Block course: Physical Limnology 2024
In 2024, the block course will comprise the curriculum lectres by Prof. Andreas Lorke, Dr. Bertram Boehrer and Prof. Werner Aeschbach:
- Stratification and circulation of lakes, Navier Stokes – eq.
– solutes, solubility, electrical conductivity
– density, stability and mixing, deep water renewal
– surface waves, seiche, interfacial waves
– internal waves
- properties of internal waves
- Permanent stratification, meromixis, climate sensitivity
- Turbulence I: Introduction to turbulence
- Turbulence II: Spectral characteristics and measurements
- Turbulence III: Momentum and mass transport in turbulent boundary layers
- Turbulence IV: Living in turbulence: biological – physical interactions
- tracers in aquatic environments
Dr. Bertram Boehrer: Lecturer at Uni-Heidelberg, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Magdeburg
Prof. Dr. Andreas Lorke: Professor at Technical University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, Landau
Prof. Werner Aeschbach: Professor for Physics, Heidelberg University
We offer this course FREE of charge also to external participants. Students and scientists interested in attending the course are requested to enrol by email to bertram.boehrer@ufz.de no later than 1st Feb. 2024: stating name, scientific affiliation / university. Heidelberg students are also requested to send their student number. For any further information, please address Bertram.Boehrer@ufz.de . There will be more information closer to the course.