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Helen Phillips

Associate Professor Helen Phillips

Helen Phillips

Associate Professor

Room 213.10 , IMAS Hobart Waterfront Building

+61 3 6226 2994 (phone)

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h.e.phillips@utas.edu.au

Dr Helen Phillips is a Senior Research Fellow in Physical Oceanography at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania. She is interested in how the small-scale features in the ocean, such as waves and eddies, affect the large currents that are critical pathways for heat and other properties to be spread through the ocean. She is an observational oceanographer, spending time on research vessels to collect observations in the Indian and Southern Oceans, but also using robotic instruments to collect data remotely and send it home over the mobile phone network.

Biography

After completing her PhD at UTAS in 2000, Helen moved to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA to work on observations and modelling of the North Atlantic Ocean. Two years later she moved to a position at CSIRO to study the changing patterns of salinity in the Indian Ocean that were newly revealed by the Argo array. In 2005, she accepted a Research Fellowship in Physical Oceanography at UTAS. Since then, Helen has played a pivotal role in building Physical Oceanography research at IMAS, as well as contributing to postgraduate student supervision and to the teaching program.

Career summary

Qualifications

Degree	Thesis Title	University	Country	Date of Award
PhD	Mean flow, eddy variability and energetics in the Subantarctic Front south of Australia	University of Tasmania	Australia	2000
BSc (1^st Class Hons)		The Flinders University of South Australia	Australia	1990
Grad. Dip. Comp. Sci.		University of Tasmania	Australia	1988
BSc		The Flinders University of South Australia	Australia	1985

Languages (other than English)

French (basic)

Memberships

Professional practice

2015 – present: American Meteorological Society
1995 – present: American Geophysical Union
1988 – present: Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society

Committee associations

2015 - present: Australian National Steering Committee, International Indian Ocean Expedition 2
2014 - present: International CLIVAR/IOC-GOOS Indian Ocean Panel
2013 - present: Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Tasmanian Branch
2014: Scientific Steering Committee, 2^nd International Ocean Research Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 17-21/11/2014
2013-2014: Organising committee, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society National Conference, Hobart, 11-15/2/2014.

Administrative expertise

Helen has expertise in managing large field programs with international collaborations, and research projects with financial and milestone reporting.

Teaching

Teaching expertise

Helen has contributed to teaching at UTAS since 2006, covering topics in Physical Oceanography, Data Analysis and Matlab. She lectures into undergraduate courses:

Introduction to Oceanography (KSA205)
Marine and Antarctic Environments (KSA418)
Marine and Antarctic Environments (KSA710)
Advanced Oceanography (KSA306)

and postgraduate courses

Helen designed a one week intensive post-graduate course Introduction to Physical Oceanography that she delivered to students at Shanghai Ocean University. Helen was part of the team that developed the IMAS MOOC: Marine and Antarctic Science, developing Module 2 (The Ocean System), Topic 7 – Eddies, Waves and Mixing, and contributing to other topics in Module 2.

Research Appointments

2015-present: Senior Research Fellow, IMAS, University of Tasmania
2012-present: Associate Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence in Climate Systems Science
2010-2014: Research Fellow, IMAS, University of Tasmania
2005-2009: Research Fellow, Centre for Marine Science, University of Tasmania
2002-2005: Postdoctoral Fellow, CSIRO Marine Research
2000-2002: Postdoctoral Scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA.
2000: Research Assistant, Antarctic Cooperative Research Centre,
1995-2000: PhD Candidate
1987-1995: Experimental Scientist, CSIRO Division of Oceanography
1986-1987: Technical Assistant, CSIRO Division of Oceanography

Research Invitations

2014: 2^nd International Ocean Research Conference, Barcelona, Spain
2014: International Pacific Research Centre, University of Hawai'i, USA
2012: International Pacific Research Centre, University of Hawai'i, USA
2011: National Oceanography Centre, UK
2010: UK-Australia Frontiers of Science, Marine Meeting
2005: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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Expertise

currents in the Indian and Southern Ocean
in situ observations in the ocean – vessel-based, moorings and profiling floats
analysis of observations including mathematical and statistical methods
integration of observations and other evidence (models, satellite data, etc.) to diagnose physical processes causing observed change in the ocean
research voyage management

Helen is an expert reviewer for the following research agencies and journals:

National Science Foundation (USA), National Environment Research Council (UK)
Nature Geoscience, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Journal of Geophysical Research, Deep-Sea Research, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, Journal of Marine Research, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Research Themes

Helen's research contributes to the University's research theme of Marine, Antarctic and Maritime. She has two main interests: currents in the Indian and Southern Oceans, and the role of eddies in influencing the large-scale currents.

Helen has contributed to characterising the eastward currents that travel all the way across the Indian Ocean to feed into the Leeuwin Current flowing southward along the West Australian coastline. The Indian Ocean has a strong influence on Australian climate, yet we still have only a basic understanding of the Indian Ocean currents and their sensitivity to global warming.In the Southern Ocean, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) flows around Antarctic connecting the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Strong winds drive the ACC eastward. These winds have become stronger in recent decades, while the strength of the ACC remains unchanged. Helen's team is leading international efforts to make measurements of the ocean processes that slow down the ACC, which will allow us to test competing theories and will lead to improvements in climate models and better guidance for decision makers.

Collaboration

Helen has strong research connections across Australia and with researchers in the UK, USA and New Zealand. Her Indian Ocean work is in partnership with oceanographers at CSIRO, the Australian Insititute of Marine Science, the International Pacific Research Centre, University of Hawai'i, and the Pacific Marine and Environmental Laboratory, NOAA, USA. Her Southern Ocean work involves collaborations with oceanographers at CSIRO, the New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), the UK National Oceanography Centre, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and the University of Rhode Island.

Awards

2011: Shortlisted for the Dorothy Hill Award of the Australian Academy of Science
2007: Ian Potter Foundation Travel Award
2000: Young Scientist Award - Jointly awarded by the Australian Marine Sciences Association Tasmanian Branch, CSIRO Marine Research and the Australian Antarctic Division for the paper 'Eddy variability and energetics from direct current measurements in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current south of Australia

Current projects

characterising the physical and biogeochemical structure of eastward flows and eddies in the southeast Indian Ocean
the dynamics of the Leeuwin Current system and its interaction with the Indian and Southern Oceans
decadal variability in watermass properties and circulation in the Indian Ocean
the role of oceanic eddies in the momentum and heat balance of the Southern Ocean
the insensitivity of Antarctic Circumpolar Current transport to increasing Southern Ocean winds
measuring finescale variability in ocean currents with EM-APEX profiling floats

Fields of Research

Physical oceanography (370803)
Glaciology (370902)

Research Objectives

Climate variability (excl. social impacts) (190502)
Oceanic processes (excl. in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean) (180506)
Social impacts of climate change and variability (190103)

Publications

Helen's early papers examine the role of eddies in the momentum balance of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, interannual variability in the subtropical North Atlantic circulation and water masses, and the variability in ocean salinity west of Australia due to the El Nino-Southern Oscillation phenomenon. A highlight from her early career was Phillips, H. and S. Rintoul, 2000: 'Eddy variability and energetics from direct current measurements in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current south of Australia' J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 3050-3076. This work provided direct observations of eddy processes that are central to the Meridional Overturning Circulation, an area of research that is now receiving intense interest.

