Research

Dr Gus Jeans is driven by applied research at the interface between industry and academia. Publications below include client approved extracts from innovative commercial projects. Key interests are high impact rapid variations in geophysical fluid flow, especially soliton currents and squall winds. Wider interests include vertical profile characterisation of currents and winds.

Röhrs, J., Sutherland, G., Jeans, G., Bedington, M., Sperrevik, A. K., Dagestad, K-F., Gusdal, Y., Mauritzen, C., Dale, A. and LaCascef, J. H., (2021). Surface Currents in Operational Oceanography: Key Applications, Mechanisms, and Methods. Journal of Operational Oceanography, DOI: 10.1080/1755876X.2021.1903221.

Jeans, G., Quantrell, D., Watson, A., Grignon, L. and Lizcano. G., (2019). Reducing Uncertainty in Offshore Wind Speed and Turbulence Intensity Profiles to Optimise Turbine System Design. Poster at Wind Europe Offshore 2019. PO215.

Goward Brown, A.J., Lewis, M., Barton, B.I., Jeans, G. and Spall, S.A. (2019). Investigation of the Modulation of the Tidal Stream Resource by Ocean Currents through a Complex Tidal Channel. J. Mar. Sci. Eng, 7(10), 341.

Jeans, G., Quantrell, D., Watson, A., Grignon, L. and Lizcano. G., (2019). Reduced Uncertainty in Quantification of Offshore Winds. Poster at Wind Europe Resource Assessment 2019. PO17.

Jeans, G., Jones, O., Zhang, M., Jackson, C.R., Stashchuk, N., Osborne, A.R., Petersen, O.S. and da Silva, J., (2019). A New Method for Deriving Soliton Design Criteria. 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Glasgow, Scotland. OMAE2019-96637.

Mackenzie, B., et al (2019). The Role of Stakeholders in Creating Societal Value from Coastal and Ocean Observations. Front. Mar. Sci. 6:137.

IMarEST (2018). Metocean Procedures Guide for Offshore Renewables. Offshore Renewables Special Interest Group. Issue 2. November 2018. https://www.imarest.org/reports/650-metocean-procedures-guide

Jeans, G., Quantrell, D., Watson, A., Grignon, L. and Lizcano. G., (2018). A New Assessment of Offshore Wind Profile Relationships. 1st International Offshore Wind Technical Conference, November 4-7, 2018, San Francisco, California, USA, IOWTC2018-1052.

Jeans, G., Osborne, A.R. and Jackson, C.R. (2018). The Quantification of Soliton Current Profiles for Offshore Engineering. 37th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Madrid, Spain. OMAE2018-77863.

Jeans, G., Xiao, W., Osborne, A.R., Jackson, C.R. and Mitchell, D.A., (2017). The Application of Nonlinear Fourier Analysis to Soliton Quantification for Offshore Engineering. 36th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Trondheim, Norway. OMAE2017-61943.

Mariani, A., Elliott, G., Wake, G., Whelan, J. and Jeans, G., (2017). A Novel Approach to the Development of Squall Database for Response Based Analysis. 36th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Trondheim, Norway. OMAE2017-61674.

Jeans, G., Cooper, C. and Yetsko, C. (2016). New Squall Wind Criteria for the Gulf of Mexico. Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, May 2016. OTC-27204.

Jeans, G. (2016). The Quantification of Squall Winds for Offshore Applications Using Big Datasets. Oceanology International 2016, London, UK. 15-17 March 2016.

Jeans, G. (2015). Applications of Internal Wave Physics to Offshore Engineering. 4th DNVA-RSE Norway-Scotland Waves Symposium, Edinburgh, 12-13 October 2015.

Jeans, G., Gibson, R. and Jones, O., (2015). A New Quantitative Assessment of Current Profile Clustering Methods for Riser Engineering. 34th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, St. Johns, 31 May – 5 June 2015. OMAE2015-41429.

