Bringing everyone together: Kick Off Meeting 2016

Yesterday our kick off meeting was held in the Yu Garden Hamburg. Around 50 scientists came together to officially start off the TRR181 "Energy transfer in Atmosphere and Ocean"!

The day started with an introduction by our speaker Prof. Carsten Eden. He welcomed all new scientists who just started their work in the project. This was followed by a presentation on the coordination and outreach program by Meike Ruhnau.

The scientific talks began with a special guest: Prof. Mojib Latif from GEOMAR talked about model errors in North Atlantic sea surface salinity values.

Three additional talks followed given by Dr. Urs Schaefer-Rolffs (IAP), Prof. Marcel Oliver (Jacobs University) and Prof. Monika Rhein (MARUM/University of Bremen).

Dr. Schaefer-Rolffs talked about using a dynamic Smagorinsky modell for stratified macro-turbulence, while Prof. Oliver gave us some insight on the work in area M. After lunch, Prof. Rhein continued with her presentation on observations of internal waves.

In the afternoon the official general assembly was started and new members of the Vorstand were selected. We also kicked off the first task groups dealing with "Gender and early career measures" as well as "Data and model code management".

The day was concluded by a small reception in a relaxed atmosphere.

We like to thank everyone who attended the meeting and look forward to the next years of collaboration!