INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY

Although understanding the oceans has been a quest for humankind since the dawn of civilisation, it is only in recent years that we have gained an understanding of the numerous and important phenomena that control the behaviour of the ocean. Ocean microstructure and deep internal waves are some examples of these phenomena. The study of the ocean encompasses four broad scientific fields: physics, chemistry, geology, and biology. Each of these fields has an extensive list of recent discoveries and problems. The aim of the School is to review advances in the fields of oceanography each year, focusing on areas of current research interest and those with important applications. The aim is to bring together both oceanography workers, to focus their attention on these topics, and scientists trained in fluid mechanics, applied mathematics or physics, to introduce them to the theoretical methods and observational results of a particular aspect of physical oceanography.