More recently, Helen has returned to Southern Ocean research and has published results from a novel field program near the Kerguelen Plateau with students and Australian and international colleagues. This Kerguelen experiment was the first time the novel EM-APEX profiling float had been used to study small-scale features in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.

Her expanded interest in Indian Ocean research now involves theoretical and observational studies of the physical and biogeochemical structure of Indian Ocean currents and eddies, the structure and variability of the Leeuwin Current system, and the impact of temperature and salinity variability on Indian Ocean currents.

Total publications

Highlighted publications

(7 outputs)

Year	Type	Citation
2017	Journal Article	Furue R, Guerreiro K, Phillips HE, McCreary Jr JP, Bindoff NL, 'On the Leeuwin Current System and its linkage to zonal flows in the South Indian Ocean as inferred from a gridded hydrography', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 47 pp. 583-602. ISSN 0022-3670 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-16-0170.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 31Web of Science - 31 Co-authors: Bindoff NL Tweet
2014	Journal Article	Menezes V, Phillips HE, Schiller A, Bindoff NL, Domingues CM, et al., 'South Indian countercurrent and associated fronts', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119, (10) pp. 6763-6791. ISSN 2169-9275 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010076 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 52Web of Science - 52 Co-authors: Menezes V; Schiller A; Bindoff NL; Domingues CM Tweet
2014	Journal Article	Phillips HE, Bindoff NL, 'On the non-equivalent barotropic structure of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: an observational perspective', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119, (8) pp. 5221-5243. ISSN 2169-9275 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009516 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 26Web of Science - 24 Co-authors: Bindoff NL Tweet
2005	Journal Article	Phillips HE, Wijffels SE, Feng MK, 'Interannual variability in upper ocean salt content in the southeast Indian Ocean', Geophysical Research Letters, 32, (3) pp. L03603. ISSN 0094-8276 (2005) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021755 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 35Web of Science - 33 Tweet
2002	Journal Article	Phillips HE, Rintoul SR, 'A Mean Synoptic View of the Subantarctic Front south of Australia', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 32, (5) pp. 1536-1553. ISSN 0022-3670 (2002) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<1536:AMSVOT>2.0.CO;2 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 25Web of Science - 23 Tweet
2000	Journal Article	Phillips HE, Rintoul SR, 'Eddy Variability and Energetics from Direct Current Measurements in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current South of Australia', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 30, (12) pp. 3050-3076. ISSN 0022-3670 (2000) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<3050:EVAEFD>2.0.CO;2 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Web of Science - 138 Tweet
1991	Journal Article	Meyers G, Phillips HE, Smith N, Sprintall J, 'Space and time scales for optimal interpolation of temperature - Tropical Pacific Ocean', Progress in Oceanography, 28, (3) pp. 189-218. ISSN 0079-6611 (1991) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/0079-6611(91)90008-A [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 68Web of Science - 68 Tweet

