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Glider projects in the FLOW Lab

This is a suggestion for a Degree Project for Bachelor's and Master's levels at the Department of Marine Sciences. Degree projects at the Department of Marine Sciences are done independently and must be written and assessed individually.

Subjects: Oceanography / Biogeochemical interdisciplinary

Project level: Bachelor (15hp) and Masters (45 or 60hp only; 60hp preferred.)
Contact: Dr Bastien Queste

Note that we can only accommodate a small number of projects, so you should get in touch early to discuss project opportunities.

Project description

Student projects in the FLOW Lab will primarily use data from ocean gliders along with supporting datasets to observe, understand and describe the physical and biogeochemical processes playing a role in the variability of low oxygenated waters.

Supporting datasets are: reanalysis and satellite products, surface platforms observations, argo floats, and ships.

The projects will provide the students with an understanding of the breadth of tools available, training in handling large oceanographic datasets, programming skills as well as in-depth interdisciplinary knowledge in oceanography bridging physical, chemical, and biological oceanography.

Students should be comfortable with numerical and programming skills to tackle the physical oceanographic challenges while being interested in ecosystem-wide processes to bridge the different disciplines.