When researchers talk about ‘missing data,’ they are referring to replacing previously estimated values with actual, real values in various explanatory models. This can be particularly important in climate change models.
Even though approximate values provide a good picture of future climate change, the more reliable the measurement points are, the more robust the model becomes.
Text: Lena Scherman
Anna Bulczak is studying how water mixes at a micro level. When we talk about waves in the water, we mainly think of those that wash up on the beach.
But underwater waves are much more important and play a greater role in climate change.
We know that most of the excess heat we produce on land is absorbed by the sea, and this ability depends on the turbulence in the sea. It is the waves beneath the surface that can push down or pull up the heat and carbon dioxide towards the surface.
Anna Bulczak compares it to a cup of coffee with milk. At first, there are two layers, but when you stir the cup with a spoon, the different layers eventually mix. The same thing happens in the sea, and it can change the sea’s ability to absorb more heat.
Anna’s research will enable us to obtain some of the measurement points that are missing from climate models – despite, or perhaps thanks to, the fact that her research is conducted at the micro level in a seemingly endless ocean.
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