Search Results - "O'Hara Murray, Rory"

Comparative Effects of Climate Change and Tidal Stream Energy Extraction in a Shelf Sea by De Dominicis, Michela, Wolf, Judith, O'Hara Murray, Rory

“…The environmental implications of tidal stream energy extraction need to be evaluated against the potential climate change impacts on the marine environment…”
Get full text

Multi-scale ocean response to a large tidal stream turbine array by De Dominicis, Michela, O'Hara Murray, Rory, Wolf, Judith

“…The tidal stream energy sector is now at the stage of deploying the world's first pre-commercial arrays of multiple turbines. It is time to study the…”
Get full text

A modelling study of the tidal stream resource of the Pentland Firth, Scotland by O’Hara Murray, Rory, Gallego, Alejandro

“…A high spatial resolution three-dimensional (3D) hydrodynamic ocean model of the Orkney Islands is used to investigate the tidal stream resource and physical…”
Get full text

Modelling wave–current interactions off the east coast of Scotland by Sabatino, Alessandro D., McCaig, Chris, O'Hara Murray, Rory B., Heath, Michael R.

“…Densely populated coastal areas of the North Sea are particularly vulnerable to severe wave conditions, which overtop or damage sea defences leading to…”
Get full text

Applied connectivity modelling at local to regional scale: The potential for sea lice transmission between Scottish finfish aquaculture management areas by Rabe, Berit, Gallego, Alejandro, Wolf, Judith, O'Hara Murray, Rory, Stuiver, Caroline, Price, Darren, Johnson, Hakeem

“…Due to the importance of parasite and disease controls for animal welfare, environmental sustainability and the economic viability of the finfish aquaculture…”
Get full text

A standardised tidal-stream power curve, optimised for the global resource by Lewis, Matt, O’Hara Murray, Rory, Fredriksson, Sam, Maskell, John, de Fockert, Anton, Neill, Simon P, Robins, Peter E

“…Tidal-stream energy resource can be predicted deterministically, provided tidal harmonics and turbine-device characteristics are known. Many turbine designs…”
Get full text

The bottom mixed layer depth as an indicator of subsurface Chlorophyll  a distribution by Zampollo, Arianna, Cornulier, Thomas, O'Hara Murray, Rory, Tweddle, Jacqueline Fiona, Dunning, James, Scott, Beth E

“…Primary production dynamics are strongly associated with vertical density profiles in shelf waters. Variations in the vertical structure of the pycnocline in…”
Get full text

Modelling the sensitivity of suspended sediment profiles to tidal current and wave conditions by Heath, Michael, Sabatino, Alessandro, Serpetti, Natalia, McCaig, Chris, O'Hara Murray, Rory

“…Seawater turbidity due to suspended particulate material (SPM) is an important property of a marine ecosystem, determining the underwater light environment and…”
Get full text

Exclusion of tidal influence on ambient sound measurements by van Geel, Nienke C F, Merchant, Nathan D, Culloch, Ross M, Edwards, Ewan W J, Davies, Ian M, O'Hara Murray, Rory B, Brookes, Kate L

“…Growing concern about the impacts of anthropogenic noise on marine life has led to a global increase in the number of acoustic monitoring programmes aiming to…”
Get full text

Formation and Dynamics of a Coherent Coastal Freshwater Influenced System by Barton, Benjamin I., Dominicis, Michela, O’Hara Murray, Rory, Wolf, Judith, Gallego, Alejandro

“…On the Northwest European Shelf rivers provide freshwater to the coastal seas. This coastal freshwater can be misrepresented in ocean models without effective…”
Get full text

Data review and the development of realistic tidal and wave energy scenarios for numerical modelling of Orkney Islands waters, Scotland by O'Hara Murray, Rory B., Gallego, Alejandro

“…The Orkney Islands and surrounding waters (known as the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters Strategic Area, PFOW) contain a significant portion of Scotland's…”
Get full text

