Dave Munday
Physical Oceanographer
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Dave Munday
Physical Oceanographer
Biography
Dave Munday is a Physical Oceanographer in the Open Oceans group.
Previous Experience
- Apr 2007 – Dec 2014: PDRA at Atmospheric, Oceanic & Planetary Sciences, Dept. of Physics, Univ. Oxford.
- Oct 2004 – Apr 2007: PDRA at Dept. of Meteorology, Univ. Reading.
Education
- Oct 2001 – Sep 2004: PhD student at Dept. of Meteorology, Univ. Reading.
- Oct 2000 – Aug 2001: MSc (Weather, Climate & Modelling) at Dept. of Meteorology, Univ. Reading.
- Oct 1997 – June 2000: BSc (Marine Science) at School of Ocean & Earth Sciences, Univ. Southampton.
Research interests
I am interested in the role of small-scale mesoscale eddies in the large-scale dynamics of the Southern Ocean (SO). My primary goal is to understand how eddies contribute to the volume transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) and the Residual Meridional Overturning Circulation (RMOC). These two problems are strongly linked via the ocean stratification/global pycnocline depth, which mesoscale eddies play a role in setting. Much of my recent work has focussed on the sensitivity of the ACC transport and/or RMOC to changes in wind stress. I have a strong interest in palaeoclimate and how the SO circulation might have altered over geological timescales, especially changes that might occur due to the tectonic rearrangement of continents and the opening of ocean gateways, e.g. Drake Passage or Tasman Seaway.
Collaborations
See below for more recent publications.
2015
Jones, D. C., T. Ito, T. Birner, A. Klocker, and D. Munday, 2015: Planetary-geometric constraints on isopycnal slope in the Southern Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 45, 2991–3004, doi:10.1175/JPO–D–15–0034.1.
Munday, D. R. and X. Zhai, 2015: Sensitivity of Southern Ocean circulation to wind stress changes: Role of wind stress bulk formulae. Ocean Modell., 95, 15–24, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2015.08.004.
Munday, D. R., H. L. Johnson, and D. P. Marshall, 2015: The role of ocean gateways in the dynamics and sensitivity to wind stress of the early Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Paleoceanography, 30, 284–302, doi:10.1002/2014PA002675.
2014
Zhai, X. and D. R. Munday, 2014: Sensitivity of Southern Ocean overturning to wind stress changes: Role of surface restoring time scales. Ocean Modell., 84, 12–25, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2014.09.004.
Hogg, A. M. and D. R. Munday, 2014: Does the sensitivity of Southern Ocean circulation depend upon bathymetric details? Phil. Trans. R. Soc A, 372, doi:10.1098/rsta.2013.0050.
Munday, D. R., H. L. Johnson, and D. P. Marshall, 2014: On the effect of mesoscale eddies on ocean carbon storage and atmospheric pCO2. Global Bio-geochem. Cycles, 28, 877–896, doi:10.1002/2014GB004836.
2013
Munday, D. R., H. L. Johnson, and D. P. Marshall, 2013: Eddy saturation of equilibrated circumpolar currents. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 43, 507–532.
Munday, D. R. and X. Zhai, 2013: Modulation of eddy kinetic energy, temperature variance, and eddy heat fluxes by surface buoyancy forcing. Ocean Modell., 62, 27–38, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2012.11.003.
2011
Meredith, M. P., P. L. Woodworth, T. K. Chereskin, D. P. Marshall, L. C. Allison, G. R. Bigg, K. Donohue, K. J. Heywood, C. W. Hughes, A. Hibbert, A. M. Hogg, H. L. Johnson, B. A. King, H. Leach, Y. Lenn, M. A. Morales-Maqueda, D. R. Munday, A. C. Naveira-Garabato, C. Provost, and J. Sprintall, 2011: Sustained monitoring of the Southern Ocean at Drake Passage: Past achievements and future priorities. Rev. Geophys., 49, RG4005, doi:10.1029/2010RG000348.
