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Derek Goring’s Biodata

Qualifications

            1969    BE(Hons) (Civil), University of Canterbury

            1974    MS(Env Eng Sci), California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

            1978    PhD(Civ Eng), California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Work Experience

2003-present    Consultant and Managing Director with Mulgor Consulting Ltd.

2000-2003:      Principal Scientist at National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Christchurch, in charge of Coastal Hydrodynamics Group.

1992-2000       Project Director at NIWA, Christchurch, in charge of Hydraulics Group.

1988-1992:      Research Scientist at DSIR Marine and Freshwater Division, Christchurch.

1978-1988             Research Scientist at MWD Hydrology Centre, Christchurch.

1974-1978             Graduate student at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California (Fulbright Scholar).

1972-1974             Design Engineer at MWD Power Design Office, Wellington.

1969-1972             Assistant Engineer at MWD Upper Waitaki Power Development, Twizel.

 

Recent Consulting Reports

Goring, D. G. 2003: Wainono Lagoon seepage study: Stage 1. No. CHC2003-012. NIWA.

Goring, D. G.; Willsman, A. 2003: Wainono Lagoon seepage study: Stage 2. No. CHC2003-047. NIWA.

Goring, D. G. 2003: Sumner Head sea-level recorder annual report: March 2002 to March 2003. No. CHC2003-044. NIWA.

Goring, D. G. 2003: Analysis of Green Island sea-level record: December 2002 to July 2003. No. CHC2003-066. NIWA.

Goring, D. G. 2003: Analysis of Tararu sea-level record: 1992-2003. No. CHC2003-062. NIWA.

Goring, D. G. 2003: Timaru sea-level station: annual report for 2002. No. CHC2003-046. NIWA.

Goring, D. G. 2003: Shipping Lane 3 hydrographic Survey: Estimation of sea-surface height. No. CHC2003-071. NIWA.

Goring, D. G. 2003: MSL for Eastern Coromandel Peninsula. No. CHC2003-068. NIWA.

Goring, D. G. 2004: Annual Analysis of Green Island Sea-Level Recorder: 2003. No. CHC2004-01. NIWA.

Goring, D. G. 2004: Sumner Head Sea-Level Station: Annual Report for 2003. No. CHC2004-029. NIWA.

Goring, D. G. 2004: Timaru Sea-Level Station: Annual Report for 2003. No. CHC2004-030. NIWA.

Goring, D. G. 2004: Anawhata and Pouto Point Sea-Level Stations: Annual Report for 2003. No. CHC2004-031. NIWA.

Goring, D. G. 2004: Mokohinau Island and Marsden Point Sea-Level Stations: Annual Report for 2003. No. CHC2004-032. NIWA

Goring, D. G. 2004: Western Ross Sea Survey 2004: Tide Model. NIWA Wellington

Goring, D. G. 2004: Western Ross Sea Survey 2004: Storm Surge Model. NIWA Wellington

Goring, D. G. 2004: Natural, Physical Characterstics of Te Whaanga, Chatham Island. Mulgor Report No. 2004/1.

Goring, D. G. 2004: Long Waves at Marsden Point. Mulgor Report No. 2004/2.

Goring, D. G. 2004: Long Waves at Marsden Point on 27 July 2003. Mulgor Report No. 2004/3.

Goring, D. G. 2004: Extreme Sea Levels in South Canterbury. Mulgor Report No. 2004/4.

Goring, D. G. 2004: Long waves in Lyttelton Harbour. Mulgor Report No. 2004/5.

Goring, D. G. 2004: Analysis of Sea Levels Measured at Port Nelson Mulgor Report No. 2004/6.

McComb, P.; Goring, D. G. 2004: Long Waves at Port Taranaki. ASR Report for Westgate Transport Ltd

Goring, D. G. 2004: Sea levels and long waves in Wellington Harbour Mulgor Report No. 2004/7.

Goring, D. G. 2005: Waves and sea levels at Marsden Point: July 2004 to April 2005 Mulgor Report No. 2005/1.

Goring, D. G. 2005: Waves and sea levels at St Clair on 14-Dec-2004 and 28-Feb-2005 Mulgor Report No. 2005/2.

Goring, D. G. 2005: Tides on The Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia: Preliminary Study Mulgor Report No, 2005/3.

Goring, D. G. 2005: Analysis of sea levels and waves measured at Eastland Port Mulgor Report No. 2005/4.

Goring, D. G. 2005: Waves and ship surging at Salalah, Oman during the Khareef of 2005 Mulgor Report No., 2005/5

Goring, D. G. 2006: Storm surge in Bay of Plenty Mulgor Report No. 2006/1.

Mulcock, C. M.; Goring, D. G. 2006: Effect of minimum flow rules on abstraction: Halswell River Mulgor Report No., 2006/2.

Goring, D. G. 2006: Wainono Lagoon: seawater incursion Mulgor Report No. 2006/3.

Goring, D. G. 2006: MHWS at Waikuku Beach Mulgor Report No. 2006/4.

