Dr Yvonne Firing

Biography

I’m a physical oceanographer specialising in in situ observations. My research focuses on how ocean circulation and dynamics influence large-scale change, especially in the high latitudes. I also work to increase the quality and availability of in situ ocean data through improved methods, tools, and training.

Committee Memberships

UK representative for the Global Ocean Ship-based Hydrographic Investigations Program (GO-SHIP) Science Committee

Member of the GO-SHIP Data Management Team

Member of the French Oceanographic Fleet Scientific Advisory Board

Projects

Current: 

AtlantiS - GO-SHIP (task lead), Ellett Array, RAPID

BIO-Carbon

ReBELS

EXPAND 
 
Past: 

EuroGO-SHIP (NOC Principal Investigator)

OSNAP 

SNAP-DRAGON 

ENCORE

ORCHESTRA – ‘Ocean Regulation of Climate by Heat and Carbon Sequestration and Transports’ (NOC Principal Investigator and WP3 lead)
 
iSTAR – Investigating the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet – Ocean2ice - Processes and variability of ocean heat transport toward ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea Embayment

Roles Provided

Research Scientist / Research Technologist in the NOC Open Ocean Physics group

MPOC IT representative
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Publications

Publication year

2025

Publication type

Article

Authors

Thurnherr, A.M.; Firing, Y.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974; Chereskin, T.K.; Waterman, S.. 2025 Summertime internal-wave properties along the SR1b section across Drake Passage. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 10.1175/JPO-D-24-0084.1

Publication year

2025

Publication type

Article

Authors

Moat, B.I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8676-7779; Petit, Tillys; Firing, Yvonne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974. 2025 RAPID 26N Report for RRS Discovery research Expedition DY186, 10th Dec 2024 to 19th Dec 2024. Southampton, National Oceanography Centre. (National Oceanography Centre Research Expedition Report, 85)

Publication year

2025

Publication type

Monograph

Authors

Moat, B.I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8676-7779; Firing, Y.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974; Smith, Alycia. 2024 RAPID report for RRS Discovery Research Expedition DY174, 28th March 2024 to 3rd April 2024. Southampton, National Oceanography Centre. (National Oceanography Centre Research Expedition Report, 82)

Publication year

2024

Publication type

Monograph

Authors

Meijers, Andrew J.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3876-7736; Meredith, Michael P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7342-7756; Shuckburgh, Emily F.; Kent, Elizabeth C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6209-4247; Munday, David R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1920-708X; Firing, Yvonne L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974; King, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1338-3234; Smyth, Timothy J.; Leng, Melanie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1115-5166; Nurser, A.J. George; Hewitt, Helene T.; Abrahamsen, E. Povl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5924-5350; Weiss, Alexandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6134-4229; Yang, Mingxi; Bell, Thomas G.; Brearley, J. Alexander ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3700-8017; Boland, Emma J.D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2430-7763; Jones, Daniel C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8701-4506; Josey, Simon A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1683-8831; Owen, Robyn P.; Grist, Jeremy P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1068-9211; Blaker, Adam T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5454-0131; Biri, Stavroula ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5402-1072; Yelland, Margaret J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0936-4957; Pimm, Ciara; Zhou, Shenjie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9124-6270; Harle, James; Cornes, Richard C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7688-4485. 2023 Finale: Impact of the ORCHESTRA/ENCORE programmes on Southern Ocean heat and carbon understanding. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 381 (2249), 20220070. 25, pp. 10.1098/rsta.2022.0070

Publication year

2023

Publication type

Article

Authors

Meredith, Michael P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7342-7756; Abrahamsen, E. Povl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5924-5350; Haumann, F. Alexander ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8218-977X; Leng, Melanie J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1115-5166; Arrowsmith, Carol; Barham, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9724-2916; Firing, Yvonne L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974; King, Brian A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1338-3234; Brown, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1152-1114; Brearley, J. Alexander ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3700-8017; Meijers, Andrew J.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3876-7736; Sallée, Jean-Baptiste; Akhoudas, Camille; Tarling, Geraint A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3753-5899. 2023 Tracing the impacts of recent rapid sea ice changes and the A68 megaberg on the surface freshwater balance of the Weddell and Scotia Seas. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, A, 381 (2249), 20220162. 21, pp. 10.1098/rsta.2022.0162

Publication year

2023

Publication type

Article

Authors

Arumí‐Planas, Cristina; Pérez‐Hernández, María Dolores; Pelegrí, Josep L.; Vélez‐Belchí, Pedro; Emelianov, Mikhail; Caínzos, Verónica; Cana, Luis; Firing, Yvonne L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974; García‐Weil, Luis; Santana‐Toscano, Daniel; Hernández‐Guerra, Alonso. 2023 The South Atlantic circulation between 34.5°S, 24°S and above the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge from an inverse box model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 128 (5). 10.1029/2022JC019614

Publication year

2023

Publication type

Article

Authors

Moat, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8676-7779; Burmeister, Kristin; Firing, Yvonne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974. 2022 CLASS and OSNAP report for JC238. Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, 167pp. (National Oceanography Centre Research Expedition Report, 78)

Publication year

2022

Publication type

Monograph

Authors

Cassarino, Lucie; Hendry, Katharine R.; Henley, Sian F.; MacDonald, Ellen; Arndt, Sandra; Freitas, Felipe S.; Pike, Jennifer; Firing, Yvonne L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974. 2020 Sedimentary nutrient supply in productive hot spots off the West Antarctic peninsula revealed by silicon isotopes. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 34 (12), e2019GB006486. 10.1029/2019GB006486

