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About the project
Energy does not vanish
The energy of a closed system is steady. It is not lost but rather converted into other forms, such as when kinetic energy is transferred into thermal energy or vice versa heat results in a force.
However, this fundamental principle of natural science is often still a problem for climate research. For example, in case of the calculation of ocean currents, where small-scale vortices as well as mixing processes they induce need to be considered, without fully understanding where the energy for their creation originates from. This is similar in the atmosphere, the only difference being that air is moving instead of water. Again, local turbulences can drive larger movements or vice versa waves on a larger scale can disintegrate into small structures.
All these processes are important for the Earth’s climate and determine how temperatures will rise in the future.
Existing climate models show energetic and mathematical inconsistencies which may lead to fundamental errors in climate forecasts. Now is the right time to combine recent efforts in Meteorology, Oceanography and applied Mathematics and to go new ways.
News
New publication with contribution by our Postdoc Ryan North
Our Postdoc Ryan North contributed to a new paper in the "Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans" titled: "Mesoscale Eddies Observed at the Denmark Strait Sill". more ›
Talk at event series SCIENCE GOES PUBLIC in Bremen
Our PhD student Jonas Löb talked about his PhD topic "Interne Wellen – Monsterwellen in der Tiefsee" in a pub in Bremen at event series SCIENCE GOES PUBLIC. more ›
New publication by our PI Sergey Danilov and Postdoc Anton Kutsenko
Our PI Sergey Danilov and Postdoc Anton Kutsenko published a new paper in the "Journal of Computational Physics" titled: "On the geometric origin of spurious waves in finite-volume discretizations of shallow water equations on triangular meshes". more ›
Upcoming Events
Funding Opportunities: How to Ace the Sex and Gender Analysis Questions for the EU and DFG
The Collaborative Research Centre TRR181 "Energy Transfers in Atmosphere and Ocean" and the Cluster of Excellence "Climate, Climatic Change and Society" are honored to welcome scientist Prof. Londa Schiebinger to Hamburg in November 2019. more ›
Gender Issues in Career Development
The Collaborative Research Centre TRR181 "Energy Transfers in Atmosphere and Ocean" and the Cluster of Excellence "Climate, Climatic Change and Society" are honored to welcome scientist Prof. Londa Schiebinger to Hamburg in November 2019. more ›
TRR 181 Seminar "tba"
The TRR 181 seminar is held every other week in the semester and as announced during semester break. The locations of the seminar changes between the three TRR181 locations, but is broadcastet online for all members of the TRR. more ›
Latest Publications
Danilov, S., & Kutsenko, A. (2019). On the geometric origin of spurious waves in finite-volume discretizations of shallow water equations on triangular meshes. Journal of Computational Physics, 398, 108891, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2019.108891.
Kutsenko, A. A. (2019). Matrix representations of multidimensional integral and ergodic operators. Appl. Math. Comput., Vol. 369, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amc.2019.124818 .
Moritz, M., Jochumsen, K., North, R. P., Quadfasel, D., & Valdimarsson, H. (2019). Mesoscale Eddies observed at the Denmark Strait sill. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015273.
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