Fluid Dynamics in Earth and Planetary Sciences (FDEPS)
13th FDEPS workshop
Nov 16 - 19, 2010
Kyoto Seminar House

Thirteenth Workshop "Fluid Dynamics in Earth and Planetary Sciences"

Date:

Nov 16 - 19, 2010

Co-organizer:

• Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (RIMS), Kyoto University
  G-COE "Fostering top leaders in mathematics -- broadening the core and exploring new ground"
  
• Center for Planetary Science, Kobe University Kobe University / Department of Cosmoscinece, Hokkaido University
  G-COE "Foundation of International Center for Planetary Science"

Place:

Kansai Seminar House
23 Takenouchi-cho, Ichijojii, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8134 JAPAN
Phone:+81-75-711-2115 FAX:+81-75-701-5256

Program

• Nov 16 (TUE) - 19 (FRI) Intensive Lecture Series and Free Discussion

  Waves and their role in the general circulation of the atmosphere
  Professor Raymond Alan Plumb (MIT)
  
  

  • 11/16(Tue.)
    • 09:00 - 12:00 lecture 1-a lecture 1-b lecture 1-c lecture 1-d lecture 1-e PDF document
      Lecture 1 : Nonrotating stratified flow: internal gravity waves and vertical momentum transport
    • 14:00 - 17:00 lecture 2-a lecture 2-b lecture 2-c lecture 2-d PDF document
      Lecture 2 : Quasigeostrophic flow: Waves, instability, and momentum transport
  • 11/17(Wed.)
    • 09:00 - 12:00 lecture 3-a lecture 3-b lecture 3-c lecture 3-d lecture 3-e PDF document
      Lecture 3 : The circulation of the stratosphere and mesosphere
    • Afternoon : Free discussion
  • 11/18(Thr.)
    • 09:00 - 12:00 lecture 4-a lecture 4-b lecture 4-c lecture 4-d PDF document
      Lecture 4 : Stirring and mixing in the stratosphere: Transport time scales and the distribution of trace gases
    • 14:00 - 17:00 lecture 5-a lecture 5-b lecture 5-c PDF document
      Lecture 5 : Eddies and tropospheric climate
  • 11/19(Fri.) Seminar
    • 09:00 - 11:00 seminar 1 seminar 2 seminar 3 PDF document
      Research seminar : Annular modes of tropospheric variability, and the role of the stratosphere

Snapshots of the lectures