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38
Citations
5409
World Ranking
8653
National Ranking
650

Overview

David Bowers is affiliated with Bangor University in the United Kingdom. Their research encompasses multiple disciplines within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, focusing specifically on several interconnected subfields.

The primary areas of study include Geophysics, Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science. Their body of work frequently addresses topics related to seismic waves and analysis, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, coastal and marine dynamics, marine and coastal ecosystems, earthquake and tectonic studies, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, and underwater acoustics research.

David Bowers has contributed to a number of research papers, with notable recent publications as follows:

  • The Importance of Organic Content to Fractal Floc Properties in Estuarine Surface Waters: Insights From Video, LISST, and Pump Sampling, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Secchi Disk Measurements in Turbid Water, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • NET-VISA from Cradle to Adulthood. A Machine-Learning Tool for Seismo-Acoustic Automatic Association, 2020, Pure and Applied Geophysics
  • Vertical migrations of fish schools determine overlap with a mobile tidal stream marine renewable energy device, 2020, Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Seismic and hydroacoustic observations from recent underwater events in the South Atlantic Ocean, 2020, Geophysical Journal International

Their frequent collaborators include David N. Green, Kelsey Fall, Carl T. Friedrichs, Grace M. Massey, and Emyr Martyn Roberts.

David Bowers' work has also appeared repeatedly in key scientific journals such as Geophysical Journal International, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Journal of Applied Ecology, and Estuaries and Coasts, indicating a focus on geophysical and ecological research.

In addition to journal articles, Bowers has published books in academic contexts. These include Introducing Oceanography published by Liverpool University Press in 2021, and Les marées Ed. 1 published by EDP Sciences in the same year.

Best Publications

  • Models of stratification and frontal movement in shelf seas

    J.H. Simpson;D. Bowers

  • Estimating suspended sediment concentrations from ocean colour measurements in moderately turbid waters; the impact of variable particle scattering properties

    C.E. Binding;D.G. Bowers;E.G. Mitchelson-Jacob

  • The optical properties of mineral suspended particles: A review and synthesis

    D.G. Bowers;C.E. Binding

  • Qualitative changes of riverine dissolved organic matter at low salinities due to flocculation

    Eero Asmala;Eero Asmala;David G. Bowers;Riitta Autio;Hermanni Kaartokallio

  • Understanding the North Sea System

    Anne Elizabeth Hill;I. D. James;P. F. Linden;J. P. Matthews

  • Residual and tidal flow at a tidal mixing front in the North Sea

    K.M.M. Lwiza;D.G. Bowers;J.H. Simpson

  • Interpreting the colour of an estuary.

    D.G. Bowers;D. Evans;D.N. Thomas;K. Ellis

  • The relationship between CDOM and salinity in estuaries: An analytical and graphical solution

    D.G. Bowers;H.L. Brett

  • Physical behaviour of a large, negative or inverse estuary

    Richard A. Nunes Vaz;Geoffrey W. Lennon;David G. Bowers

  • An algorithm for the retrieval of suspended sediment concentrations in the Irish Sea from SeaWiFS ocean colour satellite imagery

    C. E. Binding;D. G. Bowers;E. G. Mitchelson-Jacob

  • The distribution of fine suspended sediments in the surface waters of the Irish Sea and its relation to tidal stirring

    D. G. Bowers;S. Boudjelas;G. E. L. Harker

  • Optical Properties of a Region of Freshwater Influence (The Clyde Sea)

    D.G. Bowers;G.E.L. Harker;P.S.D. Smith;P. Tett

  • Measuring the salinity of the Clyde Sea from remotely sensed ocean colour

    C.E. Binding;D.G. Bowers

  • Absorption spectra of inorganic particles in the Irish Sea and their relevance to remote sensing of chlorophyll

    D. G. Bowers;G. E. L. Harker;B. Stephan

  • Gravity currents and the release of salt from an inverse estuary

    G. W. Lennon;D. G. Bowers;R. A. Nunes;B. D. Scott

  • Light scattering by particles suspended in the sea: The role of particle size and density

    D.G. Bowers;K.M. Braithwaite;W.A.M. Nimmo-Smith;G.W. Graham

  • The relationship between concentrations of suspended particulate material and tidal processes in the Irish Sea

    A.R. Weeks;J.H. Simpson;D. Bowers

  • A note on salt intrusion in funnel-shaped estuaries: Application to the Incomati estuary, Mozambique

    Rachel Brockway;David Bowers;Antonio Hoguane;Veronica Dove

  • Mean position of tidal fronts in European-shelf seas

    D.G. Bowers;J.H. Simpson

  • Forensic Seismology and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

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  • Detecting the Zambezi River Plume using Observed Optical Properties.

    J.R Siddorn;D.G Bowers;A.M Hoguane

  • Exudation and decomposition of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) from some temperate macroalgae

    Christopher J. Hulatt;David N. Thomas;David G. Bowers;Louiza Norman

  • Remote sensing of temporal and spatial patterns of suspended particle size in the Irish Sea in relation to the Kolmogorov microscale

    E.M. van der Lee;D.G. Bowers;E. Kyte

  • The role of tidal stirring in controlling the seasonal heat cycle in shelf seas

    J. H. Simpson;D. G. Bowers

  • Regional Carbon Imbalances in the Oceans

    Peter J. le B. Williams;David G. Bowers

Frequent Co-Authors

David N. Thomas
David N. Thomas University of Helsinki
John H. Simpson
John H. Simpson Bangor University
Carl T. Friedrichs
Carl T. Friedrichs Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Paul Tett
Paul Tett Scottish Association For Marine Science
Susanne Kratzer
Susanne Kratzer Stockholm University
Paul Linden
Paul Linden University of Cambridge
Paul S. Hill
Paul S. Hill Dalhousie University
David A. Smeed
David A. Smeed National Oceanography Centre
Geoffrey G. Parker
Geoffrey G. Parker Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Hilary Kennedy
Hilary Kennedy Bangor University

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