Current status of deepwater oil spill modelling in the Faroe-Shetland Channel, Northeast Atlantic, and future challenges by Gallego, Alejandro, O'Hara Murray, Rory, Berx, Barbara, Turrell, William R., Beegle-Krause, C.J., Inall, Mark, Sherwin, Toby, Siddorn, John, Wakelin, Sarah, Vlasenko, Vasyl, Hole, Lars R., Dagestad, Knut Frode, Rees, John, Short, Lucy, Rønningen, Petter, Main, Charlotte E., Legrand, Sebastien, Gutierrez, Tony, Witte, Ursula, Mulanaphy, Nicole

“…As oil reserves in established basins become depleted, exploration and production moves towards relatively unexploited areas, such as deep waters off the…”
Get full text

Exclusion of tidal influence on ambient sound measurementsa by van Geel, Nienke C. F., Merchant, Nathan D., Culloch, Ross M., Edwards, Ewan W. J., Davies, Ian M., O'Hara Murray, Rory B., Brookes, Kate L.

“…Growing concern about the impacts of anthropogenic noise on marine life has led to a global increase in the number of acoustic monitoring programmes aiming to…”
Get full text

Integrating stakeholder knowledge through modular cooperative participatory processes for marine spatial planning outcomes (CORPORATES) by Slater, Anne-Michelle, Irvine, Katherine N, Byg, Anja A., Davies, Ian M., Gubbins, Matt, Kafas, Andronikos, Kenter, Jasper, MacDonald, Alison, O'Hara Murray, Rory, Potts, Tavis, Tweddle, Jacqui F., Wright, Kirsty, Scott, Beth E.

“…•Participatory exercises fostered meaningful dialogue across stakeholder sectors.•Approach to link science with policy development and…”
Get full text

Wave groups and sediment resuspension processes over evolving sandy bedforms by O'Hara Murray, Rory B., Hodgson, David M., Thorne, Peter D.

“…High resolution measurements of the water velocity, bedforms and suspended sediment concentration were made using an Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter, acoustic…”
Get full text

Modelling sea level surges in the Firth of Clyde, a fjordic embayment in south-west Scotland by Sabatino, Alessandro D., O’Hara Murray, Rory B., Hills, Alan, Speirs, Douglas C., Heath, Michael R.

“…Storm surges are an abnormal enhancement of the water level in response to weather perturbations. They have the capacity to cause damaging flooding of coastal…”
Get full text

Counterintuitive active directional swimming behaviour by Atlantic salmon during seaward migration in the coastal zone by Newton, Matthew, Barry, James, Lothian, Angus, Main, Robert, Honkanen, Hannele, Mckelvey, Simon, Thompson, Paul, Davies, Ian, Brockie, Nick, Stephen, Alastair, Murray, Rory O’Hara, Gardiner, Ross, Campbell, Louise, Stainer, Paul, Adams, Colin

“…Abstract Acoustic telemetry was used to track salmon smolts during river migration and into the open marine coastal zone. We compared migration direction and…”
Get full text

Modelling assessment of how small-scale vertical movements of infectious sea lice larvae can affect their large-scale distribution in fjordic systems by Garnier, Soizic, Moriarty, Meadhbh, Murray, Rory O'Hara, Gallego, Alejandro, Murray, Alexander G.

“…•Diel Vertical Migration (DVM) affects sea lice horizontal transport and retention.•In fjordic systems, lice DVM can interact with the estuarine…”
Get full text

Suspended Sand Concentrations and Bedform Evolution Under Irregular Waves by O'Hara Murray, Rory Benedict

“…Within the nearshore zone and shallow continental shelf the (i) hydrodynamic forcing, (ii) seabed and (iii) sediment suspensions form a dynamic and interacting…”
Get full text

Extracting energy from tidal currents: The ocean response at multiple space and time scales by De Dominicis, Michela, Murray, Rory O'Hara, Wolf, Judith

“…Tidal stream energy is a reliable and predictable low-carbon energy source. Over the next few years the first arrays of multiple tidal stream turbines will be…”
Get full text