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David Meldrum
Leader, Technology Development (Physics Department) & Chairman, Data Buoy Cooperation Panel
Telephone: +44 (0)1631 559273
fax : (+44) 1631 559001
E-mail: dtm@sams.ac.uk
Background
David Meldrum studied physics and mathematics at St Andrews and Cambridge, subsequently becoming physicist in charge of the ice-penetrating radar programme at the Scott Polar Research Institute, and a physics tutor at Churchill College, Cambridge. He moved back to Scotland in 1978 to join the marine physics group at the Scottish Association for Marine Science at Dunstaffnage, and in 1989 became head of the technology development section, a position which he still holds. Two years were spent on secondment to CLS Argos in Toulouse, part of the French Space Agency (CNES), as technical co-ordinator of the IOC/WMO Data Buoy Co-operation Panel, a group of which he is now chair. Current research interests include satellite communication and positioning systems, autonomous seabed landers and data buoys, and the development of smart sensors and intelligent instruments. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 papers and reports in glaciology, oceanography, satellite communications and technology development.
Recent publications
- Doble, M J, Mercer, D J L, Meldrum, D T and Peppe, O C, 2007. Wave measurements on sea ice: developments in instrumentation. J Glaciology, 44.
- Inall, M E, Meldrum, D T, Provost, P G, Mercer, D J L, Griffiths, C R, Peppe, O, Vassie, I M and Thomson, W T, 2005. HOMER: Early Results from a Novel Seabed-resident Water Column Profiler. Proc Oceans 2005, Brest, France.
- Meldrum, D, Mercer, D, Peppe, O, Foden, P, Marshall, J and Smith, D, 2004. Developments in Satellite Communication: Applications to Sea Level Data Delivery. In: Workshop On New Technical Developments In Sea And Land Level Observing Systems: Paris, 14-16 October2003, IOC Workshop Report No. 193, pp 75-87. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Paris.
- Meldrum, D T and Mercer, D J L, 2003. First results using Iridium satellite modems for buoy applications. In: Proceedings of the DBCP Scientific and Technical Workshop, Martinique, October 2002. Data Buoy Co-operation Panel Technical Document No 22, (CD-ROM). WMO, Geneva.
- Meldrum, D, Cromey, C, Doble, M, Mercer, D and Peppe, O, 2003. New developments in the remote measurement of currents and waves at the Scottish Association for Marine Science. In: Proceedings of the 7th IEEE/OES Conference on Current Measurement Technology, San Diego. (CD-ROM), pp 271-276. IEEE.
- Roberts JM, Peppe OC, Dodds LA, Mercer DJL, Thompson WT, Gage JD, Meldrum DT, 2003. Monitoring environmental variability around cold-water reefs: The use of a benthic photolander and the potential for seafloor observatories. Deep Water Corals + Ecosystems. Spinger special volume.
- Meldrum, D, 2003. Overview of Telemetry Options for Coastal Ocean Observations. In: Proceedings of Alliance for Coastal Technologies Workshop on Data Telemetry Technologies for Coastal Ocean Observations, St Petersburg, Florida, May 2003. UCMES Technical Report Series TS-416-03-CBL, pp 3-9. University of Maryland.
- Meldrum, D T, 2002. UN Atlas of the Oceans, WMO joint editor. Internet resource / CD-ROM. UN.
- Meldrum, David, 2001. Cutting Edge. In: The Times Higher Education Supplement, 7 September 2001, p 26. The Times Supplements Ltd, London.
- Cromey, C J, Black, K D and Meldrum, D T, 2000. Measurements and modelling of turbulent diffusion in Calbha Bay for Loch Duart Ltd., 23 pp.
- Meldrum, D, Doble, M, Mercer, D, Peppe, O, Wadhams, P and Wilkinson, J, 2000. A study of the winter Antarctic marginal ice zone using an innovative ice drifter. In: Proceedings of Oceanology International 2000, Brighton, pp 73-85. Spearhead Exhibitions Ltd, Kingston upon Thames.
- Burrows, M, Thorpe, S A and Meldrum, D T, 1999. Dispersion over the Hebrides and Shetland shelves and slopes. Continental Shelf Research, 19, pp 49-55.
- Clarkson, N, Leftley, J W, Redshaw, C J, Meldrum, D T and Watson, J, 1999. Evaluation of an algal bioassy cage-culture turbidostat method for the toxicity assessment of effluents. Marine Environmental Research, 47, pp 157-173.
- Meldrum, D T, 1999. Recent developments at Dunstaffnage: the GPS Argos drifter, the Smart Buoy and the Mini Drifter. In: Proceedings of the Sixth Working Conference on Current Measurement, San Diego, pp 75-81. IEEE.
- Griffiths, G, Millard, N W, McPhail, S D, Stevenson, P, Perrett, J R, Pebody, M, Webb, A T, Meldrum, D T and Russell, D, 1998. Towards environmental monitoring with the Autosub autonomous underwater vehicle. In: Proceedings of Underwater Technology '98, Tokyo. IEEE.