Professor Jason Middleton
Emeritus Professor

Professor Jason Middleton

BSc (hons 1) 1971 Monash University

PhD (1976) Monash University

Science
School of Aviation

ABOUT ME

 

Biography

 

Jason undertook a BSc at Monash University, and completed with First Class Honours in 1971. After spending a short time working as an operations researcher at Dulux in Melbourne he undertook a PhD in the Mathematics Department at Monash, studying buoyant convection and core flows. While doing this he concurrently completed a Commercial Pilot Licence and Instrument Rating and began flying charter to country Victoria. On completion of his PhD he took up a postdoctoral position at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California) in 1976 and undertook research expeditions to Antarctica.  He returned to Australia to UNSW in 1980 to teach physical oceanography and began planning and implementing experiments to measure currents and tides in the Great Barrier Reef, and continued his coastal oceanography research until 2009.

In 1993 he initiated plans for a Bachelor of Aviation at UNSW, and this began with both flying and management streams in 1995. Flying operations were undertaken at Bankstown Airport under under the leadership of Greg Clynick and in 1998 the University obtained its own Air Operators Certificate.  Later in 2000 a Masters degree in Aviation Management was established.

During his career he served on many committees, including the Australian Research Council Earth Sciences Panel, the Antarctic Science Advisory Committee, and the Advisory Board of the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS).

Professor Middleton was appointed to the position of Head, Department of Aviation in 1995, and was responsible for overall management and performance of the School until 2017. The School of Aviation is now the largest of its kind in Australia.

 

 

Education

  • BSc (Hons), PhD (Monash)

 

RESEARCH

 

Research Goals

Professor Middleton has continued research as an oceanographer and simultaneously developed research in aviation meteorology, seabreezes and now airborne remote sensing.


Research in Detail

Jason Middleton's area of interest is in environmental fluid dynamics, including coastal oceanography and aviation meteorology. In the past Professor Middleton has also undertaken research into sea-breezes, microbursts, wind gusts and iin wake flows arising from natural objects in wind and ocean current streams. In the Aviation context, wakes have been a significant contributory factor in a number of aircraft accidents. He is presently working on projects utilising airborne Lidar to create topographic images of the coastal zone in areas such as Lady Elliot Island and the beaches of NSW. The latter work is being undertaken in conjunction with coastal engineers and environmentalists.

Student Projects (PhD and Honours)

PhD Completed

  • Frames in the flight deck: a sociological approach to situation awareness - Capt./Dr Simon Henderson

The aim of this research is to develop an alternative, sociologically based approach, largely drawn from Erving Goffman's (1974) Frame Analysis, and assess whether it can be used to effectively describe, analyse and discuss SA. This work establishes that Goffman's (1974) frame analysis theoretically supports the major underlying concepts of the SA construct. SA is shown to be a meaningful and observable social phenomenon. Additionally, a method derived from frame analysis is used to examine and analyse the observed intersubjective SA processes. Lastly, practitioner based notions of SA are shown to be equivalent to that of "frame".

  • Observations of cosmic ray exposure levels in the higher southern latitudes and validation of predictive computer models - Capt./Dr Ian Getley

Aircrew and passengers are subject to cosmic rays which have a higher intensity at altitude than at the earth's surface. In the Southern hemisphere in the Australian sector, the proximity of the South Magnetic Pole means that cosmic ray intensity is higher than elsewhere around the world. This project aims to measure cosmic ray intensity during a number of southern hemisphere flights where data is non-existent, and to compare the data with predictive computer programs

 

PhD Current

  • Determining the value of airport weather forecasts to pilots - David Wilson
  • Investigating civil aviation safety in Indonesia - Agus Pramono

 

Honours

 

  • Unruly passenger behaviour onboard aircraft - Sarah McGuigan
  • A comparison of direct and indirect long-range air travel - Matthew Dunn

Supervision Opportunities/Areas

Contact Professor Middleton to find out more about supervision opportunities in his area.

Advice for prospective students

Leadership skills need to encompass a wide range of issues. These include communication, team building within your organisation, visionary strategy at corporate governance level, intelligent and analytical strategic and tactical decision making at operational level, and day-to-day operational efficiency. You should choose an environment that has a focus on combining leading research, world-class facilities, practical teaching and partnerships with major organisations to ensure you are ready to take on global opportunities.

