Education
1981 PhD. University of New South Wales.
1974 B.Surv. (First Class Honours) University of New South Wales.
Employment history
2004- Professor of Marine Science and Director of the UTAS-CSIRO PhD Program in Quantitative Marine Science, University of Tasmania
1993-2004 Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, School of Geography & Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania.
1986-1993 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, School of Civil & Mining Engineering, University of Sydney
1983-1986 Research Fellow, Ocean Sciences Institute, University of Sydney
1981-1983 Queen’s Fellow in Marine Science, Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University
1980-1981 Research Assistant, Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University
1975-1979 Postgraduate Research Student, School of Surveying, University of New South Wales
1974-1974 Surveyor, Survey and Property Section, Dept of Main Roads, Sydney, New South Wales
Professional distinctions
1989-2003 Chairman, Geodesy Sub-committee, Australian Academy of Sciences.
1984- Principal Investigator, Co-investigator on international satellite missions – SIR-B, ERS-1, ERS-2, EOS, ENVISAT, TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, J-ERS, CHAMP, GRACE
1981-83 Queen’s Fellow in Marine Science
1982- : Reviewer for Science, Journal of Geophysical Research (Earth Science, Oceans), Geophysical Research Letters, Geophysical Journal International, Journal of Geodesy, Marine Geodesy, Journal of Glaciology, Annals of Glaciology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Global Planetary Change, Journal of Coastal Research, Australian Journal Marine and Freshwater Research, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Survey Review
1979 Fulbright Travel Award (postgraduate)
Research funding
Received continuous grant funding from national and international competitive grants since 1982:
Granting agencies: Received funding from the following granting agencies - Australian Research Council (Discovery, Linkage, Infrastructure, Network grants), Australian Tertiary Institutions Research Agreements, Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce Bilateral Science and Technology Grants, Australian Antarctic Science Grants, US National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Australian Academy of Sciences, French Embassy, National Greenhouse Advisory Committee, University Research Grants (University of Sydney, University of Tasmania).
Grants: Awarded 45 grants totally over $6.5M as investigator/co-investigator
Grant reviewer: Regular reviewer for Australian Research Council, Australian Antarctic Science, Hong Kong Research Council, New Zealand Grant Scheme, NSF, NASA, European Space Agency
Postgraduate training
Supervisor/co-supervisor to successfully completed candidates:
University of Sydney – 4 PhD, 4 Masters
University of Tasmania – 7 Hons, 1 Masters, 13 PhD
Currently supervising 12 PhD students
Research interests
Climate change, especially related to the oceans and cryosphere, geodesy, marine geoscience.
Key publications
Mather, R.S., Rizos, C. and Coleman, R. 1979. Remote sensing of surface ocean circulation with satellite altimetry. Science, 205(4401): 11-17
Coleman, R. 1980. On the recovery of ocean dynamic information from satellite altimetry. Marine Geodesy, 4(4): 351-386.
Lambeck, K. and Coleman, R. 1983. The Earth’s Shape and Gravity Field: A Report of Progress from 1958 to 1982. Geophys. J.R. astr. Soc., 74: 25-54.
Coleman, R. 1984. Investigations of the Tasman Sea using satellite altimetry. Aust.J.Mar.Freshwater Res., 35: 619-633.
Brunner, F.K. and Coleman, R. 1989. Strain Effects near Palmdale Associated with the San Fernando Earthquake (1971). J. Geophys.Res., 94(B5): 5651-5658.
van Gysen, H., Coleman, R., Morrow, R.A., Rizos, C. and Hirsch, B. 1992. Analysis of Collinear Passes of Satellite Altimeter Data. J. Geophys. Res., 97(C2), 2265-2277.
Morrow, R.A., Church, J.A., Coleman, R., Chelton, D.B. and White, N. 1992. Eddy Momentum Flux and its contribution to the Southern Ocean Momentum Balance. Nature, 357: 482-484.