Goring, D. G. 2006: Green Island sea-level datum Mulgor Report No. 2006/5.

Goring, D.G. 2006: Waves at Salalah, Oman in the Khareef of 2006. Mulgor Report 2006/6.

Goring, D. G.; McComb, P.; Johnson, D.; Beamsley, B. 2007: Harbour Long Waves: a comparison of the infragravity wave climates at Port Salalah and Port Taranaki. MetOcean Solutions Ltd Report for Port Taranaki Ltd and Mooring Systems Ltd.

 

 

 

 

 

Recent Journal Papers

Goring, D. G.; Walters, R. A. 2001: A scalable, parallel wave equation model for storm surge propagation. 7th International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling.,

Goring, D. G. 2001: Computer models define tide variability. The Industrial Physicist 7: 14-17.

Goring, D. G.; Nikora, V. I. 2002: Despiking acoustic Doppler velocimeter records. ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 128: 117-126.

Goring, D. G.; Walters, R. A. 2002: Ocean-loading and Earth tides around New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 36: 299-309.

Goring, D. G. 2002: The response of New Zealand waters to the Peru tsunami of 23-June-2001. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 36: 225-232.

Goring, D. G.; Nikora, V. I. 2003: Closure to: Despiking acoustic Doppler velocimeter records. ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 129: 487-488.

Goring, D. G.; Pyne, A. 2003: Observations of sea-level variability in Ross Sea, Antarctica. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 37: 241-249.

Goring, D. G. 2005: Monitoring tsunami around New Zealand. Proc. 17th Australasian Coastal and Ocean Engineering Conference, Adelaide, 21-23 September, 2005.

Goring, D. G. 2005: Rissaga (long wave events) on New Zealand’s eastern seaboard: a hazard for navigation. Proc. 17th Australasian Coastal and Ocean Engineering Conference, Adelaide, 21-23 September, 2005.

Goring, D. G. 2005: What use is tide-gauge data? Hydro International, 9(9): 26:29.

Goring, D. G. 2004: Tide models for hydrographic surveying. Hydro International, 8(10): 25:27.

Goring, D. G. 2005: A rissaga nowcasting system. Waves 2005, Madrid, 3-7 July 2005.

Goring, D. G. 2005: An inexpensive, sustainable network for monitoring tsunami. Waves 2005, Madrid, 3-7 July 2005.

Goring, D. G. 2006: Models for correcting hydrographic surveys. Sea Technology, August 2006: 31-34.

McComb, P.; Gorman, R.; Goring, D. G. 2005: Forecasting infragravity wave energy within a harbour. Waves 2005, Madrid, 3-7 July 2005.

Nikora, V. I.; Goring, D. G. 2001: Extended self-similarity in geophysical and geological applications. Mathematical Geology 33: 251-271.

Nikora, V. I.; Goring, D. G.; McEwan, I.; Griffiths, G. 2001: Spatially-averaged open-channel flow over a rough bed. ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Nikora, V. I.; Goring, D. G. 2001: Turbulence structure in gravel-bed flows with fixed and weakly mobile beds: a comparative study. ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Nikora, V. I.; Goring, D. G. 2002: Fluctuations of suspended sediment concentration and turbulent sediment fluxes in an open-channel flow. ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 128: 214-224.

Nikora, V. I.; Goring, D. G.; Biggs, B. J. F. 2002: Some observations of the effects of mico-organisms growing on the bed of an open channel on the turbulence properties. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 450: 317-341.

Nikora, V. I.; Green, M. O.; Thrush, S. F.; Hume, T. M.; Goring, D. G. 2002: Structure of the internal boundary layer over a patch of pinnid bivalves (Atrina zelandica) in an estuary. Journal of Marine Research 60: 121-150.

Nikora, V. I.; Goring, D. G. 2003: Mars topography: bulk scaling and statistics. Chaos, Solitons, and Fractals 19: 427-439.

Nikora, V. I.; Goring, D. G. 2005: Martian topography: scaling, craters and high-order statistics. Mathematical Geology, 37(4): 337-355.

Nikora, V. I.; Goring, D. G. 2006: Spectral scaling in Mars topography: effect of craters. Acta Geophysica Polonica, 54(1): 102-112.

Padman, L., M. King, D. Goring, H. Corr, and R. Coleman, 2004: Ice shelf elevation changes due to atmospheric pressure variations, Journal of  Glaciology, 49(167): 521-526.

Rabinovich, A. B.; Stephenson, F. E.; Goring, D. G. 2005: Tsunami detection by coastal tide gauges and the influence of IG-waves. 22nd IUGG International Tsunami Symposium, Chania, Crete, 27-29 June 2005.

Stanton, B. R.; Goring, D. G.; Bell, R. G. 2001: Observed and modelled tidal currents in the New Zealand region. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 35: 397-415.

Walters, R. A.; Goring, D. G.; Bell, R. G. 2001: Ocean tides around New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 35: 567-579.

 

 

Last Updated: 6 January 2007

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