Mathematics of Subgrid-Scale Phenomena in Atmospheric and Oceanic Flow - IPAM

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

Morning Session

08:30
Introductory Talks
08:30-09:00
Check-In/Light Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
09:00-09:30
Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:30-09:50
Break
09:50-10:50
David Randall (Colorado State University)
Sub-grid scale effects on Climate and Weather
10:50-11:00
Break
11:00-12:00
Bjorn Stevens (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology)
Parameterization Concepts

Afternoon Session

12:00-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-15:00
Andrew Majda (New York University)
Applied Math Perspectives on Convective Coupling
15:00-16:00
Alan Kerstein (Sandia National Laboratory)
Stochastic Simulation of Turbulence-Microscale Interactions
16:00-16:30
Break
16:30-17:30
Charles Doering (University of Michigan)
Bounds on Turbulent Transport

Tuesday, January 29, 2002

Morning Session

08:30
Mixing/Homogenization/Transport (Day 1)
08:30-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-10:00
James McWilliams (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA))
Stochastic Mixing in Oceans, Kinetic Problems in 2D Turbulence
10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-11:45
Markos Katsoulakis (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Introduction to Particle Models
11:45-13:30
Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

13:30-14:30
Alan Plumb (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Eddy transport in balanced flows: preparing the problem for parameterization
14:30-15:30
Break
15:30-16:30
Yannis Kevrekidis (Johns Hopkins University)
Solving Equations Without the Equations: Coarse Integration/Bifurcation Analysis of Microscopic and Stochastic Timesteppers
16:30-17:30
Panel Discussion

Wednesday, January 30, 2002

Morning Session

08:30
Mixing/Homogenization/Transport (Day 2)
08:30-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-10:00
George Carnevale (University of California at San Diego)
Internal Waves, Transport Theories, Statistical Closures
10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-11:30
David Cai (New York University/Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences)
Dispersive Wave Turbulence
11:30-13:30
Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

13:30-14:30
Richard McLaughlin (University of North Carolina)
Homogenization Theory Survey, Effects of Stratification
14:30-15:30
Break
15:30-16:30
Pavel Berloff (UCLA)
Material Transport in Oceanic Gyres
16:30-17:30
Panel Discussion
17:30
Wine/Cheese Reception (Hosted by IPAM)

Friday, February 1, 2002

Morning Session

08:30
Convection
08:30-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-10:00
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 (KNMI)
Theories of Mixing in Cumulus Convection

Afternoon Session

12:30-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-15:00
Markos Katsoulakis (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Particle Models and Relaxation
15:00-15:30
Break
15:30-16:30
J. Neelin (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA))
Stochastic Convective Parameterization
16:30-17:30
Summary Discussion

Monday, February 4, 2002

Morning Session

08:30
Stochastic Climate Modeling (Day 1)
08:30-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-10:00
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
11:30-13:30
Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

13:30-14:30
Chris Snyder (National Center for Atmospheric Research)
Ensemble Prediction and Parameterization
14:30-15:30
Break
15:30-16:30
Eric Vanden-Eijnden (New York University)
Math Strategies for Stochastic Climate Models
16:30-17:30
Summary Discussion
17:30
Wine/Cheese Reception (Hosted by IPAM)

Tuesday, February 5, 2002

Morning Session

08:30
Stochastic Climate Modeling (Day 2)
08:30-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-10:00
Edriss Titi (Weizmann Institute of Science)
Math Perspectives on Dynamical Mode Analysis
10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-11:30
Tapio Schneider (New York University)
Baroclinic Eddy Fluxes
11:30-13:30
Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

13:30-14:30
R. Saravanan (National Center for Atmospheric Research)
Stochastic models of atmosphere-ocean interaction
14:30-15:30
Bruce Turkington (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
Equilibrium Statistical Models and Parametrization for Jupiter's Jets and Spots
15:30-17:30
Summary
17:30
Conclusion
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