Journal Article

(48 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2022	Cyriac A, Phillips HE, Bindoff NL, Feng M, 'Characteristics of wind-generated near-inertial waves in the Southeast Indian Ocean', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 52, (4) pp. 557-578. ISSN 0022-3670 (2022) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-21-0046.1 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Cyriac A; Bindoff NL Tweet
2022	Cyriac A, Phillips HE, Bindoff NL, Polzin K, 'Turbulent mixing variability in an energetic standing meander of the Southern Ocean', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 52, (8) Article 1593-1611. ISSN 0022-3670 (2022) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-21-0180.1 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Cyriac A; Bindoff NL Tweet
2022	Marin M, Feng M, Bindoff NL, Phillips HE, 'Local drivers of extreme upper ocean marine heatwaves assessed using a global ocean circulation model', Frontiers in Climate, 4 Article 788390. ISSN 2624-9553 (2022) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.3389/fclim.2022.788390 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1 Co-authors: Bindoff NL Tweet
2022	Meijer JJ, Phillips HE, Bindoff NL, Rintoul SR, Foppert A, 'Dynamics of a standing meander of the Subantarctic Front diagnosed from satellite altimetry and along-stream anomalies of temperature and salinity', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 52, (6) pp. 1073-1089. ISSN 0022-3670 (2022) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-21-0049.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1 Co-authors: Meijer JJ; Bindoff NL; Rintoul SR; Foppert A Tweet
2022	Phillips HE, Patel RS, Benthuysen JA, Duran ER, Marin M, 'Watermass characteristics and circulation near 110 E in the southeast Indian Ocean', Deep-Sea Research. Part 2, 202 Article 105149. ISSN 0967-0645 (2022) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2022.105149 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 4 Co-authors: Patel RS Tweet
2022	Su J, Schallenberg C, Rohr T, Strutton PG, Phillips HE, 'New estimates of Southern Ocean annual net community production revealed by BGC-Argo floats', Geophysical Research Letters, 49, (15) Article e2021GL097372. ISSN 0094-8276 (2022) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1029/2021GL097372 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Su J; Schallenberg C; Rohr T; Strutton PG Tweet
2022	Yang X, Strutton PG, Cyriac A, Phillips HE, Pittman NA, et al., 'Physical drivers of biogeochemical variability in the Polar Front Meander', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, (6) Article e2021JC017863. ISSN 2169-9275 (2022) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1029/2021JC017863 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Strutton PG; Cyriac A; Vives CR Tweet
2021	Chen X, Schallenberg C, Phillips H, Chase Z, 'Biogeochemical characteristics of eddies in the East Australian Current depend on eddy type, history and location', Journal of Marine Systems, 216 Article 103512. ISSN 0924-7963 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2021.103512 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 2 Co-authors: Schallenberg C; Chase Z Tweet
2021	Cyriac A, Phillips HE, Bindoff NL, Mao H, Feng M, 'Observational estimates of turbulent mixing in the Southeast Indian Ocean', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 51, (7) pp. 2103-2128. ISSN 0022-3670 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-20-0036.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 6 Co-authors: Cyriac A; Bindoff NL Tweet
2021	Marin M, Bindoff NL, Feng M, Phillips HE, 'Slower long-term coastal warming drives dampened trends in coastal marine heatwave exposure', JGR Oceans, 126, (11) Article e2021JC017930. ISSN 2169-9275 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1029/2021JC017930 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 3 Co-authors: Bindoff NL Tweet
2021	Marin M, Feng M, Phillips HE, Bindoff NL, 'A global, multiproduct analysis of coastal marine heatwaves: distribution, characteristics, and long-term trends', JGR Oceans, 126, (2) Article e2020JC016708. ISSN 2169-9275 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1029/2020JC016708 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 26Web of Science - 21 Co-authors: Bindoff NL Tweet
2021	Phillips HE, Tandon A, Furue R, Hood R, Ummenhofer CC, et al., 'Progress in understanding of Indian Ocean circulation, variability, air-sea exchange and impacts on biogeochemistry', Ocean Science, 17, (6) pp. 1677-1751. ISSN 1812-0784 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.5194/os-2021-1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 18Web of Science - 17 Tweet
2021	Rathore S, Bindoff NL, Ummenhofer CC, Phillips HE, Feng M, et al., 'Improving Australian rainfall prediction using sea surface salinity', Journal of Climate, 34, (7) pp. 2473-2490. ISSN 0894-8755 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0625.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 3 Co-authors: Rathore S; Bindoff NL Tweet
2020	Duran ER, Phillips HE, Furue R, Spence P, Bindoff NL, 'Southern Australia Current System based on a gridded hydrography and a high-resolution model', Progress in Oceanography, 181 Article 102254. ISSN 0079-6611 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102254 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 8Web of Science - 9 Co-authors: Bindoff NL Tweet
2020	Patel RS, Llort J, Strutton PG, Phillips HE, Moreau S, et al., 'The biogeochemical structure of Southern Ocean mesoscale eddies', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125, (8) Article e2020JC016115. ISSN 2169-9275 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1029/2020JC016115 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 13Web of Science - 12 Co-authors: Patel RS; Llort J; Strutton PG; Moreau S; Conde Pardo P; Lenton A Tweet
2020	Rathore S, Bindoff NL, Phillips HE, Feng M, 'Recent hemispheric asymmetry in global ocean warming induced by climate change and internal variability', Nature Communications, 11, (1) Article 2008. ISSN 2041-1723 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15754-3 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 22Web of Science - 21 Co-authors: Rathore S; Bindoff NL Tweet
2020	Rathore S, Bindoff NL, Ummenhofer CC, Phillips HE, Feng M, 'Near-surface salinity reveals the oceanic sources of moisture for Australian precipitation through atmospheric moisture transport', Journal of Climate, 33, (15) pp. 6707-6730. ISSN 0894-8755 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0579.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 6 Co-authors: Rathore S; Bindoff NL Tweet
2019	Cyriac A, McPhaden MJ, Phillips HE, Bindoff NL, Feng M, 'Seasonal evolution of the surface layer heat balance in the eastern subtropical Indian Ocean', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124, (9) pp. 6459-6477. ISSN 2169-9275 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1029/2018JC014559 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 3 Co-authors: Cyriac A; Bindoff NL Tweet
2019	Patel RS, Phillips HE, Strutton PG, Lenton A, Llort J, 'Meridional heat and salt transport across the Subantarctic Front by cold-core eddies', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124, (2) pp. 981-1004. ISSN 2169-9275 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1029/2018JC014655 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 13Web of Science - 13 Co-authors: Patel RS; Strutton PG; Lenton A; Llort J Tweet
2019	Sprintall J, Gordon AL, Wijffels SE, Feng M, Hu S, et al., 'Detecting change in the Indonesian seas', Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, (June) Article 257. ISSN 2296-7745 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00257 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 68Web of Science - 58 Tweet
2019	Szuts ZB, Bower AS, Donohue KA, Girton JB, Hummon JM, et al., 'The scientific and societal uses of global measurements of subsurface velocity', Frontiers in Marine Science, 6 Article 358. ISSN 2296-7745 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00358 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 3 Tweet
2019	Todd RE, Chavez FP, Clayton S, Cravatte S, Goes M, et al., 'Global perspectives on observing ocean boundary current systems', Frontiers in Marine Science, 6 Article 423. ISSN 2296-7745 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00423 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 25Web of Science - 31 Tweet
2018	Mao H, Feng M, Phillips HE, Lian S, 'Mesoscale eddy characteristics in the interior subtropical southeast Indian Ocean, tracked from the Leeuwin Current system', Deep-Sea Research. Part 2, 161 pp. 52-62. ISSN 0967-0645 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.07.003 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 11Web of Science - 9 Tweet
2018	Zhang Y, Feng M, Du Y, Phillips HE, Bindoff NL, et al., 'Strengthened Indonesian throughflow drives decadal warming in the Southern Indian Ocean', Geophysical Research Letters, 45, (12) pp. 6167-6175. ISSN 0094-8276 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1029/2018GL078265 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 52Web of Science - 51 Co-authors: Bindoff NL Tweet