Jeans, G., Fox, J. and Channelliere, C., (2014). Current Profile Data Sources for Engineering Design West of Shetlands. Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, San Francisco, 8-13 June 2014. OMAE2014-24114.

Jeans, G., Cooper, C., Yetsko, C. and Bryan, G. (2014). Squall Characterization in the Gulf of Mexico. Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, May 2014. OTC 25357.

Santala, M.J., Calverley, M., Taws, S, Grant, H, Watson, A and Jeans, G. (2014). Squall Wind Elevation/Gust Factors and Squall Coherence. Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, May 2014. OTC 25249.

Jeans, G. (2014). Into Deepwater and Back Again: New Challenges for Current Profile Characterisation. Oceanology International 2014, London, 11-13 March 2014.

Jeans, G. (2013). The Application of Internal Wave Physics to Offshore Engineering. 3rd DNVA-RSE Norway-Scotland Waves Symposium, Oslo 16-17 September 2013.

Jackson, C.R., J.C.B. da Silva, G. Jeans, W. Alpers, and M.J. Caruso. (2013). Nonlinear internal waves in synthetic aperture radar imagery. Oceanography 26(2), http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.32.

Magalhaes, J. M. da Silva, J. C. B., Batista, M., Gostiaux, L., Gerkema, T., New, A. L. , and Jeans, D. R. G. (2013). On the detectability of internal waves by an imaging Lidar. Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 1-6, doi:10.1002/grl.50669

Jeans, G. and Wade, I. (2013). Simulation of Strong Inertial Currents to Support Preliminary Engineering Offshore Namibia. Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Nantes, France, 9-14 June 2013. OMAE2013-10551.

Jeans, G., Harrington-Missin, L., Calverley, M. Maisondieu, C. Frelin, C. and Quiniou, V. (2013). Deepwater Current Profile Data Sources for Riser Engineering Offshore West Africa. Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Nantes, France, 9-14 June 2013. OMAE2013-10540.

Jeans, G., Watson, A., Harrington-Missin, L. and Upton, J. Ocean Surface Current Requirements and Data Sources in the Offshore Industry. Ocean Surface Currents Workshop, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 6-8 May 2013.

Jackson, C.R., J.C.B. da Silva, and G. Jeans. (2012). The Generation of Nonlinear Internal Waves. Oceanography 25(2):108-123, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2012.46.

Berkes, F., Knippertz, P., Parker, D.J., Jeans, G. and Quiniou-Ramus, V., (2012). Convective Squalls over the Eastern Equatorial Atlantic. Weather and Forecasting. 27(3). 770-783.

Prevosto, M., Forristall, G.Z., Jeans, G., Herry, C., Harte, G., Harrington-Missin, L. and Dooley, P., (2012). Worldwide Approximations of Current Profiles For Steel Riser Design – The WACUP Project. Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 10-15 June 2012, OMAE2012-83348.

Jeans, G., Prevosto, M., Harrington-Missin, L., Maisondieu, C., Herry, C. and Lima, J.A.M., (2012). Deepwater Current Profile Data Sources for Riser Engineering Offshore Brazil. Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 10-15 June 2012, OMAE2012-83400.

Jeans, G., Harrington-Missin, L., Watson, A. and Upton, J., (2012). The Use of Empirical Orthogonal Functions for Deriving Response Based Extreme Current Profiles. Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 10-15 June 2012, OMAE2012-83052.

Jeans, G., Calverley, M., Jeffery, W., Jackson, C., Vlasenko, V. and Osborne, (2012). Worldwide Internal Soliton Criteria. Oceanology International 2012, London, UK. 14-15 March 2012.

Jeans, G., and Johnson, R., (2011). The WAG Platform Structural Effects Study. Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 19-24 June 2011, OMAE2011-50138.

