Regular biography
Emeritus Professor Trevor McDougall is affiliated with the School of Mathematics & Statistics at The University of New South Wales. He holds the title E/Prof Applied H13-E-1037 9385 3498 trevor.mcdougall and is associated with the department of MATH. His research interests include oceanography, climate science, and thermodynamics of seawater. McDougall has contributed significantly to the field through his work on ocean mixing processes and the development of TEOS-10, a software tool for calculating the thermodynamic properties of seawater, ice, and humid air. He has held various editorial and advisory roles in scientific journals and has been recognized with numerous awards for his research and contributions to ocean science.
Scholar-generated biography
Trevor McDougall is an Emeritus Scientia Professor in Applied Mathematics at the University of New South Wales, specializing in physical oceanography and oceanography. His research focuses on the development of algorithms and tools for understanding oceanic properties and processes, including the formulation of neutral density variables, potential temperature, and conservative temperature. McDougall has contributed significantly to the advancement of oceanographic modeling and data analysis, particularly through the creation of the TEOS-10 framework and its associated Gibbs Seawater (GSW) toolbox. His work addresses critical aspects of ocean dynamics, such as heat content, water-mass conversion, and ocean thermal expansion, with applications in climate change and ocean ventilation studies.