 

TEACHING & OUTREACH

Professor Middleton no longer teaches, but in the past was the coordinator of the postgraduate Course AVIA5020 Research Project, which is offered as a final element of the Master of Aviation Management. In earlier times he has taught a range of courses including aeronautical knowledge, safety, meteorology, coastal oceanography and mathematical methods

 

Professional affiliations and service positions

Formerly: Head of School of Aviation.

The School of Aviation provides a range of services to support industry, ranging from short-term consultancy to longer-term contract research. The School is also able to provide tailored short-courses either specifically for an individual client's needs, or within the scope of the MSc (Aviation Management) Program. 

 

Professor Middleton is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS), and a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales (FRSN).

 

Professor Middleton was an Advisory Board Member of the Integrated Marine Observing System  (IMOS) from its inception in 2007 to 2014.

 

Location
School of Aviation 2nd Floor, Old Main Building Lower Campus UNSW Anzac Parade, Kensington 2052
  • Book Chapters | 2013
    2013, 'Topographic Eddies', in Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Elsevier, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.04401-8
    Book Chapters | 2001
    Middleton JH, 2001, 'Turbulence and Diffusion - Topographic Eddies', in Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, edn. Original, Academic Press, London, pp. 2986 - 2993
    Book Chapters | 2001
    2001, 'Topographic Eddies', in Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences: Second Edition, pp. 57 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-012374473-9.00145-4
    Book Chapters | 2001
    2001, 'Topographic Eddies', in Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, Elsevier, pp. 2986 - 2993, http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/rwos.2001.0145
  • Journal articles | 2023
    2023, 'Thermals from finite sources in stable and unstable environments', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 960, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.245
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Remarkable Resilience of Forest Structure and Biodiversity Following Fire in the Peri-Urban Bushland of Sydney, Australia', Climate, 10, pp. 86 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cli10060086
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'ESTIMATING HORIZONTAL ACCURACY OF AIRBORNE LIDAR DATA USING ROUNDABOUTS', Global Journal of Civil Engineering, pp. 28 - 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.37516/global.j.civ.eng.2021.039
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Civil Aviation Occurrences in Indonesia', Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3240764
    Journal articles | 2017
    Harley MD; Turner IL; Kinsela MA; Middleton JH; Mumford PJ; Splinter KD; Phillips MS; Simmons JA; Hanslow DJ; Short AD, 2017, 'Extreme coastal erosion enhanced by anomalous extratropical storm wave direction', Scientific Reports, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05792-1
    Journal articles | 2013
    2013, 'Resolution and accuracy of an airborne scanning laser system for beach surveys', Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 30, pp. 2452 - 2464, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00174.1
    Journal articles | 2012
    Nekrasov A; Middleton JH, 2012, 'On Measurement of the Sea Surface Wind Vector by the Airborne Weather Radars Having a Warious Scanning Sector', The Open Remote Sensing Journal, 5, pp. 96 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1875413901205010096
    Journal articles | 2012
    2012, 'Airborne lidar measurements of wave energy dissipation in a coral reef lagoon system', Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, pp. Article number C03016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007203
    Journal articles | 2012
    2012, 'Dissipation of wave energy and turbulence in a shallow coral reef lagoon', Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, pp. Article number C03015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007202
    Journal articles | 2010
    2010, 'A numerical study of island wake generated by an elliptical tidal flow', Continental Shelf Research, 30, pp. 1120 - 1135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2010.03.002
    Journal articles | 2010
    2010, 'Simulations of separated flow over two-dimensional hills', Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 98, pp. 155 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2009.10.011
    Journal articles | 2010
    2010, 'Temperature variability in a shallow, tidally isolated coral reef lagoon', Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, pp. C12011 (17pp), http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009JC006023
    Journal articles | 2009
    Macdonald HS; Baird ME; Middleton JH, 2009, 'Effect of wind on continental shelf carbon fluxes off southeast Australia: A numerical model', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008JC004946
