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Associate Professor Amandine Schaeffer

Associate Professor Amandine Schaeffer

Associate Professor
Science
School of Mathematics & Statistics

- Since 2026: Associate Professor at UNSW, School of Maths & Stats, Sydney Australia.

- 2021-2025: Senior Lecturer at UNSW, School of Maths & Stats, Sydney Australia.

- 2018 - 2021: Lecturer at UNSW, School of Maths & Stats, Sydney Australia.

- 2011 - 2017: Postdoctoral research associate at UNSW, School of Maths & Stats, Sydney Australia.

- 2006 - 2010: PhD in Physical Oceanography, Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography Toulon France.

- 2006: M.Sc. in Physical Oceanography and Meteorology, university of Toulon France.

- 2003 - 2006: Masters in Marine Engineering, SeaTech, Toulon France.
Phone
9385 1679
E-mail
a.schaeffer@unsw.edu.au
Location
School of Mathematics and Statistics UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 The Red Centre Room 4102
  • Book Chapters | 2019
    Roughan M; Schaeffer A; Cresswell G, 2019, 'East Australian Current', in Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences Third Edition Volume 1 5, pp. V3-V3-350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11550-7
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Roughan M; Schaeffer A; Cresswell G, 2019, 'East australian current', in Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, pp. 340 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11550-7
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Roughan M; Schaeffer A; Suthers IM, 2015, 'Chapter 6 Sustained Ocean Observing along the Coast of Southeastern Australia NSW-IMOS 2007–2014', in Coastal Ocean Observing Systems, Elsevier, pp. 76 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-802022-7.00006-7
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Roughan M; Schaeffer A; Suthers IM, 2015, 'Sustained Ocean Observing along the Coast of Southeastern Australia: NSW-IMOS 2007-2014', in Coastal Ocean Observing Systems, Science Direct, pp. 76 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-802022-7.00006-7
  • Journal articles | 2026
    Azaneu MVC; Roughan M; Keating SR; Schaeffer A; Schallenberg C, 2026, 'Characterising submesoscale processes, uplift and subduction across diverse fronts in the East Australian Current System', Progress in Oceanography, 243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2026.103690
    Journal articles | 2026
    Hewitt DE; Schaeffer A; Lawes JC; Kelly S; Poore AGB; Roughan M; Ajaz S; Ingleton TC; Pitt KA, 2026, 'Blowin’ in the wind: Onshore winds drive the occurrence of bluebottles (Physalia spp.) at east Australian beaches', Ocean and Coastal Management, 271, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2025.107931
    Journal articles | 2025
    Benthuysen JA; Pattiaratchi C; Spillman CM; Govekar P; Beggs H; de Oliveira HB; Chandrapavan A; Feng M; Hobday AJ; Holbrook NJ; Jaine FRA; Schaeffer A, 2025, 'OBSERVING MARINE HEATWAVES USING OCEAN GLIDERS TO ADDRESS ECOSYSTEM CHALLENGES THROUGH A COORDINATED NATIONAL PROGRAM', Oceanography, 38, pp. 22 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2025e101
    Journal articles | 2025
    Church SH; Abedon RB; Ahuja N; Anthony CJ; Destanović D; Ramirez DA; Rojas LM; Albinsson ME; Álvarez Trasobares I; Bergemann RE; Bogdanovic O; Burdick DR; Cunha TJ; Damian-Serrano A; D'Elía G; Dion KB; Doyle TK; Gonçalves JM; Gonzalez Rajal A; Haddock SHD; Helm RR; Le Gouvello D; Lewis ZR; Magalhães BIMM; Mańko MK; Mayorga-Adame CG; de Mendoza A; Moura CJ; Munro C; Nel R; Oguchi K; Perelman JN; Prieto L; Pitt KA; Roughan M; Schaeffer A; Schmidt AL; Sellanes J; Wilson NG; Yamamoto G; Lazo-Wasem EA; Simon C; Decker MB; Coughlan JM; Dunn CW, 2025, 'Population genomics of a sailing siphonophore reveals genetic structure in the open ocean', Current Biology, 35, pp. 3556 - 3569.e6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2025.05.066
    Journal articles | 2025
    Elzahaby Y; Delaux S; Schaeffer A; Roughan M, 2025, 'Self-organising maps reveal distinct spatial and temporal patterns in the build-up of marine heatwaves in the Tasman Sea', Ocean Dynamics, 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-025-01660-z
