Join the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the Department of Mechanical Engineering for a seminar at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20 in 211 Engineering Building. The seminar features Anne Dowling, Wichita State alumna and current Ph.D. candidate at the University of Notre Dame, speaking on “Tides: A Unique Contributor to the Fog Lifecycle.”
Marine sea fog is defined as regions of suspended water droplets over shallow oceans away from coastal influence that reduce the visibility to less than one kilometer. Even though highly prevalent and extensively researched, it remains an enigma to scientists and subsequently is difficult to predict with weather models. To that end, the Fog and Turbulence Interactions in the Marine Atmosphere (FATIMA) Project launched two field campaigns: the Grand Banks off the coast of Novia Scotia (FATIMA-GB) and the Yellow Sea off the coast of South Korea (FATIMA-YS). During FATIMAYS (June 20 to July 9, 2023) there was a long-lasting fog event from 9:21 p.m., UTC, July 2 to 11:04 p.m. UTC July 03. The seminar will focus not only on the atmospheric conditions that allowed for fog formation of this event, but also the contribution of tidal activity through turbulent mixing. It will also shine a light on how mechanical engineering and similar disciplines can provide a foundation for studying the world around us.
