IUTAM Symposium on Developments in Geophysical Turbulence

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. A Brief History of the Geophysical Turbulence Program at NCAR

   • J. R. Herring

   Pages 1-4

3. The Meteorological Development of Large Eddy Simulation

   • Douglas K. Lilly

   Pages 5-18

4. Developments in High-Rayleigh Number Convection

   • Ross W. Griffiths

   Pages 19-36

5. Direct Numerical Simulation of Particle Motion in Relation to Structures in the Convective Boundary Layer

   • Bas van Haarlem, Frans T. M. Nieuwstadt

   Pages 37-50

6. Boundary Sources of Potential Vorticity in Geophysical Circulations

   • Robert Hallberg, Peter B. Rhines

   Pages 51-65

7. Three-Dimensional Initiation of Thermohaline Fingering

   • E. M. Saiki, R. M. Kerr, W. G. Large

   Pages 67-80

8. Aspects of Stratified Turbulence

   • H. J. S. Fernando

   Pages 81-92

9. Particle Dispersion and Vortex Formation in Rotating Stratified Turbulence

   • Yoshifumi Kimura, Olivier Métais

   Pages 93-108

10. Structural Features of Breaking Waves in Stratified Flow Over Mountains

    • O. Eiff, P. Bonneton

    Pages 109-117

11. Vortex Persistence: A Recent Model for Stratified Entrainment and Its Application to Geophysical Flows

    • A. J. Cotel, R. E. Breidenthal

    Pages 119-125

12. Formation of Tracer Gradients in Nearly Two-Dimensional Flows

    • B. L. Hua, P. Klein, G. Lapeyre

    Pages 127-141

13. Evolution of a Tracer Gradient in an Incompressible, Two-Dimensional Flow

    • Harvey Segur

    Pages 143-150

14. Comments on “ Evolution of a Tracer Gradient in an Incompressible, Two-Dimensional Flow” by Harvey Segur

    • B. L. Hua, P. Klein, G. Lapeyre

    Pages 151-152

15. Analytical Models for Vertical Collapse and Instability in Stably Stratified Flows

    • A. J. Majda, M. J. Grote, M. G. Shefter

    Pages 153-177

16. Emergence of Circumpolar Vortex in Two Dimensional Turbulence on a Rotating Sphere

    • Y.-Y. Hayashi, K. Ishioka, M. Yamada, S. Yoden

    Pages 179-192

17. Direct Laboratory Simulations of 3D Vortex Structures in Stably Stratified Rotating Fluids

    • A. M. Fincham

    Pages 193-203

18. Statistics of Coherent Fine Scale Structure in Turbulent Mixing Layer

    • M. Tanahashi, T. Miyauchi, K. Matsuoka

    Pages 205-218

19. Structure and Dynamics of Small-Scale Turbulence in Stably Stratified Homogeneous Shear Flows

    • Peter J. Diamessis, Keiko K. Nomura

    Pages 219-234

20. Spectral Eddy-Viscosity Based Les of Shear and Rotating Flows

    • M. Lesieur, F. Delcayre, E. Lamballais

    Pages 235-252

This symposium continues a long tradition for IUGGjIUTAM symposia going back to "Fundamental Problems in Thrbulence and their Relation to Geophysics" Marseille, 1961. The five topics that were emphasized were: turbulence modeling, statistics of small scales and coherent structures, con­ vective turbulence, stratified turbulence, and historical developments. The objective was to consider the ubiquitous nature of turbulence in a variety of geophysical problems and related flows. Some history of the contribu­ tions of NCAR and its alumni were discussed, including those of Jackson R Herring, who has been a central figure at NCAR since 1972. To the original topics we added rotation, which appeared in many places. This includes rotating stratified turbulence, rotating convective turbulence, horizontal rotation that appears in flows over terrain and the role of small­ scale vorticity in many flows. These complicated flows have recently begun to be simulated by several groups from around the world and this meeting provided them with an excellent forum for exchanging results, plus inter­ actions with those doing more fundamental work on rotating stratified and convective flows. New work on double diffusive convection was given in two presentations. The history of Large Eddy Simulations was presented and several new approaches to this field were given. This meeting also spawned some interesting interactions between observational side and how to inter­ pret the observations with modeling and simulations around the theme of particle dispersion in these flows.

• Large Eddy Simulation
• Ocean
• Scale
• convection
• dynamics
• mixing
• stability
• turbulence
• waves
• fluid- and aerodynamics

• National Center of Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA

  Robert M. Kerr

• Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

  Yoshifumi Kimura

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