Morrow, R., Coleman, R., Church, J.A., and Chelton, D.B. 1994. Surface Eddy Momentum Flux and Velocity Variances in the Southern Ocean from GEOSAT Altimetry. J.Phys.Oceanogr., 24(10): 2050-2071.
White, N.J., Coleman, R., Church, J.A., Morgan, P.J. and Walker, S.K. 1994. A Southern Hemisphere Verification for the TOPEX/POSEIDON Satellite Altimeter Mission. J.Geophys. Res., 99(C12): 24505-24516.
van Gysen, H. and Coleman, R. 1997. On the satellite altimeter crossover problem. Journal of Geodesy, 71(2): 83-96.
Harris, P.T. and Coleman, R. 1998. Estimating global shelf sediment mobility due to swell waves. Marine Geology, 150: 171-177.
Fricker, H.A., Hyland, G., Coleman, R., Young, N.W. 2000. Digital elevation models for the Lambert Glacier -Amery Ice Shelf System, East Antarctica, from ERS-1 satellite radar altimetry. Journal of Glaciology, 46(155): 553-560.
Fricker, H.A., Young, N., Allison, I. and Coleman, R. 2002. Iceberg calving from the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, 34: 241-246.
Fricker, H.A., Allison, I., Craven, M., Hyland, G., Ruddell, A., Young, N.W., Coleman, R., King, M.A., Krebs, K., and Popov, S. 2002. Redefinition of the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, grounding zone. J.Geophys.Res., 107(B5), 10.1029/2001JB000383, 10 May 2002.
Hunter, J.R., Coleman, R., and Pugh, D. 2003. The sea level at Port Arthur, Tasmania, from 1841 to the present. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(7), 1401, 54-1:54-4, doi:10.1029/2002GL016813.
King, M.A., Coleman, R., Nguyen, N.L. 2003. Spurious horizontal periodic motions from sub-daily GPS position estimates. Journal of Geodesy, 77(1-2): 15-21.
Watson, C.S, Coleman, R., White, N.J., Church, J.A. and Govind, R. 2003. Absolute Calibration of TOPEX/ Poseidon and Jason-1 using GPS Buoys in Bass Strait, Australia. Marine Geodesy, 26(3-4), 285-304.
Watson, C.S, White, N.J., Coleman, R., Church, J.A., Morgan, P.J. and Govind, R. 2004. TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1: Absolute Calibration in Bass Strait, Australia. Marine Geodesy, 27(1-2), 107-132.
Church, J.A., White, N.J., Coleman, R., Lambeck, K., and Mitrovica, J.X. 2004. Estimates of the regional distribution of sea-level rise over the 1950 to 2000 period. Journal of Climate, 17(13), 2609-2625.
Hemer, M.A., Harris, P.T., Coleman, R., Hunter, J. 2004. Sediment mobility due to currents and waves in Torres Strait - Gulf of Papua region. Continental Shelf Research, 24:2297-2316.
Porter-Smith, R., Harris, P.T., Andersen, O., Coleman, R., Greenslade, D., Jenkins, C.J. 2004. Classification of the Australian continental shelf based on predicted sediment threshold exceedance from tidal currents and swell waves. Marine Geology, 211(1-2), 1-20.
Fricker, H.A., Young, N.W., Coleman, R., Bassis, J.N., Minster, J.B. 2005. Multi-year monitoring of rift propagation on the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 32, L02502, doi:10.1029/ 2004GL021036.
Bassis, J.N., Coleman, R., Fricker, H.A., Minster, J.B. 2005. Episodic Propagation of a rift on the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 32, L06502, doi:10.1029/2004GL022048.
Watson, C.S., Tregoning, P., Coleman, R. 2006. The Impact of Solid Earth Tide Models on GPS Time Series Analysis. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L08306, doi:10.1029/ 2005GL025538.
Summary: 78 publications - 73 peer-reviewed journal publications, 4 publications accepted/in press, 1 publication under review.