    Journal articles | 2025
    Malan N; Gupta AS; Schaeffer A; Zhang S; Doblin MA; Pilo GS; Kiss AE; Everett JD; Behrens E; Capotondi A; Cravatte S; Hobday AJ; Holbrook NJ; Kajtar JB; Spillman CM, 2025, 'Lifting the lid on Marine Heatwaves', Progress in Oceanography, 239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2025.103539
    Journal articles | 2025
    Matisons L; Roughan M; Schaeffer A, 2025, 'Dispersion characteristics in the East Australian Current system: Insights from 20 years of Lagrangian drifter data', Progress in Oceanography, 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2025.103498
    Journal articles | 2025
    Tran MC; Roughan M; Schaeffer A, 2025, 'Surface current variability in the East Australian Current from long-term high-frequency radar observations', Earth System Science Data, 17, pp. 937 - 963, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-937-2025
    Journal articles | 2024
    Bourg N; Schaeffer A; Molcard A; Luneau C; Hewitt DE; Chemin R, 2024, 'Ocean wanderers: A lab-based investigation into the effect of wind and morphology on the drift of Physalia spp.', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116856
    Journal articles | 2024
    Bourg N; Schaeffer A; Molcard A, 2024, 'East Australian Current System: Frontal Barrier and Fine-Scale Control of Chlorophyll-a Distribution', Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020312
    Journal articles | 2024
    Capotondi A; Rodrigues RR; Sen Gupta A; Benthuysen JA; Deser C; Frölicher TL; Lovenduski NS; Amaya DJ; Le Grix N; Xu T; Hermes J; Holbrook NJ; Martinez-Villalobos C; Masina S; Roxy MK; Schaeffer A; Schlegel RW; Smith KE; Wang C, 2024, 'A global overview of marine heatwaves in a changing climate', Communications Earth and Environment, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01806-9
    Journal articles | 2024
    Capotondi A; Rodrigues RR; Sen Gupta A; Benthuysen JA; Deser C; Frölicher TL; Lovenduski NS; Amaya DJ; Le Grix N; Xu T; Hermes J; Holbrook NJ; Martinez-Villalobos C; Masina S; Roxy MK; Schaeffer A; Schlegel RW; Smith KE; Wang C, 2024, 'Correction to: A global overview of marine heatwaves in a changing climate (Communications Earth & Environment, (2024), 5, 1, (701), 10.1038/s43247-024-01806-9)', Communications Earth and Environment, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01952-0
    Journal articles | 2024
    Chapman CC; Sloyan BM; Schaeffer A; Suthers IM; Pitt KA, 2024, 'Offshore Plankton Blooms via Mesoscale and Sub-Mesoscale Interactions With a Western Boundary Current', Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020547
    Journal articles | 2024
    Hemming M; Roughan M; Schaeffer A, 2024, 'Exploring multi-decadal time series of temperature extremes in Australian coastal waters', Earth System Science Data, 16, pp. 887 - 901, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-887-2024
    Journal articles | 2023
    Hemming MP; Roughan M; Malan N; Schaeffer A, 2023, 'Observed multi-decadal trends in subsurface temperature adjacent to the East Australian Current', Ocean Science, 19, pp. 1145 - 1162, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/os-19-1145-2023
    Journal articles | 2023
    Malan N; Roughan M; Hemming M; Schaeffer A, 2023, 'Mesoscale Circulation Controls Chlorophyll Concentrations in the East Australian Current Separation Zone', Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022JC019361
    Journal articles | 2023
    Schaeffer A; Sen Gupta A; Roughan M, 2023, 'Seasonal stratification and complex local dynamics control the sub-surface structure of marine heatwaves in Eastern Australian coastal waters', Communications Earth and Environment, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00966-4
    Journal articles | 2023
    Schilling HT; Dedden AV; Crocetti S; Liggins G; Lorigan S; Marshall A; Rogers TL; Schaeffer A; Suthers IM; Johnson DD, 2023, 'Regional oceanography affects humpback whale entanglements in set fishing gear', Conservation Science and Practice, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13034
    Journal articles | 2023
