Physics Department

Dr Mark Inall                                                              

Senior Lecturer in Marine Physics                                              

I studied physics at Edinburgh University, polar oceanography at Cambridge University, and physical oceanography at Southampton University. I then spent 3 post-doctoral years at University of Wales Bangor studying the mixing generated by non-linear internal tides.

I moved to SAMS in 1998 and now head the Physcis Group. I was on the original core team which setup the Marine Science Honours Degree at SAMS and now lead and teach two modules on the degree programme: H2 Physical Oceanography, and H4 Coastal and Shelf Sea Dynamics. I have many years experience in measuring turbulence in oceanic and coastal systems and publish widely on measurements of turbulence made on the ocean margins and in shelf seas. In recent years I have established an ocean turbulence measurement facility at SAMS.

Research Interests: Internal wave generation by tidal flow over topography; Deep Sea (Wyville-Thomson Ridge), Shelf Sea (Malin Shelf, Iberian Shelf) and Coastal (NW European and Arctic fjords). Internal wave energy decay and associated vertical mixing in all these environments.

Publications

Current Research Projects:

ECOMAR

DIMES

Oceans2025 Theme 3

Oceans2023 Theme 10 - Tiree Passage time series

Strathlochy

AUV

SASSI

Millennium

Fjordmix

Assimilative Capacity Modelling for Sea Lochs