Dave Munday, Author at British Antarctic Survey

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Dave Munday

Physical Oceanographer

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.

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

2026

Roquet, Fabien. Bell, Michael J. de Boer, Agatha M. Ferreira, David. Jones, C. Spencer. LaCasce, Joseph H. de Lavergne, Casimir. Marshall, David P. Munday, David R. . Nycander, Jonas. Odalen, Malin. (2026) Controls of the global overturning circulation of the ocean..

2025

Klocker, Andreas. Munday, David R. . Gayen, Bishakhdatta. (2025) Aspects of the Global Thermohaline Circulation in the Absence of Wind Forcing.

Tarling, Geraint A. . Abrahamsen, E. Povl . Aksenov, Yevgeny . Anderson, Madeline P.B.C. . Arrowsmith, Carol. Baker, Chelsey A. . Barry, Chris . Belcher, Anna . Benavides, Mar. Bischof, Milo J.D. Boland, Emma J.D. . Bowes, Mike . Brearley, J. Alexander . Brown, Peter J. . Burson, Amanda . Buzzard, Sammie C. Callaghan, Nathan . Coët, Arthur. Cook, Kathryn B. . Coombs, Sarah. Evans, Chris D. . Fielding, Sophie . Ford, Elaina. Fournier, Isabelle . Freer, Jennifer J. . Garcia-Martin, E. Elena . Ghosh, V.R. Dipin. Giering, Sarah L.C. . Grant, Alanna . Griffiths, Huw J. . Hamilton, Ruta. Hendry, Katherine R. . Hill, Simeon L. . Hubot, Nathan. Hunter, Aidan . Johnston, Nadine M. . Katavouta, Anna . Kitson, Ezra . Leng, Melanie J. . Lewis, Isabel H. Linse, Katrin . Lofts, Stephen . Manno, Clara . Martin, Adrian P. . Marzocchi, Alice . Mawji, Edward. Mayor, Daniel J. . McKenzie, Rebecca M. . Meijers, Andrew J.S. . Meredith, Michael P. . Munday, David R. . Pereira, M. Glória . O'Brien, Alexandra V.E. . Olszewska, Justyna P. . Painter, Stuart C. Palmieri, Julien . Patel, Shailee. Pickard, Amy E. . Richt, Jessica J.R. Rynders, Stefanie . Sanders, Rachael N.C. . Saunders, Ryan A. . Shepherd, Andrew. Slater, Thomas. Spears, Bryan M. . Stowasser, Gabriele . Swiggs, Amy E. Taylor, Laura R. ten Hoopen, Petra . Thorpe, Sally E. . Timms-Wilson, Tracey M. van Soest, Maud A.J. Venables, Hugh J. . Wright, Zoe. Yool, Andrew . Young, Emma . (2025) BIOPOLE: biogeochemical processes and ecosystem functioning in changing polar systems and their global impacts.

Bull, Christopher Y.S. Munday, David R. . Jenkins, Adrian. (2025) Influence of Topography and Winds on the Distribution of Water Masses on the Antarctic Continental Shelf.

Bull, Christopher Y.S. Munday, David R. . Jenkins, Adrian. (2025) Influence of Freshwater Fluxes and Topography on the Distribution of Water Masses on the Antarctic Continental Shelf.

Meredith, Michael P. . Hendry, Katharine R. . Abrahamsen, Einar Povl . Brearley, J. Alexander . Young, Emma . Munday, Dave . Venables, Hugh . Hogg, Anna. Wallis, Benjamin J. Van Landeghem, Katrien. Carvalho, Filipa . Yool, Andrew . Annett, Amber. Garabato, Alberto Naveira. Inall, Mark. Sheen, Katy. Fleming, Andrew . Dumont, Estelle. Glowacki, Oskar. Moffat, Carlos. Fraser, Neil. Gille, Sarah. Alford, Matthew. Jackson, Rebecca. Retallick, Katherine. (2025) Polar Ocean Mixing by Internal Tsunamis (POLOMINTS).

Furner, Rachel . Haynes, Peter. Jones, Dani C. . Munday, Dave . Paige, Brooks. Shuckburgh, Emily. (2025) The challenge of land in a neural network ocean model.

2024

Munday, D.R. . Sauermilch, I. Klocker, A. Whittaker, J.M. (2024) Impact of Deep Water Formation on Antarctic Circumpolar Transport During Gateway Opening.

Klocker, Andreas. Munday, David . Gayen, Bishakdatta. Roquet, Fabien. LaCasce, Joseph H. (2024) Deep-Reaching Global Ocean Overturning Circulation Generated by Surface Buoyancy Forcing.

2023

Xing, Qianjiang. Klocker, Andreas. Munday, David . Whittaker, Joanne. (2023) Deep Convection as the Key to the Transition From Eocene to Modern Antarctic Circumpolar Current.

Wilder, Thomas. Zhai, Xiaoming. Munday, David . Joshi, Manoj. (2023) Constraining an eddy energy dissipation rate due to relative wind stress for use in energy budget-based eddy parameterisations.