2017	Furue R, Guerreiro K, Phillips HE, McCreary Jr JP, Bindoff NL, 'On the Leeuwin Current System and its linkage to zonal flows in the South Indian Ocean as inferred from a gridded hydrography', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 47 pp. 583-602. ISSN 0022-3670 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-16-0170.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 31Web of Science - 31 Co-authors: Bindoff NL Tweet
2017	Inoue M, Curran MAJ, Moy AD, van Ommen TD, Fraser AD, et al., 'A glaciochemical study of 120 m ice core from Mill Island, East Antarctica', Climate of the Past, 13 pp. 437-453. ISSN 1814-9324 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.5194/cp-2016-72 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Web of Science - 5 Co-authors: Inoue M; Curran MAJ; Moy AD; van Ommen TD; Fraser AD Tweet
2017	Moreau S, Della Penna A, Llort J, Patel RS, Langlais C, et al., 'Eddy-induced carbon transport across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current', Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 31, (9) pp. 1368-1386. ISSN 0886-6236 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/2017GB005669 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 25Web of Science - 33 Co-authors: Moreau S; Llort J; Patel RS; Boyd PW; Trull T; Tilbrook B; Lenton A; Strutton PG Tweet
2016	Menezes VV, Phillips HE, Vianna ML, Bindoff NL, 'Interannual variability of the South Indian Countercurrent', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121, (5) pp. 3465-3487. ISSN 2169-9275 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/2015JC011417 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 19Web of Science - 18 Co-authors: Menezes VV; Bindoff NL Tweet
2016	Meyer A, Polzin KL, Sloyan BM, Phillips HE, 'Internal waves and mixing near the Kerguelen Plateau', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46, (2) pp. 417-437. ISSN 0022-3670 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-15-0055.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 20Web of Science - 18 Co-authors: Meyer A Tweet
2015	Inoue M, Fraser AD, Adams N, Carpentier S, Phillips HE, 'An assessment of numerical weather prediction-derived low-cloud-base height forecasts', Weather and Forecasting, 30, (2) pp. 486-497. ISSN 0882-8156 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-14-00052.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 7 Co-authors: Inoue M; Fraser AD Tweet
2015	Meyer A, Sloyan BM, Polzin KL, Phillips H, Bindoff NL, 'Mixing variability in the Southern Ocean', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45, (4) pp. 966-987. ISSN 0022-3670 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0110.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 32Web of Science - 31 Co-authors: Meyer A; Bindoff NL Tweet
2015	Phillips HE, Menezes V, Bindoff NL, 'Refining our understanding of surface currents in the southeast Indian Ocean', CLIVAR Exchanges, 19, (3) pp. 7-9. ISSN 1026-0471 (2015) [Non Refereed Article] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Menezes V; Bindoff NL
2015	Roach CJ, Phillips HE, Bindoff NL, Rintoul SR, 'Detecting and characterizing Ekman currents in the Southern Ocean', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45, (5) pp. 1205-1223. ISSN 0022-3670 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0115.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 14Web of Science - 11 Co-authors: Roach CJ; Bindoff NL; Rintoul SR Tweet
2015	Strutton PG, Coles VJ, Hood RR, Matear RJ, McPhaden MJ, et al., 'Biogeochemical variability in the central equatorial Indian Ocean during the monsoon transition', Biogeosciences, 12, (8) pp. 2367-2382. ISSN 1726-4170 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-2367-2015 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 27Web of Science - 27 Co-authors: Strutton PG Tweet
2014	Benthuysen J, Furue R, McCreary JP, Bindoff NL, Phillips HE, 'Dynamics of the Leeuwin Current: Part 2. Impacts of mixing, friction, and advection on a buoyancy-driven eastern boundary current over a shelf', Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 65 pp. 39-63. ISSN 0377-0265 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2013.10.004 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 22Web of Science - 23 Co-authors: Benthuysen J; Bindoff NL Tweet
2014	Menezes V, Phillips HE, Schiller A, Bindoff NL, Domingues CM, et al., 'South Indian countercurrent and associated fronts', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119, (10) pp. 6763-6791. ISSN 2169-9275 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010076 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 52Web of Science - 52 Co-authors: Menezes V; Schiller A; Bindoff NL; Domingues CM Tweet
2014	Menezes VV, Vianna ML, Phillips HE, 'Aquarius sea surface salinity in the South Indian Ocean: revealing annual-period planetary waves', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119, (6) pp. 3883-3908. ISSN 2169-9275 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/2014JC009935 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 32Web of Science - 32 Co-authors: Menezes VV Tweet
2014	Phillips H, Klekociuk A, Marshall A, Reid P, 'AMOS national conference 2014: southern investigations', Bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, 27 pp. 45-46. ISSN 1035-6576 (2014) [Non Refereed Article] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2014	Phillips HE, Bindoff NL, 'On the non-equivalent barotropic structure of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: an observational perspective', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119, (8) pp. 5221-5243. ISSN 2169-9275 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009516 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 26Web of Science - 24 Co-authors: Bindoff NL Tweet
2013	Furue R, McCreary JP, Benthuysen J, Phillips HE, Bindoff NL, 'Dynamics of the Leeuwin Current: Part 1. Coastal flows in an inviscid, variable-density, layer model', Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans: Planetary Fluids, Climatic and Biogeochemical Systems, 63 pp. 24-59. ISSN 0377-0265 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2013.03.003 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 26Web of Science - 27 Co-authors: Benthuysen J; Bindoff NL Tweet
2013	Menezes VV, Phillips HE, Schiller A, Domingues CM, Bindoff NL, 'Salinity dominance on the Indian Ocean Eastern Gyral current', Geophysical Research Letters, 40, (21) pp. 5716-5721. ISSN 0094-8276 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/2013GL057887 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 30Web of Science - 28 Co-authors: Menezes VV; Domingues CM; Bindoff NL Tweet
2007	Phillips HE, Joyce T, 'Bermuda's tale of two time series: Hydrostation S and BATS', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37, (3) pp. 554-571. ISSN 0022-3670 (2007) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1175/JPO2997.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 22Web of Science - 20 Tweet
2005	Phillips HE, Wijffels SE, Feng MK, 'Interannual variability in upper ocean salt content in the southeast Indian Ocean', Geophysical Research Letters, 32, (3) pp. L03603. ISSN 0094-8276 (2005) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021755 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 35Web of Science - 33 Tweet
2004	Joyce TM, Frankignoul C, Yang J, Phillips HE, 'Ocean response and feedback to the SST dipole in the Tropical Atlantic', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 34, (11) pp. 2525-2540. ISSN 0022-3670 (2004) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1175/JPO2640.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 22Web of Science - 21 Tweet
2002	Phillips HE, Rintoul SR, 'A Mean Synoptic View of the Subantarctic Front south of Australia', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 32, (5) pp. 1536-1553. ISSN 0022-3670 (2002) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<1536:AMSVOT>2.0.CO;2 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 25Web of Science - 23 Tweet
2000	Phillips HE, Rintoul SR, 'Eddy Variability and Energetics from Direct Current Measurements in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current South of Australia', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 30, (12) pp. 3050-3076. ISSN 0022-3670 (2000) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<3050:EVAEFD>2.0.CO;2 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Web of Science - 138 Tweet
1993	Hunter JR, Craig PD, Phillips HE, 'On the use of random walk models with spatially variable diffusivity ', Journal of Computational Physics, 106, (2) pp. 366-376. ISSN 0021-9991 (1993) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9991(83)71114-9 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 199Web of Science - 189 Co-authors: Hunter JR Tweet
1991	Meyers G, Phillips HE, Smith N, Sprintall J, 'Space and time scales for optimal interpolation of temperature - Tropical Pacific Ocean', Progress in Oceanography, 28, (3) pp. 189-218. ISSN 0079-6611 (1991) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/0079-6611(91)90008-A [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 68Web of Science - 68 Tweet