    Schilling HT; Everett JD; Schaeffer A; Hinchliffe C; Yates P; Baird ME; Suthers IM, 2023, 'Vertically Resolved Pelagic Particle Biomass and Size Structure Across a Continental Shelf Under the Influence of a Western Boundary Current', Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022JC018689
    Journal articles | 2023
    Suthers IM; Schaeffer A; Archer M; Roughan M; Griffin DA; Chapman CC; Sloyan BM; Everett JD, 2023, 'Frontal eddies provide an oceanographic triad for favorable larval fish habitat', Limnology and Oceanography, 68, pp. 1019 - 1036, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.12326
    Journal articles | 2022
    Bourg N; Schaeffer A; Cetina-Heredia P; Lawes JC; Lee D; Cetina Heredia P, 2022, 'Driving the blue fleet: Temporal variability and drivers behind bluebottle (Physalia physalis) beachings off Sydney, Australia', PLoS ONE, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265593
    Journal articles | 2022
    Elzahaby Y; Schaeffer A; Roughan M; Delaux S, 2022, 'Why the Mixed Layer Depth Matters When Diagnosing Marine Heatwave Drivers Using a Heat Budget Approach', Frontiers in Climate, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2022.838017
    Journal articles | 2022
    Roughan M; Hemming M; Schaeffer A; Austin T; Beggs H; Chen M; Feng M; Galibert G; Holden C; Hughes D; Ingleton T; Milburn S; Ridgway K, 2022, 'Multi-decadal ocean temperature time-series and climatologies from Australia’s long-term National Reference Stations', Scientific Data, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01224-6
    Journal articles | 2021
    Elzahaby Y; Schaeffer A; Roughan M; Delaux S, 2021, 'Oceanic Circulation Drives the Deepest and Longest Marine Heatwaves in the East Australian Current System', Geophysical Research Letters, 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094785
    Journal articles | 2021
    Lee D; Schaeffer A; Groeskamp S, 2021, 'Drifting Dynamics of the Bluebottle', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/os-2021-39
    Journal articles | 2021
    Lee D; Schaeffer A; Groeskamp S, 2021, 'Drifting dynamics of the bluebottle (Physalia physalis)', Ocean Science, 17, pp. 1341 - 1351, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/os-17-1341-2021
    Journal articles | 2021
    Testor P; Young BD; Rudnick DL; Glenn S; Hayes D; Lee CM; Pattiaratchi C; Hill K; Heslop E; Turpin V; Alenius P; Barrera C; Barth JA; Beaird N; Bécu G; Bosse A; Bourrin F; Brearley JA; Chao Y; Chen S; Chiggiato J; Coppola L; Crout R; Cummings J; Curry B; Curry R; Davis R; Desai K; DiMarco S; Edwards C; Fielding S; Fer I; Frajka-Williams E; Gildor H; Goni G; Gutierrez D; Haugan P; Hebert D; Heiderich J; Henson S; Heywood K; Hogan P; Houpert L; Huh S; Inall ME; Ishii M; Ito SI; Itoh S; Jan S; Kaiser J; Karstensen J; Kirkpatrick B; Klymak J; Kohut J; Krahmann G; Krug M; McClatchie S; Marin F; Mauri E; Mehra A; Meredith MP; Meunier T; Miles T; Morell JM; Mortier L; Nicholson S; O'Callaghan J; O'Conchubhair D; Oke P; Pallàs-Sanz E; Palmer M; Park JJ; Perivoliotis L; Poulain PM; Perry R; Queste B; Rainville L; Rehm E; Roughan M; Rome N; Ross T; Ruiz S; Saba G; Schaeffer A; Schönau M; Schroeder K; Shimizu Y; Sloyan BM; Smeed D; Snowden D; Song Y; Swart S; Tenreiro M; Thompson A; Tintore J; Todd RE; Toro C; Venables H; Wagawa T; Waterman S, 2021, 'Corrigendum: OceanGliders: A Component of the Integrated GOOS (Frontiers in Marine Science, (2019), 6, (422), 10.3389/fmars.2019.00422)', Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.696100
    Journal articles | 2020
    Archer M; Schaeffer A; Keating S; Roughan M; Holmes R; Siegelman L, 2020, 'Observations of submesoscale variability and frontal subduction within the mesoscale eddy field of the tasman sea', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50, pp. 1509 - 1529, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0131.1
    Journal articles | 2020
    Hemming MP; Roughan M; Schaeffer A, 2020, 'Daily Subsurface Ocean Temperature Climatology Using Multiple Data Sources: New Methodology', Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00485
    Journal articles | 2020
    Malan N; Archer M; Roughan M; Cetina-Heredia P; Hemming M; Rocha C; Schaeffer A; Suthers I; Queiroz E, 2020, 'Eddy-Driven Cross-Shelf Transport in the East Australian Current Separation Zone', Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015613