Fan, S., Dupuis. K., Harrington-Missin. L., Calverley, M. J., Watson, A. and Jeans, G. (2010). Validation of HYCOM Current Profiles Using MMS NTL Observations. Offshore Technology Conference, 3-6 May 2010, Houston, Texas, USA

Goff, M., Jeans, G., Harrington-Missin, L. and Baschenis, C., (2010). Soliton Early Warning System for Offshore Applications. Oceanology International 2010, London, UK. 9-11 March 2010.

Harrington-Missin, L., Jeans, G. and Calverley, M., (2009). Synergistic Use of Satellite and In-Situ Current Data to Improve the Characterisation of Seasonal Trends. Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Honolulu, Hawaii, 31 May – 5 June 2009. OMAE2009-79172.

Jeans, G., Redford, S., Bellamy, I. and Mundy, R., (2008). The WAG Squall Measurement System. Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Estoril, Portugal, 15-20 June 2008. OMAE2008-57337.

Cooper, C., Stear, J., Frolov, S., Gordon, L., Jeans, G., Symonds, D. and Vogel, M., (2008). The Case Against Severe Cold Eddies. Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, 5 – 8 May 2008. OTC 19618.

Jeans, G. and Lefevre, F. (2008). Evolving Synergies in Applied Ocean Current Measurement. Journal of Operational Oceanography, 1(1), 45-49. Presented at Oceanology International 2008, London.

Fan, S., Jeans, G., Yetsko, C. and Oey, L-Y, (2007). Submerged Jet Currents in the Gulf of Mexico. MTS/IEEE Oceans 2007, Vancouver, B.C. 29 September – 4 October 2007.

Jeans, G and Fan S (2007). Gulf of Mexico Sub-surface Jet Screening. Proceedings of 26th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, San Diego, California, 10-15 June 2007, Paper OMAE2007-29257.

Hyder, P, Jeans DRG, Cauquil E, and Nerzic R (2005). Observations and predictability of internal solitons in the Northern Andaman Sea. Journal of Applied Ocean Research, 27, 1-11.

Jeans, G. and Cooper, C. (2005). Characterisation of Subsurface Jet Currents Offshore West Africa. Proceedings of the 15th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference and Exhibition, (ISOPE-2005), Seoul, Korea, June 19-24, 2005.

Driver, D., Jeans, G., Harragin, C. and Moore, A. (2005). The Validity of Apparent Subsurface Jet Currents in the Gulf of Mexico. IEEE Eighth Current Measurement Technology Conference, Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK.

Jeans, G., Grant, C. and Sworn, A. (2005). Oceanographic Research West of the Shetlands. Journal of Offshore Technology, January/February 2005.

Jeans G. (2003). West of Shetland Drilling Operations – Validating Riser VIV Fatigue Life Predictions. Meeting Report, Journal of the Society for Underwater Technology, 25(4), 215-218.

Jeans G. and Feld G., (2003). The Measurement and Analysis of Long-Period Waves to Support Coastal Engineering. XXXth IAHR Congress Long Period Waves Symposium, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Jeans D R G, Bellamy I, de Vries J and van Weert P (2003). Sea Trial of the New Datawell GPS Directional Waverider. IEEE Seventh Working Conference on Current Measurement Technology, San Diego, CA, USA.

Jeans D R G, Primrose C, Descusse N, Strong B and van Weert P (2003). A Comparison Between Directional Wave Measurements from the RDI Workhorse with Waves and the Datawell Directional Waverider. IEEE Seventh Working Conference on Current Measurement Technology, San Diego, CA, USA.

Sherwin T.J., Vlasenko V.I., Stashchuk N., Jeans D R G and Jones B., (2002). Along-Slope Generation as an Explanation for Some Unusually Large Internal Tides. Deep-Sea Research I, 49, 1787-1799.

Jeans G, Calverley M and Feld G (2002). Metocean Criteria for the Design and Operation of Floating Production Systems. IBC’s 7th Floating Production Systems Conference, London.