Conference Publication

(19 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2017	Harris RMB, Remenyi T, Fox-Hughes P, Love P, Phillips HE, et al., 'An assessment of the viability of prescribed burning as a management tool under a changing climate: a Tasmanian case study', Research Forum 2017: Proceedings from the Research Forum at the Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC and AFAC Conference, 04-06 September 2017, Sydney, pp. 48-63. ISBN 9780994169693 (2017) [Refereed Conference Paper] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Harris RMB; Remenyi T; Love P; Bindoff NL Tweet
2012	Roach CJ, Phillips HE, Bindoff NL, Rintoul SR, 'Anomalous Ekman Transport Near Kerguelen Island', Proceedings of the 18th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 3-7 December 2012, Australian Maritime College, UTAS, Launceston, pp. 1-4. ISBN 978-0-646-58373-0 (2012) [Refereed Conference Paper] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Roach CJ; Bindoff NL; Rintoul SR Tweet
2010	MacKinnon JA, Alford M, Bouruet-Aubertot P, Bindoff NL, Elipot S, et al., 'Using global arrays to investigate internal-waves and mixing', Proceedings of OceanObs'09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society , 21-25 September 2009, Venice, Italy EJ (2010) [Refereed Conference Paper] DOI: 10.5270/OceanObs09.cwp.58 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Bindoff NL Tweet
2010	Meyer Amelie, Phillips HE, Sloyan B, Bindoff NL, 'High Resolution Current Velocity Profiling Floats Preliminary Results from Subantarctic Waters', Proceedings of the 'OceansObs'09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society' Conference (Vol. 1), 21-25 September 2009, Venice, Italy EJ (2010) [Non Refereed Conference Paper] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Meyer Amelie; Bindoff NL
2007	Phillips HE, Wijffels S, 'The seasonal cycle of Salinity in the Indian Ocean from Argo and Hydrobase', International Association of Geodesy Proceedings, 2-13 July 2007, Peruggia, Italy, pp. p. 98. (2007) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details]
2006	Oke P, Phillips HE, Wijffels S, 'Application of a model-based mapping tool for Argo observations', Second Argo Science Workshop Program and Abstracts, 13-18 March 2006, Venice, Italy, pp. p. 12. (2006) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details]
2005	Phillips HE, Wijffels SE, 'Interannual variability in the upper ocean freshwater content of the southeast Indian Ocean and its relationship with ENSO', Dynamic Planet Program and Abstracts, 22-26 August 2005, Cairns, Australia, pp. 81. (2005) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details]
2004	Phillips HE, Wijffels SE, 'Upper thermocline salinity anomalies in the Indian Ocean', Eso. Trans. AGU, Fall Meeting. Suppl., 13-17 December 2004, San Francisco, USA, pp. Abstract 0S43C-08. (2004) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details]
2004	Phillips HE, Wijffels SE, Feng M, 'Interannual variability in freshwater content northwest of Australia from Argo', AMSA 2004 Program and Abstracts, 6-9 July 2004, Hobart, Australia, pp. 100. (2004) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details]
2004	Phillips HE, Wijffels SE, Feng M, 'A fresh event in the southeast Indian Ocean observed by Argo floats', EGU 1st General Assembly Scientific Program, 20-30 April 2004, Nice, France, pp. 116. (2004) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details]
2003	Phillips HE, Wijffels SE, Feng M, 'Salinity Change in the southeast Indian Ocean', Http://sio-argo.ucsd.edu/gould/Oral_abstracts.html, November 2003, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 1. (2003) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details]
2002	Phillips HE, Joyce TM, 'Interannual to decadal variability in the ocean near Bermuda from observations and a global ocean model', Eos Trans. AGU 83(4), Ocean Sciences Meet. Suppl., 2002, 11-15 February 2002, Honolulu, Hawaii, pp. Abstract OS22Q-11. (2002) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details]
2001	Phillips HE, Joyce TM, 'Evaluation of NCAR Climate Ocean Model hindcasts for the North Atlantic Ocean', CLIVAR Proceedings, June 2001, Boulder, CO, USA, pp. 63. (2001) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details]
2001	Phillips HE, Rintoul SR, 'A mean synoptic view of the Subantarctic Front south of Australia', EGS Proceedings, March 2001, Nice, France, pp. 2. (2001) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details]
1998	Phillips HE, Meyers G, Sprintall J, 'XBT network design for the equatorial Pacific Ocean', Australian Physical Oceanography Conference Proceedings, December 1988, Sydney, Australia, pp. Abstracts. (1998) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details]
1997	Phillips HE, Rintoul SR, 'Mean flow and eddy variability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current south of Australia', IAMAS/IAPSO Proceedings, July 1997, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 2. (1997) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details]
1996	Phillips HE, Rintoul SR, 'Mean flow and eddy variability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current south of Australia', Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting Proceedings, July 1996, Brisbane, Australia, pp. Abstracts. (1996) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details]
1993	Phillips HE, Bye JAT, 'Estimates of interfacial stress from station data and simulated velocities in the southern Atlantic ocean', 4th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography Proceedings, March-April 1993, Hobart, Australia, pp. Abstracts. (1993) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details]
1993	Phillips HE, Craig PD, 'Comparison of constant vertical eddy viscosity with the Mellor and Yamada level 2 _ turbulence closure scheme in a 1-D circulation model', Australian Physical Oceanography Conference Proceedings, February 1993, Sydney, Australia, pp. Abstracts. (1993) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details]

Contract Report, Consultant's Report

(4 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2019	Feng M, Susanto RD, Phillips HE, Beal L, 'Boundary Currents and Exchanges with Other Basins [In: Beal, L. M., Vialard, J., Roxy, M. K. and lead authors 2019: Full Report. IndOOS-2: A roadmap to sustained observations of the Indian Ocean for 2020-2030. CLIVAR-4/2019, GOOS-237]', CLIVAR/IOC-GOOS Indian Ocean Region Panel (IORP); SIBER of IMBeR, December (2019) [Consultants Report] DOI: 10.36071/clivar.rp.4.2019 [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2018	Harris RMB, Remenyi T, Fox-Hughes P, Love P, Phillips HE, et al., 'An assessment of the viability of prescribed burning as a management tool under a changing climate. A Report for the National Bushfire Mitigation - Tasmanian Grants Program (NBMP)', Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, Hobart, Australia (2018) [Contract Report] DOI: 10.25959/QSVJ-NT17 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Harris RMB; Remenyi T; Fox-Hughes P; Love P; Bindoff NL Tweet
2014	Meyer A, Phillips HE, Sloyan BM, Polzin KL, 'Mixing (MX) Oceanographic Toolbox for EM-APEX float data applying shear-strain finescale parameterization', Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, 2014/01 (2014) [Contract Report] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Meyer A
1992	Craig PD, Phillips HE, Andrewartha JR, 'Wanaea current modelling - The influence of stratification, CSIRO Division of Oceanography Report', Steedman Science and Engineering, OMR 47/61 (1992) [Consultants Report] [eCite] [Details]

Thesis

(1 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2000	Phillips HE, 'Mean flow, eddy variability and energetics of the Subantarctic Front south of Australia' (2000) [PhD] [eCite] [Details]

