OceanExpert ID : 36306
Dr Helen SMITH
Physical Oceanographer
Oceanography
Marine Scotland Science, Marine Laboratory
PO Box 101375 Victoria Road
Aberdeen
AB11 9DB
United Kingdom
Nationality
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Email(s)
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PhD
Research
Data Management
Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology
Chemical Oceanography
Physical Oceanography
- Research cruises in the North Sea and North Atlantic (at least 3 per year in Scottish waters)
- Deployment and preparation of instruments such as CTDs, single point and profiling current meters
- Processing CTD data including quality control and calibration for all of MSS
- Processing ADCP and VMADCP data
- Data requests, internal and external
- Logistics for long-term monitoring program around Scottish coastal waters – ensuring kit is set out in a timely fashion, communication with volunteers, training visits
- Preparation of data for submission to ICES or BODC
Bay of Biscay
Celtic Sea
North Sea
Arctic Ocean
North Atlantic Ocean
Southern Ocean
Physical Oceanography
- Set-up, deployment and data processing of CTDs, ADCPs, Thermosalinograph, single point and profiling current meters
- Basic programming in MATLAB and R with large data sets
- Working knowledge of Data QC processes
- Working knowledge of document management system
- Technical procedure writing
- Phytoplankton taxonomy
- Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Sediment analysis of benthic bacteria and fauna biomass, bulk carbon & nitrogen content including stable isotope ratios
- Oxygen and nutrient sampling and analysis
- PIC, POC, BSi, DIC, DIN sampling and analysis
English
Previous academic work
PhD (2010-2014) University of Southampton - phytoplankton biogeography and carbon export in high latitudes
Postdoc (2015-2018) NOC/NERC Southampton - benthic biogeochemistry of nutrient remineralisation in the Celtic Sea
Experienced sea-going researcher - 8 multi-disciplinary open ocean cruises, including Southern Ocean and Arctic voyages, between 2009 and 2015