Welcome to the Collaborative Research Center TRR 181 ”Energy Transfers in Atmosphere and Ocean“
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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.
Being Part of the Team: What TRR 181 PhDs say
What did you enjoy most as part of the TRR team?
"I really enjoyed our Winter Schools, as a platform to communicate science, to acquire soft skills, but also to simply chat or to engage in activities with members of the TRR-family." - Florian Noethen
What did you enjoy most as part of the TRR team?
"Being part of such an interdisciplinary and multicultural project is what I liked most since it allowed me to expand my scientific horizons." - Evridiki Chrysagi
What did you enjoy most as part of the TRR team?
"I found the most enjoyable of being part of TRR team is that the TRR strongly supports in finance for PhDs going to both inland and abroad conferences." - Jen-Ping Peng
What did you enjoy most as part of the TRR team?
"Winter Schools and Retreats were the best part provided me with an opportunity to improve my different skills besides academic ones." - Gökce Tuba Masur
What did you enjoy most as part of the TRR team?
"What I enjoy most in the TRR is the interdisciplinary. It is a great opportunity to gather different opinions from various fields for similar problems. This is especially interesting for me as a PhD student who is often very focused on one own narrow discipline." - Jonas Löb
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
First meeting with our new TRR Mercator fellows in March planned
The meeting on 16th-17th, March 2021 is a follow up of the workshop on Un/Balanced Flow Decomposition Methodologies that we organized 2019 in Hamburg. more ›
DFG supports second phase of TRR 181!
The DFG decided to support the second phase of our Transregio Project. Now we can continue our research for 3,5 years. more ›
New publication in science magazine "Spektrum" by PL Armin Iske and Postdoc Stephan Juricke
Our TRR 181 Project leader Armin Iske and Postdoc Stephan Juricke published in German Science magazine "Spektrum der Wissenschaft - Magazin für Naturwissenschaft": Wie ein Klimamodell entsteht. more ›
Upcoming Events
PhD Meeting
First network event for new and old TRR PhDs 2-4pm. more ›
TRR 181 Winter School
Our annual Winter School is held online from March 10-12. more ›
Meeting on eddies and internal waves with TRR Mercator fellows
The meeting on 16th-17th, March 2021 is a follow up of the workshop on Un/Balanced Flow Decomposition Methodologies that we organized 2019 in Hamburg. more ›
Latest Publications
Chrysagi, E., Umlauf, L., Holtermann, P., Klingbeil, K. & Burchard, H. (2021). High‐resolution simulations of submesoscale processes in the Baltic Sea: The role of storm events. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016411.
Carpenter, J. R. , Rodrigues, A., Schultze, L. K. P., Merckelbach, L. M., Suzuki, N., Baschek, B. & Umlauf, L. (2020). Shear Instability and Turbulence Within a Submesoscale Front Following a Storm. Geophys. Res. Lett., doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090365.
Juricke, S., Danilov, S., Koldunov, N., Oliver, M.,Sein, D.V.,Sidorenko, D. & Wang, Q. (2020). A Kinematic Kinetic Energy Backscatter Parametrization: From Implementation to Global Ocean Simulations. J. Adv. Model Earth Sy., 12, e2020MS002175. doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020MS002175.
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