    Journal articles | 2008
    2008, 'Biological properties across the Tasman Front off southeast Australia', Deep - Sea Research Part I - Oceanographic Research Papers, 55, pp. 1438 - 1455, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2008.06.011
    Journal articles | 2008
    2008, 'The influence of upwelling, coastal currents and water temperature on the distribution of the red tide dinoflagellate, Noctiluca scintillans, along the east coast of Australia', Hydrobiologia, 598, pp. 59 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-007-9140-z
    Journal articles | 2006
    2006, 'Coupled physical-biological modelling study of the East Australian Current with idealised wind forcing. Part 1: Biological model intercomparison', Journal of Marine Systems, 59, pp. 249 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.09.005
    Journal articles | 2006
    2006, 'Coupled physical-biological modelling study of the East Australian Current with idealised wind forcing: Part II. Biological dynamical analysis', Journal of Marine Systems, 59, pp. 271 - 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2005.09.006
    Journal articles | 2004
    Roughan M; Middleton JH, 2004, 'On the East Australian Current: Variability, encroachment, and upwelling', Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, pp. C07003 - C07003, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2003JC001833
    Journal articles | 2004
    Tate PM; Middleton JH, 2004, 'Buoyant jets of elliptic shape: Approximation for duckbill valves', Journal of Hydraulic Engineering - ASCE, 130, pp. 432 - 440
    Journal articles | 2004
    2004, 'A plankton population model with biomechanical descriptions of biological processes in an idealised 2D ocean basin', Journal of Marine Systems, 50, pp. 199 - 222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2004.02.002
    Journal articles | 2004
    2004, 'Entrainment and advection in an island`s tidal wake, as revealed by light attenuance, zooplankton and ichthyoplankton', Limnology and Oceanography, 49, pp. 283 - 296, http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2004.49.1.0283
    Journal articles | 2004
    2004, 'Mass-transfer-limited nitrate uptake on a coral reef flat, Warraber Island, Torres Strait, Australia', Coral Reefs, 23, pp. 386 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-004-0404-z
    Journal articles | 2004
    2004, 'On relating physical limits to the carbon: nitrogen ratio of unicellular algae and benthic plants', Journal of Marine Systems, 49, pp. 169 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2003.10.007
    Journal articles | 2003
    Roughan MM; Oke PR; Middleton JH, 2003, 'A modeling study of the climatological current field and thetrajectories of upwelled particles in the East Australian Current', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33, pp. 2551 - 2564
    Journal articles | 2003
    2003, 'A modelling study of the climatological current field and the trajectories of upwelled particles in the East Australian current', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33, pp. 2551 - 2564, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2551:AMSOTC>2.0.CO;2
    Journal articles | 2003
    2003, 'Non-normal perturbation growth in idealised island and headland wakes', Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 37, pp. 171 - 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0265(03)00031-9
    Journal articles | 2003
    2003, 'On the dynamics of an observed themal front off central eastern Australia', Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, pp. 1 - 11
    Journal articles | 2003
    2003, 'Population growth and transport of the red tide dinoflagellate, Noctiluca scintillans, in the coastal waters off Sydney Australia, using cell diameter as a tracer', Limnology and Oceanography, 48, pp. 656 - 674, http://dx.doi.org/10.4319/lo.2003.48.2.0656
    Journal articles | 2002
    Avolio AP; Middleton JH; Kong L; Qasem A; Frangakis G, 2002, 'Experimental parameter investigation for development of a control system for assessment of cardiovascular response to stress in student airline pilots', Image processing and communications, 8(2), pp. 121 - 127
    Journal articles | 2002
    Middleton JH; Coutis PF, 2002, 'The physical & biological Impact of a small island wake in the deep ocean', Deep - Sea Research Part I - Oceanographic Research Papers, 49(8), pp. 1341 - 1361
    Journal articles | 2002
    2002, 'A comparison of observed upwelling mechanisms off the east coast of Australia', Continental Shelf Research, 22, pp. 2551 - 2572, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0278-4343(02)00101-2
    Journal articles | 2002
    2002, 'The Physical and Biological impact of a small island wake in the deep ocean', Deep - Sea Research Part I - Oceanographic Research Papers, 49, pp. 1341 - 1361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0637(02)00029-8
    Journal articles | 2002
    2002, 'The nonnormality of coastal ocean flows around obstacles, and their response to stochastic forcing', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 32, pp. 2955 - 2974, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<2955:TNOCOF>2.0.CO;2