    Journal articles | 2020
    Schaeffer A; Archer MR; Baumard Q; Roughan M; Kerry C, 2020, 'An assessment of the East Australian Current as a renewable energy resource', Journal of Marine Systems, 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2019.103285
    Journal articles | 2019
    Bailey K; Steinberg C; Davies C; Galibert G; Hidas M; McManus MA; Murphy T; Newton J; Roughan M; Schaeffer A, 2019, 'Coastal mooring observing networks and their data products: Recommendations for the next decade', Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, pp. 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00180
    Journal articles | 2019
    Elzahaby Y; Schaeffer A, 2019, 'Observational Insight Into the Subsurface Anomalies of Marine Heatwaves', Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, pp. 745, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00745
    Journal articles | 2019
    Oke PR; Roughan M; Cetina-Heredia P; Pilo GS; Ridgway KR; Rykova T; Archer MR; Coleman RC; Kerry CG; Rocha C; Schaeffer A; Vitarelli E, 2019, 'Revisiting the circulation of the East Australian Current: Its path, separation, and eddy field', Progress in Oceanography, 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102139
    Journal articles | 2019
    Testor P; DeYoung B; Rudnick DL; Glenn S; Hayes D; Lee C; Pattiaratchi CB; Hill KL; Heslop E; Turpin V; Alenius P; Barrera C; Barth J; Beaird N; Becu G; Bosse A; Bourrin F; Brearley A; Chao Y; Chen S; Chiggiato J; Coppola L; Crout R; Cummings J; Curry B; Curry R; Davis R; Desai K; DiMarco S; Edwards C; Fielding S; Fer I; Frajka-Williams E; Gildor H; Goni G; Gutierrez D; Hanson S; Haugan P; Hebert D; Heiderich J; Heywood KJ; Hogan P; Houpert L; Huh S; Inall ME; Ishii M; Ito SI; Itoh S; Jan S; Kaiser J; Karstensen J; Kirkpatrick B; Klymak J; Kohut J; Krahmann G; Krug M; McClatchie S; Marin F; Mauri E; Mehra A; Meredith MP; Miles T; Morell J; Mortier L; Nicholson S; O'Callaghan J; O'Conchubhair D; Oke PR; Sanz EP; Palmer M; Park JJ; Perivoliotis L; Poulain PM; Perry R; Queste B; Rainville L; Rehm E; Roughan M; Rome N; Ross T; Ruiz S; Saba G; Schaeffer A; Schonau M; Schroeder K; Shimizu Y; Sloyan BM; Smeed D; Snowden DP; Song Y; Swart S; Tenreiro M; Thompson AF; Tintore J; Todd RE; Toro C; Venables H; Waterman S; Watlington R; Wilson D, 2019, 'OceanGliders: A component of the integrated GOOS', Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, pp. 422, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00422
    Journal articles | 2017
    Archer MR; Roughan M; Keating SR; Schaeffer A, 2017, 'On the Variability of the East Australian Current: Jet Structure, Meandering, and Influence on Shelf Circulation', Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 122, pp. 8464 - 8481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017JC013097
    Journal articles | 2017
    Mantovanelli A; Keating SR; Wyatt LR; Roughan M; Schaeffer A, 2017, 'Lagrangian and Eulerian characterization of two counter-rotating submesoscale eddies in a western boundary current', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122, pp. 4902 - 4921, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JC011968
    Journal articles | 2017
    Roughan M; Keating SR; Schaeffer A; Cetina Heredia P; Rocha C; Griffin D; Robertson R; Suthers IM, 2017, 'A tale of two eddies: The biophysical characteristics of two contrasting cyclonic eddies in the East Australian Current System', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122, pp. 2494 - 2518, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012241
    Journal articles | 2017
    Schaeffer A; Gramoulle A; Roughan M; Mantovanelli A, 2017, 'Characterizing frontal eddies along the East Australian Current from HF radar observations', Journal Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122, pp. 3964 - 3980, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012171
    Journal articles | 2017
    Schaeffer A; Roughan M, 2017, 'Subsurface intensification of marine heatwaves off southeastern Australia: The role of stratification and local winds', Geophysical Research Letters, 44, pp. 5025 - 5033, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017GL073714
