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)

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2024

Bradley, Alexander T. ORCID record for Bradley, Alexander T.. Arthern, Robert J. ORCID record for Arthern, Robert J.. Bett, David T. ORCID record for Bett, David T.. Williams, C. Rosie ORCID record for Williams, C. Rosie. Byrne, James ORCID record for Byrne, James. (2024) WAVI.jl: Ice Sheet Modelling in Julia.

Bradley, Alexander T. ORCID record for Bradley, Alexander T.. Bett, David T. ORCID record for Bett, David T.. Holland, Paul R. ORCID record for Holland, Paul R.. Williams, C. Rosie ORCID record for Williams, C. Rosie. Arthern, Robert J. ORCID record for Arthern, Robert J.. De Rydt, Jan. (2024) A framework for estimating the anthropogenic part of Antarctica’s sea level contribution in a synthetic setting.

2023

Bett, David T. ORCID record for Bett, David T.. Bradley, Alexander T. ORCID record for Bradley, Alexander T.. Williams, C. Rosie ORCID record for Williams, C. Rosie. Holland, Paul R. ORCID record for Holland, Paul R.. Arthern, Robert J. ORCID record for Arthern, Robert J.. Goldberg, Daniel N. (2023) Coupled ice–ocean interactions during future retreat of West Antarctic ice streams in the Amundsen Sea sector.

Bradley, Alexander T. ORCID record for Bradley, Alexander T.. De Rydt, Jan. Bett, David T. ORCID record for Bett, David T.. Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Dutrieux, Pierre. Holland, Paul R. ORCID record for Holland, Paul R.. (2023) The ice dynamic and melting response of Pine Island Ice Shelf to calving.

2022

Bradley, A.T. ORCID record for Bradley, A.T.. Bett, D.T. ORCID record for Bett, D.T.. Dutrieux, P. ORCID record for Dutrieux, P.. De Rydt, J. Holland, P.R. ORCID record for Holland, P.R.. (2022) The influence of Pine Island Ice Shelf calving on basal melting.

Naughten, Kaitlin A. ORCID record for Naughten, Kaitlin A.. Holland, Paul R. ORCID record for Holland, Paul R.. Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Dutrieux, Pierre. Kimura, Satoshi. Bett, David T. ORCID record for Bett, David T.. Jenkins, Adrian. (2022) Simulated twentieth-century ocean warming in the Amundsen Sea, West Antarctica.

2020

Bett, David T. ORCID record for Bett, David T.. Holland, Paul R. ORCID record for Holland, Paul R.. Naveira Garabato, Alberto C. Jenkins, Adrian ORCID record for Jenkins, Adrian. Dutrieux, Pierre. Kimura, Satoshi. Fleming, Andrew ORCID record for Fleming, Andrew. (2020) The impact of the Amundsen Sea freshwater balance on ocean melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

• 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