    Journal articles | 2001
    2001, 'Nutrient enrichment off Port Stephens: the role of the East Australian current', Continental Shelf Research, 21, pp. 587 - 606, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0278-4343(00)00127-8
    Journal articles | 2000
    Tate PM; Middleton JH, 2000, 'Unification of Non-Dimensional Solutions to Asymptotic Equations for Plumes of Different Shape', Boundary - Layer Meteorology, pp. 225 - 251
    Journal articles | 2000
    2000, 'Modeling the East Australian current in the Western Tasman sea', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 30, pp. 2956 - 2971, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<2956:MTEACI>2.0.CO;2
    Journal articles | 2000
    2000, 'Numerical modelling of tide-induced residual circulation in Sydney Harbour', Marine and Freshwater Research, 51, pp. 97 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF97177
    Journal articles | 2000
    2000, 'Observations and simulations of a transient shelfbreak front over the narrow shelf at Sydney, southestern Australia', Continental Shelf Research, 20, pp. 763 - 784, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0278-4343(99)00090-4
    Journal articles | 2000
    2000, 'Simulations of coastal upwelling on the Sydney continental shelf', Marine and Freshwater Research, 51, pp. 577 - 588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF99046
    Journal articles | 2000
    2000, 'Topographically induced upwelling off Eastern Australia', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 30, pp. 512 - 531, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<0512:TIUOEA>2.0.CO;2
    Journal articles | 1999
    Manasseh R; Middleton JH, 1999, 'The surface wind gust regime and aircraft operations at Sydney Airport', Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, pp. 269 - 288
    Journal articles | 1999
    Smith KR; Gibbs M; Middleton JH; Suthers IM, 1999, 'Short term variability in larval fish assemblages of the Sydney shelf; tracers of hydrographic variability', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 178, pp. 1 - 15
    Journal articles | 1999
    1999, 'Flow-topography interaction in the vicinity of an isolated, deep ocean island', Deep - Sea Research Part I - Oceanographic Research Papers, 46, pp. 1633 - 1652, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00007-2
    Journal articles | 1999
    1999, 'Short term variability in larval fish assemblages on the Sydney shelf: tracers of hydrographic variability', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 178, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps178001
    Journal articles | 1999
    1999, 'The surface wind gust regime and aircraft operations at Sydney airport', Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 79, pp. 269 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6105(97)00293-6
    Journal articles | 1998
    1998, 'Baroclinic response of Sydney shelf waters to local wind and deep ocean forcing', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 28, pp. 178 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<0178:BROSSW>2.0.CO;2
    Journal articles | 1997
    Bode L; Mason LB; Middleton JH, 1997, 'Reef parameterisation schemes with applications to tidal modelling', Progress in Oceanography, 40, pp. 285 - 324, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0079-6611(98)00006-8
    Journal articles | 1997
    Middleton JH; Cox D; Tate PM, 1997, 'The oceanography of the Sydney region', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 33, pp. 124 - 131
    Journal articles | 1997
    Journal articles | 1997
    1997, 'Barotropic and baroclinic tides on the Sydney continental shelf', Continental Shelf Research, 17, pp. 1005 - 1027, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0278-4343(97)00004-6
    Journal articles | 1997
    1997, 'Nutrient enrichment of Jervis Bay, Australia, during the massive 1992 Coccolithophorid bloom', Marine and Freshwater Research, 48, pp. 473 - 478, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF97035
    Journal articles | 1997
    1997, 'Obliquely incident poincare waves on a sloping continental shelf', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 27, pp. 1274 - 1285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1274:OIPWOA>2.0.CO;2
    Journal articles | 1997
    1997, 'The oceanography of the Sydney region', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 33, pp. 124 - 131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0025-326X(96)00170-1
    Journal articles | 1995
    1995, 'A thunderstorm outflow current visualised by bushfire smoke', Australian Meteorological Magazine, 44, pp. 287 - 292
    Journal articles | 1995
    1995, 'Boundary-layer oscillations from thunderstorm outflows at Sydney Airport', Monthly Weather Review, 123, pp. 1166 - 1177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1995)123<1166:BLOFTA>2.0.CO;2
    Journal articles | 1995
    1995, 'Recirculation in the lee of complicated headlands: a case study of Bass Point', Journal of Geophysical Research, 100, pp. 16087 - 16101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/95JC01279
