Co-Investigator

Daniel Wright
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
PO Box 1006
Dartmouth, NS  B2Y 4A2 
Canada
Tel:  (902) 426-3147  

Daniel Wright is a Senior Research Scientist with the Bedford Institute of Oceanography and Adjunct Professor, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University. He has extensive experience in theoretical and numerical modelling of both shelf and deep ocean variability. He is co-developer of the widely used Wright-Stocker intermediate complexity climate model, a collaborator in the production of the CANDIE (CANadian DIEcast) 3D numerical ocean model code, has worked on new numerical schemes, and has added numerous options to the POP model. Recent work has focused on the development of realistic models of the North Atlantic including the detection of errors in ocean data sets leading to improved temperature and salinity climatologies. Finally, he has been involved in the development and application of the spectral nudging data assimilation technique leading to improved understanding of decadal, annual and eddy variability in the Northwest Atlantic, eddy variability in the Northeast Pacific and annual variations in productivity in the North Atlantic. He is a member of the international CLIVAR Atlantic Implementation Panel.