Welcome to the Collaborative Research Center TRR 181 ”Energy Transfers in Atmosphere and Ocean“
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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.
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
"FS Sonne” reaches first mooring site
The research ship "FS Sonne" cast off on March 20 in the North Sea and will be on the Atlantic Ocean for 67 days to do research activities and collect data from the mooring stations. more ›
TRR 181 Newsletter "Energy Inflow" - March 2021
Our newsletter comes out every three months and includes information about the work done in our project and more. more ›
Successful first Digital Winter School of Phase 2
From March 10-12, 2021 our new PhDs of Phase 2 met online to get an introduction of the project's topics. Up to 60 TRR 181 members gathered in the three-day Zoom meeting, we are amazed by the positive spirit of everyone! more ›
Upcoming Events
Gender and Diversity to go - an online lecture series at lunchtime: "Gender & Diversity at University: Inequality between dynamic structures and rigid bureaucracy"
gender & diversity to go aims to provide a short and concise introduction into gender and diversity matters for researchers at all levels - from students to professors. The lecture series will relate to your day-to-day work and create awareness for dynamics and challenges. more ›
TRR181 RTG: Introductory course on second-moment turbulence closure
The introductory course on second-moment turbulence closure with Hans Burchard will take place on 23.6., from 2-4 p.m. more ›
TRR 181 Seminar "On strongly nonlinear gravity waves in a vertically sheared atmosphere" by Georg Sebastian Voelker (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)
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
Lorenz, M., Klingbeil, K. & Burchard, H. (2021). Impact of evaporation and precipitation on estuarine mixing relations. J. Phys. Oceanogr., doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0158.1.
Ma, Q., Lembo, V. & Franzke, C. L. (2021). The Lorenz energy cycle: trends and the impact of modes of climate variability. Tellus A, doi: 10.1080/16000870.2021.1900033
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.
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