Contact details:
HOBART TAS 7001 AUSTRALIA
Biography
David Griffin is a Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere. He is a Physical Oceanographer who has focussed on the mesoscale phenomena of the ocean since gaining his Ph. D in 1986. Meso-scale oceanic phenomena are analogous to atmospheric ‘weather’. Much of David’s career has been devoted to the creation of an analogous forecasting capability for ocean currents. He was awarded the Australian Marine Science Association’s Jubilee Award for this in 2012, in recognition of the popularity of the OceanCurrent web site that he developed, and many other applications of physical oceanography. In 2014 David served on the Drift Working Group convened during the search for missing flight MH370, and continues to assist the Australian Transport Safety Bureau to locate the aircraft on the sea floor by modelling the drift across the ocean of wreckage from this most tragic event.
Other Interests
Surfing, Ultimate Frisbee, Cycling, Scottish Country Dancing
Professional Areas
- Ocean Currents
- Satellite Remote Sensing of the Ocean
- Ocean Modelling
- Ocean observations of currents, temperature, salinity, etc
- Ocean fronts and eddies (meso-scale and sub-mesoscale), inertial oscillations, tides, internal tides
- Drift of floating objects, marine debris, pollution, search-and-rescue
- marine renewable energy
- Environment influences on fisheries (both recruitment and catchability)
- Environmental awareness for Defence
Achievements and Awards
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2012
Jubilee Award
Australian Marine Science Association -
2008-2010
Assisted with the successful location of WWII wrecks HMAS Sydney and AHS Centaur
Blue Water Recoveries
Other highlights
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2014-2016
Drift of items associated with MH370: advisor to AMSA and ATSB