FDEPS 2005-11-08

  Fluid Dynamics in Earth and Planetary Sciences (FDEPS)
  7th FDEPS workshop
  Nov 8 - Nov 11, 2005
  Kansai Seminar House

Seventh FEDPS Workshop

Date :
Nov 8 - 11, 2005
Co-organizer: Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (RIMS), Kyoto University
Place :
Kansai Seminar House
23Takenouchi-cho, Ichijojii, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8134 JAPAN
Phone:+81-75-711-2115 FAX:+81-75-701-5256
http://www.academy-kansai.com/

Nov 8 (Tue) - Nov 10 (Thu): Intensive Lecture Series and Free Discussion
G. K. Vallis (Princeton Univ.)
"Geostrophic Turbulence and the General Circulation of the Ocean and Atmosphere"
- Nov 8 (Tue)
  - 09:00 - 12:00
    Lecture 1 Two-dimensional turbulence
    Introduction to inertial ranges, effect of beta, formation of jets.
  - 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch, Free discussion
  - 14:00 - 17:00
    Lecture 2 Geostrophic turbulence
    Analog to 2D turbulence, baroclinic instability and turbulence, scaling theories.
  - 17:00 - 18:00 Free discussion
- Nov 9 (Tue)
  - 09:00 - 12:00
    Lecture 3 Eddies in the atmosphere and ocean
    Phenomenology of baroclinic eddies in ocean and atmosphere, transport properties of eddies. transformed Eulerian Mean and residual circulation.
  - 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch, Free discussion
  - 14:00 - 18:00 Excursion, Free discussion
- Nov 10 (Wed)
  - 09:00 - 12:00
    Lecture 4 The General Circulation without Eddies
    A summary of the circulation in the atmosphere and ocean without baroclinic instability.
  - 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch, Free discussion
  - 14:00 - 17:00
    Lecture 5 Atmospheric Ferrel Cell and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
    Role of large-scale turbulence in these two systems.
  - 17:00 - 18:00 Free discussion
Nov 11 (Fri): Seminar
- 09:00 - 11:00
  G. K. Vallis (Princeton Univ.)
  The North Atlantic Oscillation and Annular Modes in the Atmosphere

FDEPS staff fdeps-staff(at)gfd-dennou.org
last revised 2008-10-03 by Masatsugu Odaka