1980 Summer Study Program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics - Coherent Features in Geophysical Flows.

Abstract

Four principal lecturers shared the task of presenting the subject 'Coherent Features in Geophysical Flows' to the participants of the twenty-second geophysical fluid dynamics summer program. Glenn Flierl introduced the topic and the Kortweg-de Vries equation via a model of finite amplitude motions on the beta plane. He extended the analysis to more complex flows in the ocean and the atmosphere and in the process treated motions of very large amplitude. Larry Rdekopp's three lectures summarized an extensive body of the mathematical literature on coherent features. Andrew Ingersoll focussed on the many facinating features in Jupiter's atmosphere. Joseph Keller supplemented an interesting summary of laboratory observations with suggestive models for treating the flows.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA094433

Entities

People

  • Florence K. Mellor
  • George Veronis

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Differential Equations
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Froude Number
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Ridges
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Three Dimensional
  • Topography
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Library and Information Science
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.