Munday, D. R., L. C. Allison, H. L. Johnson, and D. P. Marshall, 2011: Remote forcing of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by diapycnal mixing. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L08609, doi:10.1029/2011GL046849.
2010
Allison, L. C., H. L. Johnson, D. P. Marshall, and D. R. Munday, 2010: Where do winds drive the Antarctic Circumpolar Current? Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L12605, doi:10.1029/2010GL043355.
Munday, D. R., D. P. Marshall, and M. D. Piggott, 2010: Idealised flow past an island in a dynamically adaptive finite element model. Ocean Dyn., 60, 835–850, doi:10.1007/s10236–010–0291–5.
2005
Munday, D. R. and D. P. Marshall, 2005: On the separation of a barotropic western boundary current from a cape. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35, 1726–1743.
Publications from NERC Open Research Archive
2024
Munday, D.R. ORCID record for D.R. Munday, Sauermilch, I., Klocker, A., Whittaker, J.M.. (2024) Impact of Deep Water Formation on Antarctic Circumpolar Transport During Gateway Opening. Paleoceanography & Paleoclimatology, 39 (). 23 pp. 10.1029/2022PA004605
2023
Xing, Qianjiang, Klocker, Andreas, Munday, David ORCID record for David Munday, Whittaker, Joanne. (2023) Deep Convection as the Key to the Transition From Eocene to Modern Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Geophysical Research Letters, 50 (). 11 pp. 10.1029/2023GL104847
Klocker, Andreas, Munday, David ORCID record for David Munday, Gayen, Bishakdatta, Roquet, Fabien, LaCasce, Joseph H.. (2023) Deep-Reaching Global Ocean Overturning Circulation Generated by Surface Buoyancy Forcing. Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, 75 (). pp. 10.16993/tellusa.3231
Wilder, Thomas, Zhai, Xiaoming, Munday, David ORCID record for David Munday, Joshi, Manoj. (2023) Constraining an eddy energy dissipation rate due to relative wind stress for use in energy budget-based eddy parameterisations. Ocean Science, 19 (). pp. 10.5194/os-19-1669-2023
Xing, Q.B., Klocker, A., Munday, D. ORCID record for D. Munday, Whittaker, J.M.. (2023) Deepening of Southern Ocean gateway leads to abrupt onset of a deep-reaching meridional overturning circulation. Geophysical Research Letters, 50 (). 10 pp. 10.1029/2023GL104382
Meijers, Andrew J.S. ORCID record for Andrew J.S. Meijers, Meredith, Michael P. ORCID record for Michael P. Meredith, Shuckburgh, Emily F., Kent, Elizabeth C. ORCID record for Elizabeth C. Kent, Munday, David R. ORCID record for David R. Munday, Firing, Yvonne L. ORCID record for Yvonne L. Firing, King, Brian ORCID record for Brian King, Smyth, Timothy J., Leng, Melanie J. ORCID record for Melanie J. Leng, Nurser, A.J. George, Hewitt, Helene T., Abrahamsen, E. Povl ORCID record for E. Povl Abrahamsen, Weiss, Alexandra, Yang, Mingxi, Bell, Thomas G., Brearley, J. Alexander ORCID record for J. Alexander Brearley, Boland, Emma J.D. ORCID record for Emma J.D. Boland, Jones, Daniel C. ORCID record for Daniel C. Jones, Josey, Simon A. ORCID record for Simon A. Josey, Owen, Robyn P., Grist, Jeremy P. ORCID record for Jeremy P. Grist, Blaker, Adam T. ORCID record for Adam T. Blaker, Biri, Stavroula ORCID record for Stavroula Biri, Yelland, Margaret J. ORCID record for Margaret J. Yelland, Pimm, Ciara, Zhou, Shenjie ORCID record for Shenjie Zhou, Harle, James, Cornes, Richard C. ORCID record for Richard C. Cornes. (2023) Finale: Impact of the ORCHESTRA/ENCORE programmes on Southern Ocean heat and carbon understanding. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 381 (). 25 pp. 10.1098/rsta.2022.0070
2022