Other Public Output

(9 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2018	Phillips HE, Legresy B, Bindoff N, 'Explainer: how the Antarctic Circumpolar Current helps keep Antarctica frozen', The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, Australia, 15 November (2018) [Newspaper Article] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Bindoff N Tweet
2017	Phillips HE, 'I have always wondered: why is the sea salty?', The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, Australia, 11 September (2017) [Magazine Article] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2015	Constable AJ, Blain S, Bowie A, Boyd PW, Chase Z, et al., 'Kerguelen Axis 2015-16: Marine science activities in support of research and observing of marine ecosystems in the vicinity of the Kerguelen Axis during 2015-16 austral summer', Southern Ocean Observing System Newsletter, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, UTAS, Hobart, Tasmania (2015) [Internal Newsletter] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Constable AJ; Bowie A; Boyd PW; Chase Z; Corney S; Cox M; Clarke L; Deagle B; Double M; Doyle H; Emmerson L; Hindell M; Holmes T; Kawaguchi S; Laurenceau E; McMinn A; Melbourne-Thomas J; Perez-Tribouillier HU; Ratnarajah L; Rintoul S; Schallenberg C; Southwell C; Swadling K; Tilbrook B; Trebilco R; Trull T; Van Der Merwe P; Walters A; Welsford DC; Westwood K; Wuttig K Tweet
2015	Meyer A, Phillips HE, Sloyan BM, Polzin KL, 'Mixing (MX) Oceanographic Toolbox for EM-APEX* float data applying shear-strain finescale parameterization', Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, UTAS, Hobart, Tasmania, 2014/01 (2015) [Report Other] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Meyer A
1999	Phillips HE, 'U.S.--Australia: Cooperation in the Southern Ocean', Bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Australia, 8, 4 (1999) [Magazine Article] [eCite] [Details]
1994	Bailey R, Gronell A, Phillips HE, Tanner E, Meyers G, 'Quality control cookbook for XBT data', CSIRO Marine Laboratories Report, CSIRO Marine Laboratories, Hobart, Tasmania, 221, 1994 (1994) [Report of Restricted Access] [eCite] [Details]
1992	Meyers G, Phillips HE, 'TOGA XBT sampling strategy', TOGA Notes, TOGA, Hobart, Tasmania, 7, April 1992 (1992) [Magazine Article] [eCite] [Details]
1990	Phillips HE, Bailey RJ, Meyers G, 'Design of an ocean temperature observing network in the seas north of Australia. Part II - Tropical Indian Ocean: Statistics', CSIRO Marine Laboratories Report, CSIRO Marine Laboratories, Hobart, Tasmania, 211, 1990 (1990) [Report of Restricted Access] [eCite] [Details]
1989	Meyers G, Sprintall J, Phillips HE, Peterson J, Fonseca T, 'Design of an ocean temperature observing network in the seas north of Australia. Part I - Tropical Pacific Ocean: Statistics', CSIRO Marine Laboratories Report, CSIRO Marine Laboratories, Hobart, Tasmania, 204, 1989 (1989) [Report of Restricted Access] [eCite] [Details]

Grants & Funding

Helen has been very successful in winning competitive funds, fully supporting her own salary 2012-15 and project costs, being awarded $1.5 million since 2007 from the Australian Research Council, US National Science Foundation, and other agencies. Some of these grants are listed below. She has also led and contributed to proposals to the Australian Marine National Facility for ship time to conduct our research (142 days of ship time, 2012-15, $10.4 million in-kind contribution to IMAS research).

Funding Summary

Number of grants

Total funding

$114,024,617

Projects

NESP 2 - Climate Systems Hub Activity Schedule 6 Oceans & Coasts (2023 - 2025)$170,348

Description: Appointment of Post Doc 2023/2024. DNR, original funding captured under M0028106
Funding: Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment ($170,348)
Scheme: Grant-National Environmental Science Prgm (NESP)
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Phillips HE; Roach CJ
Period: 2023 - 2025

Does water-mass variability at intermediate depth in the tropical-subtropical southeast Indian Ocean originate in the Southern Ocean? - PhD top up (2022 - 2025)$20,000

Description: PhD top up funds for student Meng Han
Funding: CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation ($20,000)
Scheme: Contract Research
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Phillips HE; Han M
Period: 2022 - 2025

NESP 2 CLIMATE SYSTEMS HUB CSIRO UMBRELLA AGREEMENT (2021 - 2027)$38,000,000

Description: The Climate Systems Hub provides the opportunity to further develop Australia's climate science capability while working directly with adaptation practitioners . Having science and adaptation entwined together with other NESP Hubs is critical. Our vision involves scientists, practitioners, data-users and decision-makers participating in a two-way feedback loop with the Hub in shaping a national resilience buildingclimate research program with practical on-ground results.
Funding: Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment ($38,000,000)
Scheme: Grant-National Environmental Science Prgm (NESP)
Administered By: CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation
Research Team: Marsland S; Holbrook NJ; Harris R; Remenyi TA; Phillips HE; Kajtar JB; McDonald J
Period: 2021 - 2027

Unraveling ocean mixing and air-sea forcing along the Indo-Pacific exchange (2021 - 2024)$764,194

Description: This project aims to collect unprecedented observations and develop high resolution model simulations to examine changes in the Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) north of Australia. This project expects to develop new knowledge of ocean-atmosphere interactions along the path of the ITF from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, which are the powerhouse that drives changes in winds and rainfall around Australia and the entire Indo-Pacific region. Expected outcomes include a 1000-fold increase in the observations of mixing in the Indonesian seas and new understanding of the ocean-atmosphere processes that control water property change along the ITF. This should lead to strong improvement in the skill of climate forecast models in the Australian region.
Funding: Australian Research Council ($764,194)
Scheme: Grant-Discovery Projects
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Phillips HE; Nikurashin M; Sloyan BM; Wijffels S
Period: 2021 - 2024
Grant Reference: DP210100643

The Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (2020 - 2025)$22,389,928

Description: The Centre will revolutionise predictions of the future of East Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Changes in the Antarctic will be profoundly costly to Australia, including sea-level and fisheries impacts; but the speed and scale of future change remains poorly understood. A new national-scale and interdisciplinary Centre is required to understand the complex interactions of the ocean, ice sheets, atmosphere and ecosystems that will govern Antarctica's future. The Centre will combine new field data with innovative models to address Australia's Antarctic science priorities, train graduate students, develop leaders, engage the public, and enable major economic benefit as Australia adapts to climate change in the coming years and beyond.
Funding: Australian Research Council ($20,000,000)
Collaborators: Australian National University ($975,664); Curtin University ($87,720); University of Canberra ($87,720); University of Melbourne ($87,720); University of New South Wales ($975,664); University of South Australia ($87,720); University of Western Australia ($87,720)
Scheme: Grant-Special Research Initiatives
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: King MA; Blanchard JL; Boyd PW; Hill NA; Hindell MA; Lea MA; Lucieer VL; McMinn A; Watson CS; Reading AM; Bindoff NL; Chase Z; Coleman R; Halpin JA; Lannuzel D; Nikurashin M; Phillips HE; Strutton PG; Spence JP; Whittaker J; Williams GD; Noble T; Davies R; Heslop D
Period: 2020 - 2025
Grant Reference: SR200100008

