.D.; Miller, P.I.; Taylor, B.H.; Smyth, T.J.; Fishwick, J.R. Evaluating operational AVHRR sea surface temperature data at the coastline using surfers. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 2017, 196. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.07.011
Conference Papers
Billson, O.; Russell, P.; Davidson, M.; Wiggins, M.; Mccarroll, J.; Poate, T.; Leonardi, N. OBSERVATIONS OF INFRAGRAVITY DOMINANCE IN THE SWASH ZONE OF A STEEP GRAVEL BEACH. In Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2019; WORLD SCIENTIFIC, 2019; pp.1866-1878 https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811204487_0161
McCARROLL, R.J.; MASSELINK, G.; WIGGINS, M.; SCOTT, T.; BILLSON, O.; CONLEY, D. GRAVEL BEACH CROSS- AND ALONGSHORE RESPONSE TO AN EXTREME EVENT: BEACH LENGTH AND HEADLAND PROXIMITY CONTROLS. In Proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2019; WORLD SCIENTIFIC, 2019; pp. 2735–2745 https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811204487_0234
Brewin, B.; de Mora, L.; Jackson, T.; Brewin, T.; Shutler, J.; Billson, O.; Miller, P.; Taylor, B. Evaluating satellite Sea Surface Temperature (SST) data in the coastal zone using surfers. In Proceedings of The European Space Agency Living Planet Symposium; 2016