Research

Atmospheric turbulence

My work examines the structure of turbulence in the atmospheric surface layer and marine boundary layer. Central questions include spatial coherence, spectra, integral scales, atmospheric stability, and the influence of complex terrain. I develop data-driven and stochastic methods that can represent measured flow characteristics in engineering applications.

Offshore wind energy

I investigate the wind and metocean conditions that govern offshore wind-farm design and operation. Current work includes tall wind-profile validation, non-neutral inflow conditions, wake observations, wind–wave misalignment, resource assessment, and fast models for wind-farm optimisation.

Atmospheric measurements

My research uses full-scale observations whenever possible. I work with scanning and profiling Doppler wind lidars, sonic anemometers, instrumented structures, and unmanned aerial systems. A recurring objective is to understand what these instruments actually resolve—and how their limitations affect scientific and engineering conclusions.

Wind engineering and structural dynamics

I study wind loading and the dynamic response of bridges, wind turbines, and solar-energy structures. This includes buffeting, aerodynamic damping, operational modal analysis, flow distortion, and the identification of structural properties from ambient vibration measurements.

Open and reproducible research

Research code, datasets, and documentation are released whenever possible. My open outputs include MATLAB and Python tools for turbulence simulation, modal identification, structural response, wind-resource analysis, and lidar processing. See software & data for selected resources.