Project 5.7 Tracking ocean change: ocean observations and models (2020)$95,157

Description: The project will enhance Australia's resilience to climate variability, climate change, and their impacts by improving the national capacity to anticipate, interpret and respond to climate events and trends. Outcomes of the project will include:* More effective water resources planning, management and infrastructure investment;* More effective decision‐making in agriculture and planning, informed by improved and more relevant climate information at multi‐annual to multi‐decadal timescales;* A national policy for greenhouse gas mitigation guided by better estimates of the rate of planetary warming derived from observations of ocean heat content, and an enhanced ability to track the effectiveness of global mitigation efforts;* Coastal planning and development decisions informed by nationally coordinated data and information on changing sea levels and climate in coastal regions.
Funding: Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) ($95,157)
Scheme: Grant-National Environmental Science Prgm (NESP)
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Bindoff NL; Phillips HE; Cyriac A; Rathore S
Year: 2020

Coupling of bio-physical, ecosystem scale, examination of Australia's International Indian Ocean Expedition line (2019)$0

Description: A request for 32 days at sea on the Marine National Facility RV Investigator to conduct multi-disciplinary assessment of change in the southeast Indian Ocean over 50 years.
Funding: CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation ($0)
Scheme: Grant-Marine National Facility
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Beckley L; Antoine D; Phillips HE; Landry M; Hardman-Mountford N; Seymour J; Ostrowski M; Olivar MP; Hood R; Waite AM; Jeffs A; Thompson P
Year: 2019

Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (2019 - 2029)$50,000,000

Description: Australian Antarctic Program Partnership, comprises the University of Tasmania, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, the Australian Antartcic Division, Geosciences Australia, the Bureau of Meteorology, IMOS and Tasmanian State Govt. This initiative will support research that aims to understand the role of the Antarctic region in the global climate system and the implications on marine ecosystems.
Funding: Department of Industry, Innovation and Science ($50,000,000)
Scheme: Antarctic Science Collaboration Initiative
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Bindoff NL; Swadling KM; Nicol S; Bestley S; Blanchard JL; Lannuzel D; Williams GD; Coleman R; Nikurashin M; Bowie AR; Phillips HE; King MA; Watson CS; Hurd R; Boyd PW
Period: 2019 - 2029

Ocean mixing at high Reynolds number: Efficiencies in extrema (2019 - 2021)$900,000

Description: This project aims to measure the efficiency of mixing in the ocean, which determines how much heat and momentum can be transferred to the ocean from winds and surface heating. Mixing is a key parameter in determining how much the ocean can absorb increasing atmospheric heat and carbon dioxide to insulate the planet from extreme warming. We will measure mixing efficiency in a range of environments including Cook Strait, NZ and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
Funding: The Royal Society of New Zealand ($900,000)
Scheme: Grant-Marsden Fund
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Stevens C; O'Callaghan JM; Carter GS; Phillips HE
Period: 2019 - 2021

Physical, chemical and biogeochemical gradients in the East Australian Current (2018)$0

Description: This voyage will train Masters students from the University of Tasmania in oceanographic methods. Students will map changes in temperature, salinity and nutrients along 2,500 km of the eastern Australian coast. Biological sampling will document the changes in ocean plankton from the subantarctic waters near Tasmania to the tropics. By observing the change in current biological communities along a south-to-north temperature gradient, students will gain an appreciation of changes that may occur over time due to climate change. Students will gain valuable training in oceanographic field techniques, data analysis and communication.
Funding: CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation ($0)
Scheme: Grant-Marine National Facility
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Chase Z; Strutton PG; Michael KJ; Phillips HE; Virtue P; Schallenberg C
Year: 2018

How does a standing meander southeast of Tasmania brake the Antarctic Circumpolar Current? (2018)$0

Description: Request for 32 days at sea on the Marine National Facility RV Investigator to conduct physical oceanography observations to investigate why the Antarctic Circumpolar Current transport has not increased despite a 20-year trend of increasing westerly winds over the Southern ocean. This voyage is to support the pending ARC Discovery Project DP170102162 submitted by Bindoff and colleagues.
Funding: CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation ($0)
Scheme: Grant-Marine National Facility
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Phillips HE; Bindoff NL; Nikurashin M
Year: 2018

How topography brakes the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (2017 - 2020)$783,000

Description: The aim of this project is to observe and simulate the mechanisms that put the brakes on the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. The Southern Ocean winds have increased over the last two decades while the transport of the world's largest current remains steady or slightly decreasing. This is a perplexing observation. New negative feedback mechanisms between the winds and transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current have been advanced. This proposal addresses this critical issue in the momentum and energy balance of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by directly observing how the eddies carry momentum from the wind down to the sea floor and accelerate the deep currents that drag against the rough bottom to put the brakes on this current.
Funding: Australian Research Council ($783,000)
Scheme: Grant-Discovery Projects
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Bindoff NL; Phillips HE; Nikurashin M; Rintoul SR; Donohue K; Watts D; Polzin K
Period: 2017 - 2020
Grant Reference: DP170102162

Eddies: The key to understanding Southern Ocean carbon cycling (2016 - 2018)$269,900

Description: Ocean eddies are like small high and low pressure weather systems that spin either clockwise or anticlockwise,are about 100-200 km across and several hundred meters deep. Eddies are important because they generatevertical currents that move nutrients and carbon dioxide up and down. This work will observe an eddy in theSouthern Ocean for three weeks, to understand how its circulation impacts ocean productivity and the exchangeof carbon dioxide between the ocean and atmosphere. Outcomes will include a better understanding of carboncycling in an ocean region that is central to the climate of Australia and the rest of the planet.
Funding: Australian Research Council ($269,900)
Scheme: Grant-Discovery Projects
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Strutton PG; Phillips HE
Period: 2016 - 2018
Grant Reference: DP160102870

Linking eddy physics and biogeochemistry in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current south of Tasmania (2016)$0

Description: A new understanding of the importance of eddies in the Southern Ocean.
Funding: CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation ($0)
Scheme: Grant-Marine National Facility
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Strutton PG; Phillips HE; Boyd PW
Year: 2016

Submarine volcanism and hydrothermalism around Heard and McDonald Islands (2015 - 2016)$65,600

Description: The scarcity of iron limits biological productivity and carbon uptake in the nutrient rich waters of the Southern Ocean. This project will explore for the first time the role of undersea "hotspot" volcanoes in supplying iron to surface waters, thus linking the solid earth and the biosphere. Existing data indicate that fields of submarine volcanoes extend for several hundred kilometres from Heard and McDonald islands, among the world's most active hotspot volcanoes. We will produce a three dimensional, high-resolution bathymetric and backscatter map of the seafloor surrounding the islands. We will map the water column for chemical signatures of hydrothermal activity. From this mapping we will identify and sample candidate active submarine volcanoes, a first for this region. We will measure iron abundance, and reactivity in buoyant plumes over and downstream of these volcanoes, and evaluate physical mixing processes that might deliver this iron to surface waters.
Funding: Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) ($65,600)
Scheme: Grant-Australian Antarctic Science
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Coffin MF; Chase Z; Bowie AR; Whittaker J; Phillips HE; Noble T; Arculus R; Trull T; Carey RJ
Period: 2015 - 2016

