CV for Brian King

Name:                       Dr Brian Anthony King

Date and place of birth:    05 February 1960, Pitermaritzburg, South Africa

Nationality:                British

Address:                    Southampton Oceanography Centre
                            Empress Dock
                            Southampton
                            SO14 3ZH
                            United Kingdom

                            tel (44) 23 8059 6438
                            fax (44) 23 8059 6204
                            email b.king@soc.soton.ac.uk 
                            http://www.soc.soton.ac.uk/JRD/HYDRO/bak/index.html

Education:                  1980  B.A.  Emmanuel College, Cambridge (Mathematics)
                            1981  M.Sc. Department of Mathematics, University of Bristol (Fluid Mechanics)
                            1985  Ph.D. Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical
                                             Physics, Cambridge

Employment:                 1985 Higher Scientific Officer, Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Wormley
                            1988 Senior Scientific Officer, Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Wormley
                            1995 Relocated with IOS to James Rennell Division, Southampton Oceanography Centre
                            1995 UG7, Southampton Oceanography Centre

Present position:           Physical Oceanographer,
                            Since 1996, Head of Hydrography Group, 
                            James Rennell Division, Southampton Oceanography Centre

Committees:
                            UK Argo Expert Group (2000 - )
                            International Argo Science Team (1999- )
                            NERC Marine Science Peer Review Committee (1999- )
                            WOCE Data Products Committee (1998 - )
                            WOCE Hydrographic Programme Planning Committee (1995 - 1997)
 
Principal research interests:
        Ocean circulation; variability on timescales from interannual to decadal. 
        Merdional fluxes and interbasin exchange, especially in the South Atlantic. 
        Southern Ocean - transport and dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. 
        Comparison of output from ocean General Circulation Models with in situ observations.
        Measurement techniques: hydrographic measurements; shipboard and lowered ADCP; GPS. 
        Application of new technology to oceanographic problems: Autosub; PALACE floats.