Xing, Qianjiang, Munday, David ORCID record for David Munday, Klocker, Andreas, Sauermilch, Isabel, Whittaker, Joanne. (2022) The sensitivity of the Eocene–Oligocene Southern Ocean to the strength and position of wind stress. Climate of the Past, 18 (). 25 pp. 10.5194/cp-18-2669-2022
Meredith, Michael P. ORCID record for Michael P. Meredith, Inall, Mark E., Brearley, J. Alexander ORCID record for J. Alexander Brearley, Ehmen, Tobias, Sheen, Katy, Munday, David ORCID record for David Munday, Cook, Alison, Retallick, Katherine, Van Landeghem, Katrien, Gerrish, Laura ORCID record for Laura Gerrish, Annett, Amber, Carvalho, Filipa ORCID record for Filipa Carvalho, Jones, Rhiannon, Naveira Garabato, Alberto C., Bull, Christopher Y.S., Wallis, Benjamin J., Hogg, Anna E., Scourse, James. (2022) Internal tsunamigenesis and ocean mixing driven by glacier calving in Antarctica. Science Advances, 8 (). 10 pp. 10.1126/sciadv.add0720
Wilder, Thomas, Zhai, Xiaoming, Munday, David ORCID record for David Munday, Joshi, Manoj. (2022) The response of a baroclinic anticyclonic eddy to relative wind stress forcing. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 52 (). pp. 10.1175/JPO-D-22-0044.1
Furner, Rachel ORCID record for Rachel Furner, Haynes, Peter, Munday, Dave ORCID record for Dave Munday, Paige, Brooks, Jones, Daniel C. ORCID record for Daniel C. Jones, Shuckburgh, Emily. (2022) A sensitivity analysis of a regression model of ocean temperature. Environmental Data Science, 1 (). 28 pp. 10.1017/eds.2022.10
2021
Sauermilch, I., Whittaker, J.M., Klocker, A., Munday, D.R. ORCID record for D.R. Munday, Hochmuth, K., Bijl, P.K., LaCasce, J.H.. (2021) Gateway-driven weakening of ocean gyres leads to Southern Ocean cooling. Nature Communications, 12 (). 8 pp. 10.1038/s41467-021-26658-1
Munday, David R. ORCID record for David R. Munday, Zhai, Xiaoming, Harle, James, Coward, Andrew C. ORCID record for Andrew C. Coward, Nurser, A.J. George. (2021) Relative vs. absolute wind stress in a circumpolar model of the Southern Ocean.. Ocean Modelling, 168 (). 20 pp. 10.1016/j.ocemod.2021.101891
2020
Lin, Xia, Zhai, Xiaoming, Wang, Zhaomin, Munday, David R. ORCID record for David R. Munday. (2020) Southern Ocean wind stress in CMIP5 models: Role of wind fluctuations. Journal of Climate, 33 (). pp. 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0466.1
2019
Patmore, Ryan D. ORCID record for Ryan D. Patmore, Holland, Paul R. ORCID record for Paul R. Holland, Munday, David R. ORCID record for David R. Munday, Naveira Garabato, Alberto C., Stevens, David P., Meredith, Michael P. ORCID record for Michael P. Meredith. (2019) Topographic control of Southern Ocean gyres and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: a barotropic perspective. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 49 (). pp. 10.1175/JPO-D-19-0083.1
Naughten, Kaitlin ORCID record for Kaitlin Naughten, Jenkins, Adrian ORCID record for Adrian Jenkins, Holland, Paul ORCID record for Paul Holland, Mugford, Ruth, Nicholls, Keith ORCID record for Keith Nicholls, Munday, Dave ORCID record for Dave Munday. (2019) Modeling the influence of the Weddell Polynya on the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf cavity. Journal of Climate, 32 (). pp. 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0203.1
2018
Bronselaer, Ben, Zanna, Laure, Munday, David R. ORCID record for David R. Munday, Lowe, Jason. (2018) Southern Ocean carbon-wind stress feedback. Climate Dynamics, 51 (). pp. 10.1007/s00382-017-4041-y
