David McNiven Garner (born November 26, 1928, in Wanganui, New Zealand) is a physicist, with a focus in ocean circulation. Dr. Garner graduated with his PhD in Physics from New York University [1] in 1961, and went on to be part of the founding team of scientists in the New Zealand Oceangraphic Institute of the Department of Scentific and Industrial Research located in Hobson Street, Wellington, New Zealand. Dr. Garner immigrated to Canada in 1968, as a physical oceanographer in the ocean circulation department at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography [2] in Nova Scotia, Canada from February 1968 to July 1971, where his topics of research included effects around the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. He traveled extensively on the oceanographic research vessels Baffin and Hudson. David Garner returned to New Zealand in 1971, where he was a senior lecturer at the University of Auckland [3] Physics Department [4] from approximately July 1971 to 1974, in Auckland, New Zealand. During his tenure, he worked on the physical oceanographic aspects of an ecological impact report by the university for Shell BP Todd Maui in their offshore drilling operations.
Scientific Publications
- 1953: Physical Characteristics of Inshore surface waters between Cook Strait and Banks Peninsula, New Zealand, N.Z. J. Sci. Tech. B35: 239-46.
- 1957: Hydrology of Chatham Rise, in N.Z. Dep. sci. industr. Res. Bull. 122: 18-27
- 1959: The Sub-tropical Convergence in New Zealand Coastal Waters. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics [5]. 2: 315-37
- 1960: Hydrology of New Zealand Coastal Waters 1955. N.Z. Dep. sci. industril. Res. Bull. 138.
- 1967: Hydrology of the Hikurangi Trench region. Mere. N.Z. Oceanogr. Inst. 39, Wellington, 177 pp. [6]
- 1969: The geopotential topography of the ocean surface around New Zealand. N.Z.J. Mar. Freshwater Res., 3, 209 219. [7]
- 1970: Hydrological studies in the New Zealand region 1966 and 1967. Oceanic hydrology north-west of New Zealand. Hydrology of the north-east Tasman Sea. 49 p. [8]
- 1970: Vertical surface acceleration in a wind-generated sea. Ocean Dynamics Volume 22, Number 4 / July, 1969. See also Deutsche hydrographische Zeitschrift 22(4): 163-8 [9] [10]
Personal
David Garner is the father of three children by Edna Jean Garner: including Mary Ann Garner, John David Garner and Steven James Garner. His wife is Kirsty Garner.
