The abyssal ocean: its dynamics and its role in climate

On Monday 4 September 2023, an event entitled "The abyssal ocean: its dynamics and its role in climate" will be held, organised by the Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering - DIATI of the Politecnico, and will have as guest speaker Professor Raffaele Ferrari of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT

Abstract

During the seminar Professor Raffaele Ferrari will review recent advances in our understanding of the role played by turbulence in setting the overall structure of the oceans. He will focus both on the abyssal ocean, where the impact of turbulence is strongly modulated by the presence of topography. The presentation will start with some theoretical arguments followed up by results from a very recent field campaign. He will conclude by discussing the implications of these results for our undressing of the role played by the ocean in the climate system.

Speaker

Professor Raffaele Ferrari (Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MIT) is a physical oceanographer interested in the circulation of the ocean, its interaction with the atmosphere and climate. He uses a combination of observations, theory and numerical models to investigate all oceanic motions from scales of centimeters to thousands of kilometers. He is a faculty of the MIT Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science Department, Director of the MIT Program of Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate, and a member of the MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Physical Oceanography and the MIT Climate Modeling Initiative.