Mak, J., Maddison, J.R., Marshall, D.P., Munday, Dave R. ORCID record for Dave R. Munday. (2018) Implementation of a geometrically informed and energetically constrained mesoscale eddy parameterization in an ocean circulation model. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 48 (). pp. 10.1175/JPO-D-18-0017.1
Lin, Xia, Zhai, Xiaoming, Wang, Zhaomin, Munday, David R. ORCID record for David R. Munday. (2018) Mean, variability, and trend of Southern Ocean wind stress: role of wind fluctuations. Journal of Climate, 31 (). pp. 10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0481.1
2017
Munday, D.R. ORCID record for D.R. Munday, Meredith, M.P. ORCID record for M.P. Meredith. (2017) On the dynamics of flow past a cylinder: Implications for CTD package motions and measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122 (). pp. 10.1002/2017JC012708
Munday, D.R. ORCID record for D.R. Munday, Zhai, X.. (2017) The impact of atmospheric storminess on the sensitivity of Southern Ocean circulation to wind stress changes. Ocean Modelling, 115 (). pp. 10.1016/j.ocemod.2017.05.005
Lauderdale, Jonathan M., Williams, Richard G., Munday, David R. ORCID record for David R. Munday, Marshall, David P.. (2017) The impact of Southern Ocean residual upwelling on atmospheric CO2 on centennial and millennial timescales. Climate Dynamics, 48 (). pp. doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3163-y
Marshall, David P., Ambaum, Maarten H. P., Maddison, James R., Munday, David R. ORCID record for David R. Munday, Novak, Lenka. (2017) Eddy saturation and frictional control of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Geophysical Research Letters, 44 (). pp. doi:10.1002/2016GL071702
2016
Bronselaer, Ben, Zanna, Laure, Munday, David R. ORCID record for David R. Munday, Lowe, Jason. (2016) The influence of Southern Ocean winds on the North Atlantic carbon sink. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 30 (). pp. doi:10.1002/2015GB005364
Marshall, David P., Munday, David R. ORCID record for David R. Munday, Allison, Lesley C., Hay, Russell J., Johnson, Helen L.. (2016) Gill’s model of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, revisited: the role of latitudinal variations in wind stress. Ocean Modelling, 97 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2015.11.010
2015
Jones, Daniel C. ORCID record for Daniel C. Jones, Ito, Takamitsu, Birner, Thomas, Klocker, Andreas, Munday, David ORCID record for David Munday. (2015) Planetary-geometric constraints on isopycnal slope in the Southern Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45 (). pp. 10.1175/JPO-D-15-0034.1
Munday, D.R. ORCID record for D.R. Munday, Zhai, X.. (2015) Sensitivity of Southern Ocean circulation to wind stress changes: Role of relative wind stress. Ocean Modelling, 95 (). pp. 10.1016/j.ocemod.2015.08.004
Munday, D. R. ORCID record for D. R. Munday, Johnson, H. L., Marshall, D. P.. (2015) The role of ocean gateways in the dynamics and sensitivity to wind stress of the early Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Paleoceanography, 30 (). pp. doi:10.1002/2014PA002675
- POLOMINTS
- BIOPOLE
- ORCHESTRA
- The role of ocean gateways in the dynamics and sensitivity to wind stress of the early Antarctic Circumpolar Current
- SMILES
- How the complexity of continental breakup controls ocean circulation (2018 – 2020), Australian Research Council Discover Project with PI Jo Whittaker and CoI’s Andreas Klocker, Simon Williams, Carmen Gaina & Sascha Brune.
- Visiting Scholar at the University of Tasmania (May/June 2018 & June 2019).
- Member, HPC Steering Committee
- Adjunct Researcher, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Australia