Publication year

2020

Publication type

Article

Authors

Xu, Xiaobiao; Chassignet, Eric P.; Firing, Yvonne L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974; Donohue, Kathleen. 2020 Antarctic circumpolar current transport through Drake Passage: What can we learn from comparing high‐resolution model results to observations? Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125 (7), e2020JC016365. 10.1029/2020JC016365

Publication year

2020

Publication type

Article

Authors

Firing, Yvonne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974. 2020 RRS Discovery Cruise DY113, 3 February – 13 March 2020. Repeat hydrographic measurements on GO-SHIP lines SR1b and A23. Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, 116pp. (National Oceanography Centre Cruise Report, 67)

Publication year

2020

Publication type

Monograph

Authors

Hendry, Katharine R.; Annett, Amber; Bhatia, Rehemat; Damerell, Gillian M.; Fielding, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3152-4742; Firing, Yvonne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974; Frajka-Williams, Eleanor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8773-7838; Hartman, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6363-1331; Henley, Sian; Heywood, Karen J.; Holliday, Penny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9733-8002; Huvenne, Veerle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7135-6360; Mils, Rachel A.; Rabe, Berit; Robinson, Carol; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Smythe-Wright, Denise; Taylor, Michelle L; Yelland, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0936-4957. 2020 Equity at sea: Gender and inclusivity in UK sea-going science. Ocean Challenge, 24 (2). 19-30.

Publication year

2020

Publication type

Article

Authors

Dotto, Tiago S.; Naveira Garabato, Alberto C.; Bacon, Sheldon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2471-9373; Holland, Paul R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8370-289X; Kimura, Satoshi; Firing, Yvonne L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974; Tsamados, Michel; Wåhlin, Anna K.; Jenkins, Adrian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9117-0616. 2019 Wind-driven processes controlling oceanic heat delivery to the Amundsen Sea, Antarctica. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 49 (11). 2829-2849. 10.1175/JPO-D-19-0064.1

Publication year

2019

Publication type

Article

Authors

Abrahamsen, E. Povl ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5924-5350; Meijers, Andrew J.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3876-7736; Polzin, Kurt L.; Naveira Garabato, Alberto C.; King, Brian A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1338-3234; Firing, Yvonne L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974; Sallee, Jean-Baptiste; Sheen, Katy L.; Gordon, Arnold L.; Huber, Bruce A.; Meredith, Michael P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7342-7756. 2019 Stabilization of dense Antarctic water supply to the Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation. Nature Climate Change, 9 (10). 742-746. 10.1038/s41558-019-0561-2

Publication year

2019

Publication type

Article

Publication year

2019

Publication type

Monograph

Authors

Firing, Y. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974; et al, .. 2019 RRS James Clark Ross Cruise JR18002, 3-22 Nov 2018. Repeat hydrographic measurements on GO-SHIP line SR1b. Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, 78pp. (National Oceanography Centre Cruise Report 58)

Publication year

2019

Publication type

Monograph

Authors

Henley, Sian F.; Jones, Elizabeth M.; Venables, Hugh J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6445-8462; Meredith, Michael P.. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7342-7756; Firing, Yvonne L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974; Dittrich, Ribanna; Heiser, Sabrina; Stefels, Jacqueline; Dougans, Julie. 2018 Macronutrient and carbon supply, uptake and cycling across the Antarctic Peninsula shelf during summer. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, A, 376 (2122), 20170168. 10.1098/rsta.2017.0168

Publication year

2018

Publication type

Article

Authors

Naveira Garabato, Alberto C.; Forryan, Alexander; Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8066-934X; Brannigan, Liam; Biddle, Louise C.; Heywood, Karen J.; Jenkins, Adrian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9117-0616; Firing, Yvonne L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974; Kimura, Satoshi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1689-1605. 2017 Vigorous lateral export of the meltwater outflow from beneath an Antarctic ice shelf. Nature, 542 (7640). 219-222. 10.1038/nature20825

Publication year

2017

Publication type

Article

Authors

Firing, Yvonne L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974; McDonagh, Elaine L.; King, Brian A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1338-3234; Desbruyeres, Damien G.. 2017 Deep temperature variability in Drake Passage. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122 (1). 713-725. 10.1002/2016JC012452

Publication year

2017

Publication type

Article

Authors

Firing, Y. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974; et al, .. 2017 RRS James Clark Ross Cruise JR16002, 10 Nov - 03 Dec 2016. Hydrographic measurements on GO-SHIP line SR1b. Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, 43pp. (National Oceanography Centre Cruise Report 41)

Publication year

2017

Publication type

Monograph

Authors

Kimura, Satoshi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1689-1605; Jenkins, Adrian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9117-0616; Dutrieux, Pierre; Forryan, Alexander; Naveira Garabato, Alberto C.; Firing, Yvonne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974. 2016 Ocean mixing beneath Pine Island Glacier ice shelf, West Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121 (12). 8496-8510. 10.1002/2016JC012149

Publication year

2016

Publication type

Article

Publication year

2016

Publication type

Monograph

Authors

Firing, Yvonne L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974; Chereskin, Teresa K.; Watts, D. Randolph; Mazloff, Matthew R.. 2016 Bottom pressure torque and the vorticity balance from observations in Drake Passage. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121 (6). 4282-4302. 10.1002/2016jc011682

Publication year

2016

Publication type

Article