TRR 181 Mercator Lecture series by K. Lamb

We are happy to announce that our TRR Mercator fellow Kevin Lamb will give a short lecture series on 
 

Internal solitary waves in the ocean

When: March 21.-23. (Mon-Wed), 10-12 AM
Where: Room 133, Bundesstr. 53. (hybrid event)

The lectures are fundamental and directed to MSc. and Phd students but also more senior scientists.

Content:
Introduction to dispersive waves, a physical (non-rigorous) derivation of the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation for surface gravity waves, properties of the KdV equation, KdV and Gardner equations applied to internal waves (including solitary waves interactions and breathers), Dubreil-Jacotin-Long equation for internal solitary waves, NLS equation for internal waves. Included will be observations and
generation of internal solitary waves in the ocean.

If you want to attend this event in person, please send an email to Jennifer Fandrich (jennifer.fandrich@uni-hamburg.de)