    Journal articles | 1994
    Denniss T; Middleton JH, 1994, 'The effects of viscosity and bottom friction on recirculating flows', Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, pp. 10183 - 10192
    Journal articles | 1994
    McTaggart AR; Butler EC V; Haddad PR; Middleton JH, 1994, 'Iodide and iodate concentrations in eastern Australian subtropical waters, with iodide by ion chromatography', Marine Chemistry, 47, pp. 159 - 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-4203(94)90106-6
    Journal articles | 1994
    Merrifield MA; Middleton JH, 1994, 'The influence of strongly varying topography on coastal-trapped waves at the southern Great Barrier Reef', Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, pp. 10193 - 10204
    Journal articles | 1994
    Middleton JH; Coutis P; Griffin DA; Macks A; McTaggart A; Merrifield MA; Nippard GJ, 1994, 'Circulation and water mass characteristics of the southern great barrier reef', Marine and Freshwater Research, 45, pp. 1 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF9940001
    Journal articles | 1993
    Cahill ML; Middleton JH, 1993, 'Wind-forced motion on the northern Great Barrier Reef', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 23, pp. 1176 - 1191
    Journal articles | 1993
    Middleton JH; Denniss T, 1993, 'The propagation of tides near the critical latitude', Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 68, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03091929308203559
    Journal articles | 1993
    Middleton JH; Griffin DA; Moore AM, 1993, 'Oceanic circulation and turbulence in the coastal zone', Continental Shelf Research, 13, pp. 143 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0278-4343(93)90103-5
    Journal articles | 1992
    Griffin DA; Middleton JH, 1992, 'Upwelling and internal tides over the inner New South Wales continental shelf', Journal of Geophysical Research, 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/92jc01294
    Journal articles | 1991
    Cahill ML; Middleton JH; Stanton BR, 1991, 'Coastal trapped waves on the west coast of South Island, New Zealand', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 21, pp. 541 - 557
    Journal articles | 1991
    Griffin DA; Middleton JH, 1991, 'Local and remote forcing of New South Wales inner shelf currents and sea level', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 21, pp. 304 - 322
    Journal articles | 1990
    Foldvik A; Middleton JH; Foster TD, 1990, 'The tides of the southern Weddell Sea', Deep Sea Research Part A, Oceanographic Research Papers, 37, pp. 1345 - 1362, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0198-0149(90)90047-Y
    Journal articles | 1990
    Power SB; Grimshaw RH J; Middleton JH, 1990, 'Large scale, low frequency, barotropic circulation on continental margins', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 20, pp. 769 - 785
    Journal articles | 1990
    Weaver AJ; Middleton JH, 1990, 'An analytic model for the Leeuwin Current off western Australia', Continental Shelf Research, 10, pp. 105 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0278-4343(90)90025-H
    Journal articles | 1989
    Middleton JH; Humphries SE, 1989, 'Thermohaline structure and mixing in the region of Prydz Bay, Antarctica', Deep Sea Research Part A, Oceanographic Research Papers, 36, pp. 1255 - 1266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0198-0149(89)90104-0
    Journal articles | 1989
    Nof D; Middleton JH, 1989, 'Geostrophic pumping, inflows and upwelling in barrier reefs', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 19, pp. 874 - 889
    Journal articles | 1989
    Power SB; Middleton JH; Grimshaw RH J, 1989, 'Frictionally modified continental shelf waves and the sub-inertial response to wind and deep-ocean forcing', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 19, pp. 1486 - 1506
    Journal articles | 1989
    Weaver AJ; Middleton JH, 1989, 'On the dynamics of the Leeuwin Current', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 19, pp. 626 - 648
    Journal articles | 1987
    Foster TD; Foldvik A; Middleton JH, 1987, 'Mixing and bottom water formation in the shelf break region of the southern Weddell Sea', Deep Sea Research Part A, Oceanographic Research Papers, 34, pp. 1771 - 1794, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0198-0149(87)90053-7
    Journal articles | 1987
    Griffin DA; Middleton JH; Bode L, 1987, 'The tidal and longer period circulation of Capricornia, southern Great Barrier Reef', Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 38, pp. 461 - 474
    Journal articles | 1987
    Griffin DA; Middleton JH, 1987, 'Steady wind-driven flow in long channels or lakes', Continental Shelf Research, 7, pp. 987 - 1000, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0278-4343(87)90095-1
    Journal articles | 1987
    Middleton JH; Bode L, 1987, 'Poincaré waves obliquely incident to a continental shelf', Continental Shelf Research, 7, pp. 177 - 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0278-4343(87)90078-1
    Journal articles | 1987
