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.
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
TRR 181 Newsletter "Energy Inflow" - December 2017
Our newsletter comes out every three months and includes information about the work done in our project and more. more ›
TRR 181 Newsletter "Energy Inflow" – September 2017
Our newsletter comes out every three months and includes information about the work done in our project and more. more ›
Retreat in Jesteburg from everyday life
Our first TRR 181 Annual Retreat took place at Tagungshotel Jesteburg in the German Nordheide starting September 11 to 12. About 60 participants met in Jesteburg to collaborate and learn about the TRR 181 disciplines. more ›
Upcoming Events
TRR 181 seminar - "Rigorous bounds on the heat flux in turbulent convection"
The TRR 181 seminar is held every two weeks in the semester and as announced during semester break. The locations of the seminar changes between the three TRR 181 locations, but is broadcasted online for all members of the TRR. more ›
TRR 181 seminar - "A quantitative theory for transport equations"
The TRR 181 seminar is held every two weeks in the semester and as announced during semester break. The locations of the seminar changes between the three TRR 181 locations, but is broadcasted online for all members of the TRR. more ›
TRR 181 seminar - "Knudsen and Total Exchange Flow relations for mixing"
The TRR 181 seminar is held every two weeks in the semester and as announced during semester break. The locations of the seminar changes between the three TRR 181 locations, but is broadcasted online for all members of the TRR. more ›
Latest Publications
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Schaefer-Rolffs, U. and Becker, E.., (2018). Scale-invariant Formulation of Momentum Diffusion for High-Resolution Atmospheric Circulation Models , Mon. Wea. Rev., 146, 1045-1062, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-17-0216.1.
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Nasermoaddeli, M. H., Lemmen, C., Stigge, G., Kerimoglu, O., Burchard, H., Klingbeil, K., Hofmeister, R., Kreus, M., Wirtz, K. W. & Kösters, F. A (2018). A model study on the large-scale effect of macrofauna on the suspended sediment concentration in a shallow shelf sea Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Geoscientific Model Development, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.11.002 .
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Lemmen, C., R. Hofmeister, K. Klingbeil, Nasermoaddeli, M. H., O. Kerimoglu, H. Burchard, F. Kösters, K. W. Wirtz (2018). Modular System for Shelves and Coasts (MOSSCO v1.0) – a flexible and multi-component framework for coupled coastal ocean ecosystem modelling, Geoscientific Model Development, 10.5194/gmd-2017-138 .
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