Sandström's experiment & Bornö oceanographic research station, Sweden



Bornö oceanographic research station, near Göteborg. Photo taken in 2001.



View from the cliff above Bornö station


Oceanographic sampling platform overhanging the fjord


The cliffs beside Bornö station


Johan Sandström


Alexa Griesel and Susanne Nawrath perform Sandström's experiment at PIK

Many famous oceanographers spent time at Bornö station.
In 1908, Johan Sandström performed his famous experiments here.
These laid the foundation for an understanding of
the thermohaline circulation of the world ocean.
Two diagrams from his classic publication "Dynamische
Versuche mit Meerwasser" are shown below.


Wind-driven circulation in Sandström's tank experiment


Interaction of thermal circulation and wind