P.I.M.S. Summer School in Fluid Dynamics

Bryant Moodie: Fundamentals

fluid dynamics fundamentals, development of Navier Stokes equation, scaling and dimensional analysis, shallow water theory, particle bearing flows

Peter Minev: Numerical Methods

discretization of partial differential equations and their implementation in numerical models (finite difference, finite element methods, etc), application to convection, diffusion, Euler and Navier Stokes equations.

Bruce Sutherland : Stratified Flows

internal waves, gravity currents, plumes, double diffusion

John Bowman: Turbulence

2 and 3 dimensional turbulence, scaling arguments, closure schemes

Gordon Swaters: Physical Oceanography

boundary currents, vortices, instabilities

Andrew Bush: Atmosphere and Climate Modelling

general circulation models, parameterization schemes, climate modelling, global warming, El Nino/La Nina, atmosphere-ocean coupling

G. Lawrence, U.B.C.

The Hydraulics of Layered Flows

Mixing in Density Stratified Flows

P. Morrison, U.T. Austin

Nontwist Hamiltonian systems with applications in fluid mechanics and plasma physics

Hamiltonian description of shear flow

W. R. Peltier, U. Toronto

Hydrodynamic instability and irreversible mixing

The upscale turbulent cascade: shear layers, cyclones and gas giant bands

A tentative lecture schedule follows:

1st Week:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9am	Moodie	Moodie	Swaters	Swaters	Sutherland
10am	Minev	Swaters	Sutherland	Bowman	Bush
11:15am	Swaters	Minev	Moodie	Minev	Moodie

2nd Week:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
9am	Bowman	Bowman	Sutherland	Minev
10am	Bush	Bush	Bowman	Bush
11:15am	Peltier	Peltier	Lawrence	Lawrence
2pm		Morrison	Morrison

All lectures will be held in the Central Academic Building: CAB 235.

Lectures are 1 hour each including time for discussion.

Numerical labs are in CAB 453; experimental labs are in South Lab 1-14A.

All students and faculty of the University of Alberta are free to attend the summer school lectures, but they may not participate in the experimental or numerical labs due to space restrictions.

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