    Middleton JH; Cahill ML; Hsieh WW, 1987, 'Edge waves on the Sydney coast', Journal of Geophysical Research, 92, pp. 9487 - 9493
    Journal articles | 1987
    Middleton JH; Foster TD; Foldvik A, 1987, 'Diurnal shelf waves in the southern Weddell Sea', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 17, pp. 784 - 791
    Journal articles | 1987
    Middleton JH, 1987, 'Steady coastal circulation driven by alongshore pressure gradients', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 17, pp. 604 - 612
    Journal articles | 1986
    Griffin DA; Middleton JH, 1986, 'Coastal trapped waves behind a large continental shelf island, southern Great Barrier Reef', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 16, pp. 1651 - 1664
    Journal articles | 1986
    Middleton JH, 1986, 'The rise of forced plumes in a stably stratified crossflow', Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 36, pp. 187 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00117467
    Journal articles | 1985
    Middleton JH; Thomson RE, 1985, 'Steady wind-driven circulation on a beta-plane', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 15, pp. 1809 - 1817
    Journal articles | 1985
    Thomson RE; Middleton JH, 1985, 'On wavenumber estimates for forced continental shelf waves', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 15, pp. 33 - 45
    Journal articles | 1984
    Foster TD; Middleton JH, 1984, 'The oceanographic structure of the eastern Scotia Sea-I. Physical oceanography', Deep Sea Research Part A, Oceanographic Research Papers, 31, pp. 529 - 550, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0198-0149(84)90100-6
    Journal articles | 1984
    Middleton JH; Buchwald VT; Huthnance JM, 1984, 'The anomalous tides near Broad Sound', Continental Shelf Research, 3, pp. 359 - 381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0278-4343(84)90017-7
    Journal articles | 1984
    Middleton JH; Cunningham A, 1984, 'Wind-forced continental shelf waves from a geographical origin', Continental Shelf Research, 3, pp. 215 - 232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0278-4343(84)90009-8
    Journal articles | 1983
    Middleton JH, 1983, 'Low frequency trapped waves on a wide reef-fringed continental shelf', Low frequency trapped waves on a wide reef-fringed continental shelf, 13, pp. 1371 - 1382
    Journal articles | 1982
    Middleton JH; Foster TD; Foldvik A, 1982, 'Low frequency currents and continental shelf waves in the southern Weddell Sea', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 12, pp. 618 - 634
    Journal articles | 1982
    Middleton JH, 1982, 'Outer rotary cross spectra, coherences, and phases', Deep Sea Research Part A, Oceanographic Research Papers, 29, pp. 1267 - 1269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0198-0149(82)90096-6
    Journal articles | 1980
    Foster TD; Middleton JH, 1980, 'Bottom water formation in the western Weddell Sea', Deep Sea Research Part A, Oceanographic Research Papers, 27, pp. 367 - 381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0198-0149(80)90032-1
    Journal articles | 1980
    Middleton JH; Foster TD, 1980, 'Finestructure measurements in a temperature compensated halocline', Finestructure measurements in a temperature compensated halocline, 85, pp. 1107 - 1122
    Journal articles | 1979
    Foster TD; Middleton JH, 1979, 'Variability in the bottom water of the Weddell Sea', Deep Sea Research Part A, Oceanographic Research Papers, 26, pp. 743 - 762, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0198-0149(79)90011-6
    Journal articles | 1979
    Middleton JH, 1979, 'Times of rise for turbulent forced plumes', Tellus, 31, pp. 82 - 88
    Journal articles | 1977
    Middleton JH; Foster TD, 1977, 'Tidal currents in the central Weddel Sea', Deep-Sea Research, 24, pp. 1195 - 1202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0146-6291(77)90522-7
    Journal articles | 1975
    1975, 'THE ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOUR OF A STARTING PLUME.', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 72, pp. 573 - 571
    Journal articles | 1975
    1975, 'The asymptotic behaviour of a starting plume', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 72, pp. 753 - 771, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022112075003266
    Journal articles | 1973
    Middleton JH, 1973, 'Scale Diagrams for Forced Plumes', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 58, pp. 165 - 176
    Journal articles | 1973
    Morton BR; Middleton JH, 1973, 'Scale Diagrams for Forced Plumes', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 58, pp. 165 - 176
  • Conference Papers | 2017
    2017, 'Observations of beach recovery in SE Australia following the June 2016 east coast low', in Australasian Coasts and Ports 2017 Conference, Cairns, QLD, Australia, pp. 559 - 564, presented at Australasian Coasts and Ports Conference, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 21 June 2017 - 23 June 2017

Professor Middleton has held numerous grants from the Australian Research Council, and has undertaken a number of researrch projects with State Government agencies and  consultant companies as research partners.