Wadden Sea – Adventures in Oceanography and Teaching

Wind-driven waves in natural flumes for #flumefriday

mglessmer — Fri, 31 May 2019 13:05:39 +0000

On a bike tour with my friend Frauke in Greetsiel two or three weeks ago, she pointed out how well one could see that the waves on the puddles left in the Wadden Sea close to low tide were wind-generated. That was that for the bike tour — now I had to take pictures. Below […]

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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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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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