David, please introduce yourself.
My Name is David Bett and I am an ice-ocean modeller working at the British Antarctic Survey.
Tell us about your professional and academic career before becoming part of the OCEAN ICE community.
My undergraduate degree was in mathematics at the University of Nottingham. Afterwards I moved to Cambridge to do a PhD on ‘Modelling the freshwater balance and influence of icebergs in the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica’ with the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the University of Southampton. This PhD was focused on oceanography, however afterwards at BAS I have subsequently moved towards glaciology as well, working to develop an ice-ocean coupled model.
What do you do within OCEAN ICE?
I'm working in WP3, which focusses on ice sheet mass balance, forcing and dynamics. Here I contribute by modelling the Amundsen Sea region of Antarctica using an ice-ocean coupled model.
What have you enjoyed about OCEAN ICE so far?
I enjoy the multidisciplinary and international nature of the project, and the level of engagement within the project with smaller more regular meetings and larger annual ones.
Tell us about a skill or trait unique to you that you would like to share?
It’s definitely not a unique trait but I do enjoy problem solving, which is handy when working with computer models as there is always another modelling issue to solve!
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