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Dr Helen Kettle - Brief CV
Postal Address:BioSS
James Clerk Maxwell Building
Kings Buildings
Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ
Professional Experience
NERC Fellow in Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Science, University of Edinburgh (since Oct 2006)
Numerical modelling of primary production and bio-optics in the open ocean.
PDRA in Institute for Atmospheric and Environmental Science, University of Edinburgh (June 2003- Sept 2006)
Numerical modelling of carbon dioxide fluxes at the air-sea interface as part of a NERC project called CASIX.
PDRA in Dept. Geology & Geophysics, University of Edinburgh (2000-2003)
Empirical modelling of lake surface water temperatures and statistical downscaling of mountain climates as part of an EU 5th Framework project on remote mountain regions called EMERGE.
Journal reviewer for Geophysical Research Letters, Limnology & Oceanography, Climate Research, Journal of Hydrology, Freshwater Biology.
Member of Optical Society of America (OSA).
PhD supervisor for Vivian Scott.
Publications
Skills
| Deterministic and statistical modelling of environmental systems |
| Numerical Modelling techniques: finite volume, finite difference, particle tracking, implicit and explicit solutions |
| Statistical techniques: PCA/EOF analysis, downscaling, regression, complex demodulation |
| Extensive programming in Matlab, S-plus/R and Fortran |
| Basic programming in shell script and IDL |
| Experienced in handling very large datasets - e.g. use of GRIB and netCDF. |
| Use of UNIX, Linux, HTML, LaTex, Emacs. |
Higher Education
| Lancaster University | Ph.D. Modelling Solute Dispersion in Natural Channels using Fuzzy Exchanges. |
| Heriot-Watt University | M.Sc. Mathematics of Non-Linear Models. |
| Lancaster University | B.Sc. (Hons) Environmental Science and Mathematics. |