Calverley M and Jeans G (2002). The Metocean Considerations for Design, Installation and Operation of Tension Leg Platforms. TLPs – Adaptations for West Africa, Technical Forum, IBC’s 5th West and Central Africa Oil and Gas Conference. London.

Jeans D R G and de Waal J (2002). Recent Developments in the Derivation of Long Period Wave Criteria to Support the Design of Coastal Facilities. Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Cardiff, Wales. Paper Number 224.

Jeans G, C Grant and G Feld (2002). Improved Current Profile Criteria For Deepwater Riser Design. Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Oslo, Norway. OMAE2002-28153.

Jeans G (2002). Forecasting the Occurrence of Internal Solitons in Regions of Offshore Oil and Gas Activity. Oceanology International 2002, London, UK.

Jeans G (2002). The Measurement and Analysis of Current Profiles to Support Riser Design in Deep and Ultradeep Water. Oceanology International 2002, London, UK.

Jeans D R G and Sherwin T J (2001). The Evolution and Energetics of Large Amplitude Non-linear Internal Waves on the Portuguese Shelf. Journal of Marine Research, 59, 327-353.

Jeans D R G and Sherwin T J (2001). The Variability of Strongly Non-linear Solitary Internal Waves Observed During an Upwelling Season on the Portuguese Shelf. Continental Shelf Research, 21, 1855 1878.

Jeans D R G and Stephens R (2000). Deriving Engineering Design Current Profiles from ADCP Measurements on Dynamically Positioned Drilling Rigs. Oceanology International 2000, Brighton, UK.

Sherwin T J, and Jeans D R G (1999). An Investigation of the Temporal Variability of a Non-linear Internal Wave Field on the Portuguese Shelf. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Technical Report WHOI 99 07.

Hyder P, Jeans D R G, Cauquil E, Nerzic R, Gao H and Stephens R V (1999). Predicting the Occurrence of Internal Solitons Observed at a Proposed Drilling Location Offshore Myanmar. Oceanology International 99, Pacific Rim.

Jeans D R G and Moore A N (1999). Practical Considerations for the use of ADCPs in Offshore Engineering. Proceedings of the IEEE Sixth Working Conference on Current Measurement, San Diego, California.

Sherwin T J, Turrell W R, Jeans D R G and Dye S (1999). Eddies and a mesoscale deflection of the slope current in the Faroe-Shetland Channel. Deep-Sea Research I, 46, 415-438.

Da Silva J C, Ermakov S A, Robinson I S, Jeans D R G and Kilashko S V (1998). The role of surface films in ERS SAR signatures of internal waves on the shelf, 1, short period internal waves, JGR Oceans, 103, 8009-8032.

Jeans D R G (1998). A Nonlinear Internal Tide on the Portuguese Shelf. PhD Thesis, University of Wales Bangor

Da Silva J C, Jeans D R G, Robinson I S and Sherwin T J (1997). The application of near real-time ERS-1 SAR data to the prediction of the location of internal waves at sea. Int J Remote Sens, 18(16), 3507 3517.

Jeans D R G and Sherwin T J (1996). Interpretation of solitary internal wave observations with a non-linear internal tide generation model. Presentation at European Geophysical Society XXI General Assembly, The Hague, The Netherlands and Abstract in Annales Geophysicae, Volume 14, Part II (Hydrology, Oceans, Atmospheres and Nonlinear Geophysiscs), C432.

Sherwin T J, Dale A C, Inall M E and Jeans D R G (1996). Linear and non-linear internal tides around the European Atlantic Shelf. Proceedings of the Sixth International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, Los Angeles, USA 131-137

Jeans D R G (1995). Solitary internal waves in the ocean. A literature review completed as part of the internal waves contribution to MORENA, UCES Rep U95-1 Unit for Coastal and Estuarine Studies, Marine Science Laboratories, Menai Bridge, Anglesey UK