Fluid Dynamics in Earth and Planetary Sciences (FDEPS)
21st FDEPS workshop, Nov. 27 - 30, 2018 at Kansai Seminar House

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Twenty-first Workshop "Fluid Dynamics in Earth and Planetary Sciences"

Nov. 27 - 30, 2018

Co-organizer:

Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (RIMS), Kyoto University
Center for Planetary Science (CPS), Kobe University

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. 27 (Tue) - Nov. 30 (Fri) Intensive Lecture Series and Free Discussion
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics: from the Lab, up and down!
Professor Henri-Claude Nataf Univ. Grenoble Alpes, France
- 11/27(Tue.)
  - 09:00 - 12:00 Lecture 1-a Lecture 1-b Lecture 1-c Lecture 1-d Lecture 1-e PDF document
    Lecture 1. Overview and basic concepts
  - 14:00 - 17:00 Lecture 2-a Lecture 2-b Lecture 2-c Lecture 2-d PDF document
    Lecture 2. Mantle convection and plate tectonics : viscosity, the plume paradox, layering, tomography, making plates
  - Evening : Free discussion
- 11/29(Wed.)
  - 09:00 - 12:00 Lecture 3-a Lecture 3-b Lecture 3-c Lecture 3-d PDF document
    Lecture 3. Core dynamics and the geodynamo : quasi-geostrophy, waves, dynamo experiments, reversals
  - Afternoon : Free discussion
  - Evening : Free discussion
- 11/29(Ths.)
  - 09:00 - 12:00 Lecture 4-a Lecture 4-b Lecture 4-c
    
    PDF document
    Lecture 4. Turbulence in planetary cores : tau-ell regime diagrams
  - 14:00 - 17:00 Lecture 5-a Lecture 5-b Lecture 5-c Lecture 5-d PDF document
    Lecture 5. The Sun, planets and exoplanets : helioseismology, solar cycle, disk accretion, exoplanets
  - Evening : Free discussion
- 11/30(Fri.) Seminar
  - 09:00 - 11:00 Seminar 1-a Seminar 1-b PDF document
    Research Seminar : Torsional Alfven waves in a dipolar magnetic field: experiments and simulations
Bibliography for lectures
Snapshots of the lectures
- Group photo (high resolution) [photo1][photo2]