Wave watching in a bucket
On the GEOF105 student cruise that I was lucky enough to join like I did last year, I happened to observe what you see in the picture above: Standing waves…
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How to use home-made surface drifters to teach oceanography
Very early knowledge about oceanography stems from beach finds that had to have been transported to that beach from far away because the finds themselves (pieces of trees, or coconuts,…
Need your help! “Wish list” for a student lab for tank experiments?
I’d love your input: If your student lab for GFD tank experiments had to downsize, but you had to present a “wish list” for a smaller replacement, what would be…
Why are they so much slower than I thought? Observing the group velocity vs phase velocity of waves
Have you ever seen a speedboat drive past, looked at its wake moving torwards you, then gotten distracted, and when you look back a little while later been surprised that…
At the end of the rainbow you’ll find … home-made surface drifters
For Lars Henrik and Harald‘s GEOF105 class we are deploying home-made surface drifters on the student cruise. Today I had the opportunity to join the cruise again, and since the weather today made…
Taking water samples
A big part of any oceanographic research cruise: Taking water samples. Here is a group of students practicing how to arm Niskin bottles that will go into the ocean open…
Home-made surface drifters
A bicycle safety flag, a plastic bucket, four paint roller trays — what are those people doing there?! Until now this might almost count as kitchen oceanography! Home-made surface drifters But it’s…