    Journal articles | 2016
    Oke PR; Proctor R; Rosebrock U; Brinkman R; Cahill ML; Coghlan I; Divakaran P; Freeman J; Pattiaratchi C; Roughan M; Sandery PA; Schaeffer A; Wijeratne S, 2016, 'The Marine Virtual Laboratory (version 2.1): Enabling efficient ocean model configuration', Geoscientific Model Development, 9, pp. 3297 - 3307, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-3297-2016
    Journal articles | 2016
    Schaeffer A; Roughan M; Austin T; Everett JD; Griffin D; Hollings B; King E; Mantovanelli A; Milburn S; Pasquer B; Pattiaratchi C; Robertson R; Stanley D; Suthers I; White D, 2016, 'Mean hydrography on the continental shelf from 26 repeat glider deployments along Southeastern Australia', Scientific Data, 3, pp. 160070, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.70
    Journal articles | 2016
    Schaeffer A; Roughan M; M Jones E; White D, 2016, 'Physical and biogeochemical spatial scales of variability in the East Australian Current separation from shelf glider measurements', Biogeosciences, 13, pp. 1967 - 1975, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-1967-2016
    Journal articles | 2016
    Wood JE; Schaeffer A; Roughan M; Tate PM, 2016, 'Seasonal variability in the continental shelf waters off southeastern Australia: Fact or fiction?', Continental Shelf Research, 112, pp. 92 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2015.11.006
    Journal articles | 2015
    Armbrecht LH; Schaeffer A; Roughan M; Armand LK, 2015, 'Interactions between seasonality and oceanic forcing drive the phytoplankton variability in the tropical-temperate transition zone (~30°S) of Eastern Australia', Journal of Marine Systems, 144, pp. 92 - 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.11.008
    Journal articles | 2015
    Armbrecht LH; Thompson PA; Wright SW; Schaeffer A; Roughan M; Henderiks J; Armand LK, 2015, 'Comparison of the cross-shelf phytoplankton distribution of two oceanographically distinct regions off Australia', Journal of Marine Systems, 148, pp. 26 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2015.02.002
    Journal articles | 2015
    Schaeffer A; Roughan M; Jones E; White D, 2015, 'Physical and biogeochemical spatial scales of variability in the East Australian Current separation zone from shelf glider measurements', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bgd-12-20101-2015
    Journal articles | 2015
    Schaeffer A; Roughan M, 2015, 'Influence of a western boundary current on shelf dynamics and upwelling from repeat glider deployments', Geophysical Research Letters, 42, pp. 121 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062260
    Journal articles | 2014
    Armbrecht LH; Roughan M; Rossi V; Schaeffer A; Davies PL; Waite AM; Armand LK, 2014, 'Phytoplankton composition under contrasting oceanographic conditions: Upwelling and downwelling (Eastern Australia)', Continental Shelf Research, 75, pp. 54 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2013.11.024
    Journal articles | 2014
    Rossi V; Schaeffer A; Wood J; Galibert G; Morris B; Sudre J; Roughan M; Waite AM, 2014, 'Seasonality of sporadic physical processes driving temperature and nutrient high-frequency variability in the coastal ocean off southeast Australia', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119, pp. 445 - 460, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2013JC009284
    Journal articles | 2014
    Schaeffer A; Roughan M; Morris BD, 2014, 'Corrigendum to Cross-shelf dynamics in a western boundary current regime: Implications for upwelling [J. Phys. Oceanogr., 43, (2013) 1042-1059] DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-0177.1', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44, pp. 2812 - 2813, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-14-0091.1
    Journal articles | 2014
    Schaeffer A; Roughan M; Wood JE, 2014, 'Observed bottom boundary layer transport and uplift on the continental shelf adjacent to a western boundary current', JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 119, pp. 4922 - 4939, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2013JC009735