Assessment of habitats, productivity and food webs on the Kerguelen Axis in the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean (2015)$0

Description: The Southern Ocean is one of the most rapidly changing environments on earth. Australia seeks to sustain marine resources of high fisheries and conservation value that are dependent on the productive ecosystems of the Kerguelen Axis (including Australia's Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands south to the Antarctic continent). The Kerguelen Axis has never been surveyed as a single region to determine the critical relationships between environmental and biogeochemical drivers responsible for the transition between the northern copepod-fish dominated foodweb to the southern krill-based foodweb. This knowledge is essential for ecosystem-based management of fisheries, as well as conservation of whale populations and marine biodiversity. The results will be important for assessing likely responses to change in the ecosystem (from climate or fisheries) as well as change in the global oceans and carbon cycle, which are fundamental to the Earth's response to climate change
Funding: Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) ($0)
Scheme: Grant-Australian Antarctic Science
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Constable A; Andrews-Goff V; Bell E; Bestley S; Bowie AR; Boyd PW; Corney SP; Cox MJ; Davidson AT; Deagle BE; Double MC; Emmerson L; Harcourt R; Hindell MA; Kawaguchi S; Koubbi P; Lea MA; McMahon CR; McMinn A; Melbourne-Thomas J; Moteki M; Odate T; Rintoul SR; Southwell C; Sumner MD; Swadling KM; Takahashi K; Tilbrook B; Trull T; Westwood KJ; Ziegler PE; Causse R; Phillips HE; Pruvost P; Kokubun N
Year: 2015

Turbulent mixing processes in the southern Ocean from observations and models (2013)$20,000

Funding: University of Tasmania ($20,000)
Scheme: Grant-Research Enhancement (REGS)
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Nikurashin M; Phillips HE
Year: 2013

Dynamics of Near-surface Eastward Flows in the South Indian Ocean (2012)$110,343

Funding: National Science Foundation ($110,343)
Scheme: Grant
Administered By: University of Hawaii
Research Team: McCreary J; Phillips HE
Year: 2012

Southern Ocean Mixing: Unique Observations of Eddy Exchange across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (2010)$27,016

Funding: Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) ($27,016)
Scheme: Grant-Australian Antarctic Science
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Bindoff NL; Phillips HE
Year: 2010

Ocean-atmosphere Interaction in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (2010 - 2012)$46,629

Funding: CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation ($46,629)
Scheme: Grant-Flagship Cluster
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Phillips HE; Bindoff NL
Period: 2010 - 2012

Antarctic Circumpolar Current and Consequences for the Meridional Overturning Circulation (2009 - 2012)$30,250

Funding: CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation ($30,250)
Scheme: Scholarship-Flagship Cluster-Wealth from Oceans
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Phillips HE; Bindoff NL
Period: 2009 - 2012

2009 R1 - MOCA-09 Our Warming Planet (2009)$3,325

Funding: University of Tasmania ($3,325)
Scheme: Grant-Conference Support Scheme
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Phillips HE
Year: 2009

The Southern Ocean Meridional Overturning Circulation: New Observations of Vertical Mixing (2008 - 2010)$318,000

Funding: Australian Research Council ($318,000)
Scheme: Grant-Discovery Projects
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Bindoff NL; Phillips HE; Rintoul SR
Period: 2008 - 2010
Grant Reference: DP0877098

The Southern Ocean Branch of the Meridional Overturning Circulation: New Observations of Vertical Mixing (2008 - 2011)$0

Funding: Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) ($0)
Scheme: Grant-Australian Antarctic Science
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Phillips HE; Bindoff NL
Period: 2008 - 2011

The Southern Ocean Branch of the Meridional Overturning Circulation: New Observations of Vertical Mixing (2007)$8,000

Funding: University of Tasmania ($8,000)
Scheme: Grant-Institutional Research Scheme
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Phillips HE
Year: 2007

Organization of a cruise on board R/V Melville to provide research opportunities and train scientists from Philippines Marine Institutions (2007)$2,927

Funding: Ian Potter Foundation ($2,927)
Scheme: Grant-Travel/Conference
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Phillips HE
Year: 2007

Research Supervision

Six PhD students and three Honours students have completed their research under Helen's supervision. All of them have published their research in the peer-reviewed literature. She currently has two students working with her on her Indian and Southern Ocean projects, and she has projects available for new students.

Current

Completed

Current

Degree	Title	Commenced
PhD	Carbon Export and Mesoscale Eddy Structure in the Southern Ocean Revealed by BGC-Argo Floats	2019
PhD	Dynamical Oceanography of a Standing Meander in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: a parallel investigation with observations and models	2020
PhD	Production and Dissipation of Thermohaline Anomalies in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current using Lagrangian Methods	2021
PhD	Investigating Southern Ocean meridional fluxes from ARGO within the framework of a time-varying Gravest Empirical Mode climatology of watermass properties	2021
PhD	Does Watermass Variability at Intermediate Depth in the Tropical Southeast Indian Ocean Originate in the Southern Ocean?	2021
PhD	Tracking Human Changes in the Ocean	2022

Completed

Degree	Title	Completed
PhD	Meander Dynamics in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current Candidate: Jan Jaap Meijer	2022
PhD	Global Analysis of Local Driving Mechanisms of Marine Heatwaves Candidate: Maxime Marin	2022
PhD	Physical and Biogeochemical Structure of Southern Ocean Eddies Candidate: Ramkrushnbhai Shaileshbhai Patel	2020
PhD	Investigating the Hemispheric Asymmetry in Global Ocean Warming and the Links between Sea Surface Salinity and Australian Precipitation Candidate: Saurabh Rathore	2020
PhD	Internal Waves, Turbulent Mixing and Upper Ocean Heat Balances in the Southeast Indian Ocean Candidate: Ajitha Cyriac	2020
PhD	The Impact of Lee Waves on the Southern Ocean Circulation and its Sensitivity to Wind Stress Candidate: Luwei Yang	2019
PhD	A Glaciochemical Study of the Mill Island Ice Core Candidate: Mana Inoue	2015
PhD	Remarkable Near-surface Eastward Flows in the South Indian Ocean: Understanding the dynamical links between the Indian Ocean subtropical gyre, Indonesian throughflow Candidate: Viviane Vasconcellos de Menezes	2015
PhD	Ekman Currents in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current Candidate: Christopher John Roach	2014
PhD	Diapycnal Mixing and the Internal Wavefield North of the Kerguelen Plateau Candidate: Amelie Meyer	2014
PhD	Global Ocean Salinity: A Climate Change Diagnostic? Candidate: Paul James Durack	2011