David Bett is an ice/ocean modeller specializing in ocean, ice shelf and ice sheet interactions. He has a research focus on these interactions in the Amundsen Sea Sector of Antarctica and how these might impact future sea level rise contributions from the region. He co-developed the MITgcm/WAVI synchronous coupled ocean/ice-sheet model, which was one of the world’s first successful coupled ocean/ice-sheet models.

Employment and education

2020-present: Ice/ocean Modeller (BAS)
2016-2020: PhD (BAS/University of Southampton, UK)
2012-2016: MMath (University of Nottingham, UK)

• Bett, D., Bradley, A., Williams, R., Holland, P., Arthern, R., & Goldberg, D. (2024). Amundsen Sea sector MITgcm/WAVI coupled model output forced with idealised ocean boundary conditions over 180 years (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/baa5097e-5139-4d8b-8986-3cc84c3319b7

• Bett, D., Holland, P., Naveira Garabato, A., Jenkins, A., Dutrieux, P., Kimura, S., & Fleming, A. (2020). Model results of Amundsen Sea freshwater tracing and iceberg variation simulations (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/8ad04d77-6a41-419a-b0d7-18eee743bf26