Mathematics of Subgrid-Scale Phenomena in Atmospheric and Oceanic Flow

January 28 - February 5, 2002

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Monday, January 28, 2002

Introductory Talks

Morning Session
8:30 - 9:00 Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
9:00 - 9:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:30 - 9:50 Break
9:50 - 10:50
David Randall (Colorado State University)

Sub-grid scale effects on Climate and Weather
PDF Presentation
10:50 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:00
Bjorn Stevens (UCLA)

Parameterization Concepts

12:00 - 2:00 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
2:00 - 3:00
Andrew Majda (New York University)

Applied Math Perspectives on Convective Coupling

3:00 - 4:00
Alan Kerstein (Sandia National Laboratory)

Stochastic Simulation of Turbulence-Microscale Interactions
Presentation (PowerPoint File)
4:00 - 4:30 Break
4:30 - 5:30
Charles Doering (University of Michigan)

Bounds on Turbulent Transport
PDF Presentation

Tuesday, January 29, 2002

Mixing/Homogenization/Transport (Day 1)

Morning Session
8:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00
James McWilliams (UCLA)

Stochastic Mixing in Oceans, Kinetic Problems in 2D Turbulence

10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:45
Markos Katsoulakis (UMass) joint with Erik Carlen (GTech)

Introduction to Particle Models
PDF Presentation
11:45 - 1:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
1:30 - 2:30
2:30 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 4:30
Yannis Kevrekidis (Princeton University)

Solving Equations Without the Equations: Coarse Integration/Bifurcation Analysis of Microscopic and Stochastic Timesteppers

4:30 - 5:30 Panel Discussion

Wednesday, January 30, 2002

Mixing/Homogenization/Transport (Day 2)

Morning Session
8:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00
George Carnevale (University of California at San Diego)

Internal Waves, Transport Theories, Statistical Closures
PDF Presentation
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30
David Cai (New York University/Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences)

Dispersive Wave Turbulence

11:30 - 1:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
1:30 - 2:30
Richard McLaughlin (University of North Carolina)

Homogenization Theory Survey, Effects of Stratification

2:30 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 4:30
4:30 - 5:30 Panel Discussion
5:30 Wine/Cheese Reception (Hosted by IPAM)

Thursday, January 31, 2002

Mixing/Homogenization/Transport (Day 3)

Morning Session
8:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00
Peter Kramer (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

Simulation and Simplified Models of Turbulent Diffusion
PDF Presentation
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30
Anne Bourlioux (University of Montreal)

Scalar Intermittency

11:30 - 1:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
1:30 - 2:30 Summary Discussion

Friday, February 1, 2002

Convection

Morning Session
8:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00
Kerry Emanuel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Overview of Moist Atmospheric Convection

10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30
Andrew Majda (New York University)

Applied Math Perspectives on Convective Coupling

11:30 - 12:30
A. Pier Siebesma (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute)

Theories of Mixing in Cumulus Convection
Presentation (PowerPoint File)
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
2:00 - 3:00
Markos Katsoulakis (UMass) joint with Shi Jin (U Wisconsin-Madison)

Particle Models and Relaxation
PDF Presentation
3:00 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 4:30
4:30 - 5:30 Summary Discussion

Monday, February 4, 2002

Stochastic Climate Modeling (Day 1)

Morning Session
8:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00
Michael Ghil (UCLA)

Stochastic Parameterization and Sequential Parameter Estimation

10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30
Richard Kleeman (New York University)

Strategies for predictability

11:30 - 1:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
1:30 - 2:30
Chris Snyder (National Center for Atmospheric Research)

Ensemble Prediction and Parameterization

2:30 - 3:30 Break
3:30 - 4:30
Eric Vanden-Eijnden (New York University)

Math Strategies for Stochastic Climate Models

4:30 - 5:30 Summary Discussion
5:30 Wine/Cheese Reception (Hosted by IPAM)

Tuesday, February 5, 2002

Stochastic Climate Modeling (Day 2)

Morning Session
8:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00
Edriss Titi (University of California at Irvine)

Math Perspectives on Dynamical Mode Analysis

10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30
Tapio Schneider (New York University)

Baroclinic Eddy Fluxes

11:30 - 1:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session
1:30 - 2:30
R. Saravanan (National Center for Atmospheric Research)

Stochastic models of atmosphere-ocean interaction

2:30 - 3:30
3:30 - 5:30 Summary
5:30 Conclusion