Xing, Q.B. Klocker, A. Munday, D. . Whittaker, J.M. (2023) Deepening of Southern Ocean gateway leads to abrupt onset of a deep-reaching meridional overturning circulation.

Meijers, Andrew J.S. . Meredith, Michael P. . Shuckburgh, Emily F. Kent, Elizabeth C. . Munday, David R. . Firing, Yvonne L. . King, Brian . Smyth, Timothy J. Leng, Melanie J. . Nurser, A.J. George. Hewitt, Helene T. Abrahamsen, E. Povl . Weiss, Alexandra . Yang, Mingxi. Bell, Thomas G. Brearley, J. Alexander . Boland, Emma J.D. . Jones, Daniel C. . Josey, Simon A. . Owen, Robyn P. Grist, Jeremy P. . Blaker, Adam T. . Biri, Stavroula . Yelland, Margaret J. . Pimm, Ciara. Zhou, Shenjie . Harle, James. Cornes, Richard C. . (2023) Finale: Impact of the ORCHESTRA/ENCORE programmes on Southern Ocean heat and carbon understanding.

Furner, Rachel . Haynes, Peter. Munday, Dave . Paige, Brooks. Jones, Daniel C. . Shuckburgh, Emily. (2023) A sensitivity analysis of a regression model of ocean temperature.

2022

Meredith, Michael P. . Inall, Mark E. Brearley, J. Alexander . Ehmen, Tobias. Sheen, Katy. Munday, David . Cook, Alison. Retallick, Katherine. Van Landeghem, Katrien. Gerrish, Laura . Annett, Amber. Carvalho, Filipa . 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.

Wilder, Thomas. Zhai, Xiaoming. Munday, David . Joshi, Manoj. (2022) The response of a baroclinic anticyclonic eddy to relative wind stress forcing.

Xing, Qianjiang. Munday, David . Klocker, Andreas. Sauermilch, Isabel. Whittaker, Joanne. (2022) The sensitivity of the Eocene–Oligocene Southern Ocean to the strength and position of wind stress.

2021

Sauermilch, I. Whittaker, J.M. Klocker, A. Munday, D.R. . Hochmuth, K. Bijl, P.K. LaCasce, J.H. (2021) Gateway-driven weakening of ocean gyres leads to Southern Ocean cooling.

Munday, David R. . Zhai, Xiaoming. Harle, James. Coward, Andrew C. . Nurser, A.J. George. (2021) Relative vs. absolute wind stress in a circumpolar model of the Southern Ocean..

2019

Lin, Xia. Zhai, Xiaoming. Wang, Zhaomin. Munday, David R. . (2019) Southern Ocean wind stress in CMIP5 models: Role of wind fluctuations.

Patmore, Ryan D. . Holland, Paul R. . Munday, David R. . Naveira Garabato, Alberto C. Stevens, David P. Meredith, Michael P. . (2019) Topographic control of Southern Ocean gyres and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: a barotropic perspective.

Naughten, Kaitlin . Jenkins, Adrian . Holland, Paul . Mugford, Ruth. Nicholls, Keith . Munday, Dave . (2019) Modeling the influence of the Weddell Polynya on the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf cavity.

2018

Bronselaer, Ben. Zanna, Laure. Munday, David R. . Lowe, Jason. (2018) Southern Ocean carbon-wind stress feedback.

Mak, J. Maddison, J.R. Marshall, D.P. Munday, Dave R. . (2018) Implementation of a geometrically informed and energetically constrained mesoscale eddy parameterization in an ocean circulation model.

Lin, Xia. Zhai, Xiaoming. Wang, Zhaomin. Munday, David R. . (2018) Mean, variability, and trend of Southern Ocean wind stress: role of wind fluctuations.

2017

Munday, D.R. . Meredith, M.P. . (2017) On the dynamics of flow past a cylinder: Implications for CTD package motions and measurements.

Munday, D.R. . Zhai, X. (2017) The impact of atmospheric storminess on the sensitivity of Southern Ocean circulation to wind stress changes.

Marshall, David P. Ambaum, Maarten H. P. Maddison, James R. Munday, David R. . Novak, Lenka. (2017) Eddy saturation and frictional control of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.

2016

Bronselaer, Ben. Zanna, Laure. Munday, David R. . Lowe, Jason. (2016) The influence of Southern Ocean winds on the North Atlantic carbon sink.

Lauderdale, Jonathan M. Williams, Richard G. Munday, David R. . Marshall, David P. (2016) The impact of Southern Ocean residual upwelling on atmospheric CO2 on centennial and millennial timescales.

2015

Marshall, David P. Munday, David R. . Allison, Lesley C. Hay, Russell J. Johnson, Helen L. (2015) Gill’s model of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, revisited: the role of latitudinal variations in wind stress.

Jones, Daniel C. . Ito, Takamitsu. Birner, Thomas. Klocker, Andreas. Munday, David . (2015) Planetary-geometric constraints on isopycnal slope in the Southern Ocean.

Munday, D.R. . Zhai, X. (2015) Sensitivity of Southern Ocean circulation to wind stress changes: Role of relative wind stress.

Munday, D. R. . 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.

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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

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