CPOM Staff based at UCL
Daniel Feltham
| email: dlf |
tel: 0207.679.3017 |
| fax: 0207.679.7883 |
Daniel Feltham was appointed BAS Reader in Polar Oceanography in September 2005.
Danny has a BSc. in Theoretical Physics from Durham University (first class) and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Cambridge University, awarded in 1998. His PhD was on the Fluid dynamics and Thermodynamics of Sea ice, supervised by Grae Worster.
Danny’s expertise is in the construction and analysis of new mathematical models of physical processes in the cryosphere, using the principles of continuum mechanics and thermodynamics. His research combines the development of new theory with numerical simulations and laboratory experiments, and utilises field measurements and remotely-sensed observations.
Together with his postdoctoral fellows and PhD students, Danny performs research in the following areas:
interaction of ice with the polar ocean, including deep water formation and export, ice-ocean interface dynamics, water mass modification and marine ice deposition;
thermodynamic processes affecting the sea-ice albedo, especially modelling the formation and spreading of melt ponds; and
sea ice dynamics, in particular the theory, modelling and experimental determination of the relationship between sea-ice stresses and deformation.
A recurring theme in Danny’s research is the modelling and analysis of cryospheric processes at multiple scales, with particularly good examples in modelling sea ice rheology and melt ponds. Typically, one starts with the scale at which the process is manifest (say, 1 mm to 10 km), and from this develop an understanding and model of how the process may be incorporated into Global Circulation Models.
Currently, Danny supervises three postdoctoral fellows, Dr. Daniela Flocco, Dr. Adrian Turner, and Dr. Alexander Wilchinsky, and three PhD students, Fern Scott, Eleanor Bailey, and Lucas Stone-Drake.
In November 2006, Danny was awarded the Leverhulme Prize for major contributions to our understanding of the formation of ice in polar seas.
Danny teaches the third-year Earth Sciences course, "Physics of Oceans, Ice sheets and Climate".
Please click here for a list of Danny's publications.