The ocean cover 70% of the earth surface and ocean processes play a key role in both the marine ecosystem and the climate system. Understanding the oceans is crucial to assess a variety of anthropogenic impacts to the environment.

The physical oceanography research group conducts research on key processes and their interactions in the ocean and aims at understanding the functioning of marine systems on different time and spatial scales. The key processes encompass spatial scales from molecular to millimetre scales, relevant for ice freezing, turbulence and mixing, up to the large scale and global circulation. Geographically, the ocean extends from the ice-covered polar regions to the equatorial regimes.

Photo: Algot K. Peterson