Dr. Christopher Roach

MetOcean Solutions

Dr. Christopher Roach received his PhD in 2014 through the University of Tasmania-CSIRO Quantitative Marine Science Programme. He has worked at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute (Florida State University); the International Pacific Research Center (University of Hawaii); the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (University of Tasmania) and LOCEAN (CNRS & Sorbonne University). 

Chris's research experience has ranged from the Southern Ocean to the Arctic, with an emphasis on the use of lagrangian techniques and platforms. He has used real world lagrangian data, such as Argo float and surface drifter trajectories, to create maps of global cross-stream mixing and used of numerical lagrangian particle tracking to examine the inflow of water to the Ross Gyre and Arctic Sea. His other research experience includes the use of EM-APEX velocity profiling floats to describe upper ocean wind driven flow in the Southern Ocean, and the use of novel mapping techniques to create a new time-evolving atlas of ocean oxygen content.