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Overview

Simon P. Neill is affiliated with Bangor University in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Engineering. Their research is particularly concentrated in oceanography and related subfields, emphasizing the study of oceanographic and atmospheric processes, wind energy research and development, and wave and wind energy systems.

Neill has published numerous papers in notable academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Renewable Energy
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences

The main topics covered in their research body are:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Wind Energy Research and Development
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Wave and Wind Energy Systems
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics

Neill frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Peter Robins
  • Matthew Lewis
  • Edward Roome
  • Athanasios Angeloudis
  • Benjamin J. Williamson

Among the recent papers published by Simon P. Neill are:

  • A review of the UK and British Channel Islands practical tidal stream energy resource (2021), Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Priorities to inform research on marine plastic pollution in Southeast Asia (2022), The Science of The Total Environment
  • A large-scale review of wave and tidal energy research over the last 20 years (2023), Ocean Engineering
  • A review of tidal energy-Resource, feedbacks, and environmental interactions (2021), Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy
  • A standardised tidal-stream power curve, optimised for the global resource (2021), Renewable Energy

Simon P. Neill's work spans various subfields of study, such as:

  • Oceanography
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Global and Planetary Change

Best Publications

  • Identification of genetically and oceanographically distinct blooms of jellyfish - DUPE OF DU:30098064

    P.L.M. Lee;M.N. Dawson;S.P. Neill;P.E. Robins

  • Second-generation environmental sequencing unmasks marine metazoan biodiversity

    Vera G. Fonseca;Gary R. Carvalho;Way Sung;Harriet F. Johnson

  • The impact of tidal stream turbines on large-scale sediment dynamics

    Simon P. Neill;Emmer J. Litt;Emmer J. Litt;Scott J. Couch;Alan G. Davies

  • Resource assessment for future generations of tidal-stream energy arrays

    M. Lewis;S.P. Neill;P.E. Robins;M.R. Hashemi

  • Impact of climate change on UK estuaries: A review of past trends and potential projections

    Peter E. Robins;Martin W. Skov;Matt J. Lewis;Luis Giménez

  • Impact of tidal energy converter (TEC) arrays on the dynamics of headland sand banks

    Simon P. Neill;James R. Jordan;Scott J. Couch

  • Tidal range energy resource and optimization – Past perspectives and future challenges

    Simon P. Neill;Athanasios Angeloudis;Peter E. Robins;Ian Walkington

  • Wave power variability over the northwest European shelf seas

    Simon P. Neill;M. Reza Hashemi

  • The role of tidal asymmetry in characterizing the tidal energy resource of Orkney

    Simon P. Neill;M. Reza Hashemi;Matthew J. Lewis

  • Environmental metabarcoding reveals heterogeneous drivers of microbial eukaryote diversity in contrasting estuarine ecosystems.

    D. Lallias;J.G. Hiddink;V.G. Fonseca;J.M. Gaspar

  • Characteristics of the velocity profile at tidal-stream energy sites

    M. Lewis;S. P. Neill;P. Robins;Mohammad Reza Hashemi

  • Characterising the spatial and temporal variability of the tidal-stream energy resource over the northwest European shelf seas

    Peter E. Robins;Simon P. Neill;Matt J. Lewis;Sophie L. Ward

  • Physical and biological controls on larval dispersal and connectivity in a highly energetic shelf sea

    Peter E. Robins;Simon P. Neill;Luis Giménez;Stuart R. Jenkins

  • The wave and tidal resource of Scotland

    Simon P. Neill;Arne Vögler;Alice J. Goward-Brown;Susana Baston

  • Metagenetic analysis of patterns of distribution and diversity of marine meiobenthic eukaryotes

    Vera G. Fonseca;Vera G. Fonseca;Gary R. Carvalho;Ben Nichols;Christopher Quince

  • Priorities to inform research on marine plastic pollution in Southeast Asia.

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  • Realistic wave conditions and their influence on quantifying the tidal stream energy resource

    M.J. Lewis;S.P. Neill;M.R. Hashemi;M. Reza

  • Impact of tidal-stream arrays in relation to the natural variability of sedimentary processes

    Peter E. Robins;Simon P. Neill;Matt J. Lewis

  • Power variability of tidal-stream energy and implications for electricity supply

    Matt Lewis;James McNaughton;Concha Márquez-Dominguez;Grazia Todeschini

  • A review of the UK and British Channel Islands practical tidal stream energy resource

    Daniel Coles;Athanasios Angeloudis;Deborah Greaves;Gordon Hastie

  • Fundamentals of Ocean Renewable Energy: Generating Electricity from the Sea

    Simon P. Neill;M Reza Hashemi

  • Effect of waves on the tidal energy resource at a planned tidal stream array

    M. Reza Hashemi;Simon P. Neill;Peter E. Robins;Alan G. Davies

Frequent Co-Authors

James D. Scourse
James D. Scourse University of Exeter
Judith Wolf
Judith Wolf National Oceanography Centre
Ivan D. Haigh
Ivan D. Haigh University of Southampton
Shelagh K. Malham
Shelagh K. Malham Bangor University
Simon Creer
Simon Creer Bangor University
Luis Giménez
Luis Giménez Bangor University
Graeme C. Hays
Graeme C. Hays Deakin University
W. Kelley Thomas
W. Kelley Thomas University of New Hampshire
Deborah M. Power
Deborah M. Power University of Algarve
Gregorio Iglesias
Gregorio Iglesias University College Cork

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