    Journal articles | 2013
    Roughan M; Schaeffer A; Kioroglou S, 2013, 'Assessing the design of the NSW-IMOS moored observation array from 2008-2013: Recommendations for the future', Oceans 2013 Mts IEEE San Diego an Ocean in Common
    Journal articles | 2011
    Garreau P; Garnier V; Schaeffer A, 2011, 'Eddy resolving modelling of the Gulf of Lions and Catalan Sea', Ocean Dynamics, 61, pp. 991 - 1003, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-011-0399-2
    Journal articles | 2011
    Schaeffer A; Garreau P; Molcard A; Fraunié P; Seity Y, 2011, 'Influence of high-resolution wind forcing on hydrodynamic modeling of the Gulf of Lions', Ocean Dynamics, 61, pp. 1823 - 1844, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-011-0442-3
    Journal articles | 2011
    Schaeffer A; Molcard A; Forget P; Fraunié P; Garreau P, 2011, 'Generation mechanisms for mesoscale eddies in the Gulf of Lions: Radar observation and modeling', Ocean Dynamics, 61, pp. 1587 - 1609, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-011-0482-8
  • Preprints | 2025
    Mawren D; Araujo J; Le Gendre R; Benthuysen JA; Ghomsi FEK; Saranya JS; Schaeffer A, 2025, Gliding through marine heatwaves: Subsurface biogeochemical characteristics on the Australian continental shelf, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-6045
    Preprints | 2024
    Church S; Abedon R; Ahuja N; Anthony C; Ramirez D; Rojas L; Albinsson M; Álvarez Trasobares I; Bergemann R; Bogdanovic O; Burdick D; Cunha T; Damian-Serrano A; D’Elía G; Dion K; Doyle T; Gonçalves J; Gonzalez Rajal A; Haddock S; Helm R; Gouvello DL; Lewis Z; Magalhães B; Mańko M; de Mendoza A; Moura C; Nel R; Perelman J; Prieto L; Munro C; Oguchi K; Pitt K; Schaeffer A; Schmidt A; Sellanes J; Wilson N; Yamamoto G; Lazo-Wasem E; Simon C; Decker MB; Coughlan J; Dunn C, 2024, Global genomics of the man-o’-war (Physalia) reveals biodiversity at the ocean surface, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.10.602499
    Preprints | 2024
    Tran MC; Roughan M; Schaeffer A, 2024, Surface current variability in the East Australian Current from long-term HF radar observations, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-2024-480
    Preprints | 2023
    Hemming M; Roughan M; Schaeffer A, 2023, Exploring Multi-decadal Time Series of Temperature Extremes in Australian Coastal Waters, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-252
    Preprints | 2022
    Hemming MP; Roughan M; Malan N; Schaeffer A, 2022, Observed multi-decadal trends in subsurface temperature adjacent to the East Australian Current, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2022-1336
    Preprints | 2015
    Oke PR; Proctor R; Rosebrock U; Brinkman R; Cahill ML; Coghlan I; Divakaran P; Freeman J; Pattiaratchi C; Roughan M; Sandery PA; Schaeffer A; Wijeratne S, 2015, The Marine Virtual Laboratory: enabling efficient ocean model configuration, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmdd-8-9741-2015

Observing, understanding and modelling the oceans is now my job at UNSW Sydney, focusing on the East Australian Current, shelf dynamics, marine heatwaves, and the trajectory of the Bluebottle jellyfish. Every oceanographic study involves a deep understanding of the physics driving the ocean circulation and variability, and mathematical tools are behind each scientific discovery.

More info: http://www.oceanography.unsw.edu.au/.

New project I am leading: BluebottleWatch: https://www.unsw.edu.au/science/our-schools/bees/our-research/bluebottlewatch

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My Research Supervision

Luke Mattison: Dispersion in the East Australian Current System.

Jessica Guerchon: Biology of Physalia.

Youstina Elzahaby: Drivers and characteristics of marine heatwaves.

Daniel Lee: Drifting dynamics of the bluebottle.

Natacha Bourg: Dispersion from ocean boundary currents.

My Teaching

MATH1031: Mathematics for Life Science

MATH1041: Statistics for Life Science and Social Science

MATH1131: Mathematics 1A

MATH2241: Introduction to Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics

Topic in Australian Marine Science (Master of Marine Science and Management)