North Sea – Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching

A “Siel” – the valve in a dyke that lets freshwater out but no salt water in

mglessmer — Wed, 08 May 2019 13:05:34 +0000

Ok now, after complaining about how I dislike mud and the “no water” (i.e. low water) times in the Wadden Sea yesterday, today I’ll tell you about some stuff I really love about the North Sea coast. For example, the pretty little villages full with shrimp trawlers everywhere! Picture above is Neuharlingersiel, below is Dornumersiel. […]

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The wonders of a Wadden Sea. Or what someone addicted to #wavewatching thinks they are

mglessmer — Tue, 07 May 2019 13:05:39 +0000

As someone living on the German Baltic Sea coast, I don’t spend a lot of time on the North Sea coast (except, actually, my week-long vacation after Easter with my godson and his family, and when my friend Frauke and I went to Sylt earlier this year, or when Frauke and I are going back […]

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Influence of wind and water depth on a wave field (or: a beach vacation in Dornumersiel)

mglessmer — Mon, 06 May 2019 13:05:42 +0000

I took the selfie above mainly to send to my mom from my vacation in Dornumersiel on the German North Sea coast. But then when looking through the hundreds of pictures I took that day, I realized that not only was my hair parted on the wrong side because it was so windy (ha!), the […]

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Roll waves in the sand dunes? Observing erosion

mglessmer — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 11:09:36 +0000

On our trip to the west coast yesterday, I observed something really cool: Sand roll waves (I think!) in the sand dunes! But before I get to that, this is the setting on Sylt. A sandy beach opening up to the North Sea, that is separated from the land by sand dunes which are overgrown with […]

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Wave watching from a train

mglessmer — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 05:09:25 +0000

You know how they say that the journey is the destination? That was certainly the case for my spontaneous mini-vacation yesterday (and how awesome is it that my #BestTravelBuddy is up for a cross country trip on a day’s notice?). We went all the way from the east coast to the west coast — which […]

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