Dr Sheldon Bacon, Lead Investigator

Dr Sheldon Bacon is a Marine Physicist,Oceanographer and Associate Head of the Marine Physics and Ocean Climate group at the National Oceanography Centre.

He has specialised in the Arctic and Southern Oceans for many years, more recently concentrating on the Arctic. Dr Bacon is particularly interested in circulations in the Arctic and Southern Oceans and the variability in fluxes of heat, salt and freshwater on different timescales.

As a member of NERC’s Polar Science Working Group, Dr Bacon contributed to the setting of NERC’s priorities in Arctic science. He was also heavily involved in the 2007/8 International Polar Year and sits on a number of other NERC and external committees, panels and research groups. He has organised events such as the first UK Arctic Science Conference in 2009, the first national and multidisciplinary event of its kind.

The TEA-COSI team maintain a website about their research at www.teacosi.org.

Contact information

Twitter: @SheldonBacon
Email: s.bacon@noc.ac.uk
Phone: 023 8059 6441

TEA-COSI

This project aims to reduce the uncertainties in our understanding of how atmosphere, sea-ice and ocean interact to influence Arctic climate and so develop better predictive capabilities.

More information on this project

Measuring sea temperatures in the Arctic TEA-COSI research cruise

TEA-COSI, a NERC Arctic Research Programme project, is looking at the behaviour of the Arctic Ocean and it's sea ice, with the aim of reducing uncertainty in the prediction of Arctic climate.

Canadian Arctic Archipelago oceanography

The research of the Oxford University Arctic Ocean Research Programme led by Dr Helen Johnson is an important contribution to the ARP TEA-COSI consortium researching Arctic climate.

Press release: Tides stir up deep Atlantic Heat in the Arctic Ocean

Researchers have identified how warm Atlantic water that is flowing deep into the Arctic Ocean is mixing with colder waters above to contribute to sea-ice loss in the Arctic.

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