BSurv Hons PhD (NSW)

Director, PhD Program in Quantitative Marine Science

Research Interests

Oceanographic and climate research using satellite and in-situ data; sea level studies; GPS applications for global change, especially sea level and Antarctic ice shelves.

Selected Publications:

• Watson, C.S, White, N.J., Coleman, R., Church, J.A., Morgan, P.J. and Govind, R, 2004, 'TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1: Absolute Calibration in Bass Strait, Australia. ', Marine Geodesy, Vol. 27, No. 1-2, pgs. 107-132
• Bassis, J.N., Coleman, R., Fricker, H.A., Minster, J.B., 2005, 'Episodic Propagation of a rift on the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica.', Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L06502, pgs. doi:10.1029/2004GL02
• Fricker, H.A., Young, N.W., Coleman, R., Bassis, J.N., Minster, J.B., 2005, 'Multi-year monitoring of rift propagation on the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica.', Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L02502, pgs. doi:10.1029/2004GL02
• Church, J.A., White, N.J., Coleman, R., Lambeck, K., and Mitrovica, J.X, 2004, 'Estimates of the regional distribution of sea-level rise over the 1950 to 2000 period', Journal of Climate, Vol. 17, No. 13, pgs. 2609-2625
• Hunter, J.R., Coleman, R., and Pugh, D., 2003, 'The sea level at Port Arthur, Tasmania, from 1841 to the present.', Geophysical Research Letters, 30(7), pgs. 54-1:54-4
• King, M.A., Coleman, R., Nguyen, N.L., 2003, 'Spurious horizontal periodic motions from sub-daily GPS position estimates.', Journal of Geodesy, 77(1-2), pgs. 15-21
• Testut, L., Hurd, R., Coleman, R., Remy, F. and Legresy, B., 2003, 'Comparison between computed balance velocities and GPS measurements in the Lambert Glacier Basin', Annals of Glaciology, 37, pgs. 337-343

Full Publication List

Current and Supervised Project/s:

• The development of spatial error estimation techniques for seabed mapping.
• Spatial Error Estimation Techniques for Coastal Seabed Mapping
• Developmnet of chemical and biological indicators suitable for validation of petroeum-contaminant remediation in Antarct
• Development of GPS buoy technology and associated processing techniques for satellite altimeter verification studies
• Application of GIS based accuracy assessment techniques to seagrass mapping in Tasmania
• Monitoring Habitats in Shallow Marine Temperate Waters
• Sea-level rise and coastal storm impacts on erodible shorelines
• Judy Horsburgh - Winter foraging success of southern elephant seals in relation to sea-ice extent and winter water formation
• CERF: Prediction and Management of Australias Marine Biodiversity
• Spatial error estimation techniques for seabed mapping
• Sarah Metcalf - Ecosystem modelling using loop analysis and Ecopath to investigate the eastern Tasmanian inshore reef ecosystem with emphasis on gillnet fishing and bycatch
• Rachael Alderman - Role of oceanographic variables in the biology and ecology of Shy Albatross
• Jane Alpine - Spatial managenent of the pelagic realm.
• Amery Ice Shelf Dynamics using GPS - ASAC Grant 1120
• GLAS validation on the Amery Ice Shelf - ASAC Grant 1263
• Sea level and climate change - a detailed investigation using a tidal benchmark at Port Arthur - IRGS grant