Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Session ID#: 121438
Session Description:
The purpose of this session is to gather scientists interested in all aspects of the fluid mechanics of the Earth and planets (including oceans, atmospheres and interiors) and to favor exchanges between fluid dynamics and geophysics communities. Thanks to the evolution of high-performance computing, the progress in data acquisition techniques in laboratory experiments and the resolution achieved by modern in-situ and remote sensing instruments, research on fluid mechanics has become indispensable to gain knowledge on geophysical flows. Main topics of this session will be instabilities, energy cascades, mixing as well all the mechanisms underlying the dynamics of geophysical fluids, such as waves, turbulence, phase transitions and the coupling with magnetic fields and natural plasmas. Studies of rotating, stratified, helical, convecting and/or conductive fluids and plasmas of geophysical interest are welcome. Contributions based on state of the art observations, numerical simulations, theoretical models and laboratory experiments will be all well received.
Co-Sponsor(s):
- AMS: American Meteorological Society -
- AOGS: Asia Oceania Geosciences Society -
- EGU: European Geosciences Union -
- JpGU: Japan Geoscience Union -
Index Terms:
4415 Cascades [NONLINEAR GEOPHYSICS]
4568 Turbulence, diffusion, and mixing processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
5405 Atmospheres [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
5430 Interiors [PLANETARY SCIENCES: SOLID SURFACE PLANETS]
Primary Convener: Raffaele Marino, CNRS, Paris Cedex 16, France
Conveners: Jan Friedrich, Ecole Normale Supérieure Lyon, Lyon, France, Duane L Rosenberg, Colorado State University, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, CO, United States and Claudia Cenedese, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Primary Liaison: Raffaele Marino, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
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