Meso- to Submesoscale Turbulence in the Ocean ((16) L03)

• Subject Area: Oceanography
• Term: since 2016
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 274762653

The energy transfers in the meso- to submesoscale regime in the ocean result in both up- and down-scale components from complex patterns of flow structures. We analyze the effects on scale-dependent ocean turbulence and tracer transport in order to improve and develop their parameterization in climate models. To this end, we combine ideas from mathematics with theoretical and experimental expertise using in-situ measurements such as drifter observations and the SMT-WAVE telescope simulation to provide cutting-edge diagnostics and modelling of meso-submesoscale turbulence regimes and a new look at Nastrom-Gage spectra in the ocean.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 181: Energy transfers in Atmosphere and Ocean
• Applicant Institution: Universität Hamburg
• Project Heads: Dr. Alexa Griesel; Professor Dr. Marc Keßeböhmer, since 7/2024; Dr. Maren Walter, since 7/2024