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Why does a turbulent wake stay visible for such a long time after the ship has gone?

February 24, 2019

Speaking of wake watching, the other day I wrote about long distance wave watching in the sunset, i.e. what kind of things one can deduce on surface roughness (and its…

Measuring turbulence with a microstructure sonde

February 14, 2019

One of the instruments that was used on our recent student cruise was the so-called MSS (“MicroStructure Sonde”, sometimes also called VMP, “Vertical Microstructure Profiler”) — an instrument that is…

What’s the etiquette on a research ship? “Soft skill” learning outcomes on a student cruise

February 7, 2019

While student cruises usually have a lot of desired learning outcomes related to being able to use oceanographic instrumentation and knowledge of regional oceanography, ultimately one of their purposes is…

#wavewatching in the sky

February 7, 2019

On Elin’s student cruise (read more about that here) very nice wave watching was to be had, both on the water as well as in the sky. In the picture…

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Why does a turbulent wake stay visible for such a long time after the ship has gone?

Measuring turbulence with a microstructure sonde

What’s the etiquette on a research ship? “Soft skill” learning outcomes on a student cruise

#wavewatching in the sky

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