Position: PhD Researcher / Renewable Co ordinator

Address: Environmental Research Institute,
Castle Street,Thurso, Caithness, KW14 7JD

Tel: +44 (0)1847 889593

Fax: +44 (0)1847 890014

E-mail: Gwenna.corbel@thurso.uhi.ac.uk

Joined ERI: October 2003

Background:

• 2003 : PhD : Quantifying the Variability in the Boundary Layer Wind Fields of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland".
  
  
• 2002 – 2003 : MSc Oceanography, School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, UK.
  
  
• Research Project within the James Rennell Division for Ocean Circulation and Climate (SOC) - Physical Oceanography : “Study of the spatio-temporal circulation variability in the vicinity of Drake Passage in the
  OCCAM model”
  
  
• 1999 – 2002 : Engineering degree, Engineering School of Material Science, University of Bordeaux, France.
  
  
• 1997 – 1999 : DUT in Applied Physics and Techniques, Institute of Technology, University of Nantes, France.

Research interests:

• My research interests centre on physical processes governing the ocean and climate.
• Marine renewable energy.
  

Selected Presentations:

Corbel G., Allen J.T. , Woolf D.K. and Gibb S.,  Wind trends in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland 1960–2004 and their relation to the North Atlantic Oscillation, AMS 87th Annual Meeting, 19th Conference on Climate Variability and Change, San Antonio, Texas, January 2007. Presentation available at:
http://ams.confex.com/ams/87ANNUAL/techprogram/paper_119274.htm

MSc by Research, Renewable Energy
ERI coordinates a project to build expertise in Renewable Energy in the Highland s & Islands that includes a Master of Science programme and postgraduate work placements. For 2006-7, I am co-supervising 3 MSc students.

• Lora Jane Dillon, “Tidal energy mapping at a local scale: The Pentland Firth”

• Martin Raynor “Detailed study into the viable wave resource areas of northern Scotland”

• John Sturman “Assessment of the offshore wind energy potential for the North Sea coast of Scotland using GIS”

Other Information:

• Drake Passage cruise JR94 (RRS James Clark Ross), 25th Nov - 22nd Dec 2003 (hydrographic section between Burdwood Bank, south of the Falkland Islands, and Elephant Island, north west of the Antarctic Peninsula)
  
  
• Extended Ellett line cruise P314 (RV Poseidon), Jul 2004
  
  
• Extended Ellett line cruise CD176 (RRS Charles Darwin), Oct 2005
  
  
• June 2004 - present: Chair of the UHI Research Students Association (RSA)
  

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