NP3 Geophysical turbulence and diffusion .2 Balance in atmosphere-ocean dynamics I Convener: Neven, E.C. Co-Convener(s): Sommeria, J. Tuesday, 20 April 1999 Lecture Room: Paulus Potterzaal 2 Chairperson: Nycander, J. Numerical algorithms and simulations 08:45 LELONG, M.-P. Adjustment in fluids. Part I: cyclostrophic balance in non-rotating fluids 09:00 LELONG, M.-P. Adjustment in fluids. Part II: geostrophic balance in rotating fluids 09:15 IACONO, R.; RONCHI, C.; STRUGLIA, M.V.; PISACANE, G. Cubed sphere numerical solutions of the shallow water equations in spherical geometry 09:30 ISHIOKA, K.; YAMADA, M.; HAYASHI, Y.-Y.; YODEN, S. Two-dimensional turbulence on a rotating sphere with the spectral code ISPACK 09:45 KEPPENS, R.; TOTH, G. The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in magnetohydrodynamics: multi-dimensional simulations with the Versatile Advection Code 10:00 FARGE, M.; SCHNEIDER, K. Wavelet approach for 2D Navier-Stokes equations: analysis and modelling 10:15 SCHNEIDER, K.; FARGE, M. Wavelet approach for 2D navier-stokes equations: simulations 10:30 BREAK Chairperson: Nycander, J. 11:00 HAUPT, R.L.; HAUPT, S.E. Introduction to genetic algorithms 11:15 HAUPT, S.E.; HAUPT, R.L. Using genetic algorithms to find equilibrium solutions in geophysical fluid dynamics 11:30 DRITSCHEL, D.G.; POLVANI, L.M.; MOHEBALHOJEH, A.R. The contour-advective semi-Lagrangian algorithm for the shallow-water equations (Oral + Poster) Balanced models, adjustment 11:45 MOHEBALHOJEH, A.R.; DRITSCHEL, D.G. On the degree of balance in numerical models of the shallow water equations 12:00 NEVEN, E.C. Families of direct inversion balanced models on a hemisphere 12:15 KUO, A.C.; POLVANI, L.M. Nonlinear geostrophic adjustment, asymmetry, and irreversible potential vorticity change 12:30 LUNCH & POSTERS Chairperson: Sommeria, J. 14:30 FORD, R.; MCINTYRE, M.E.; NORTON, W.A. Balance and the slow quasi-manifold. Part 1: spontaneous adjustment emission and the fuzziness of the flow quasi-manifold 14:45 FORD, R.; POLVANI, L.M. Balance and the slow quasi-manifold. Part 2: Interaction between Rossby waves and inertion-gravity waves at small Rossby number 15:00 GURARIE, D. Wave-vortex interaction and balanced model for rotating shallow water 15:15 NICOLAENKO, B.; MAHALOV, A. A numerical study of an operator splitting method for rotating flows with large ageostrophic initial data 15:30 MAHALOV, A.; NICOLAENKO, B. Asymptotic regimes of 3D rotating Euler-Boussinesq equations Data-assimilation, initialization 15:45 MACHENHAUER, B. Initialization. Part 1: Machenhauer and Baer-Tribbia balance in shallow water odels 16:00 MACHENHAUER, B. Initialization. Part 2: extensions to multi-level, diabatic primitive equation models 16:15 MEDVEDEV, S.B. Initialization for a regional atmospheric model with the application of variational method 16:30 BREAK Chairperson: Sommeria, J. 17:00 DALEY, R. Balance in DATA Assimilation Systems (Solicited Paper) 17:30 TALAGRAND, O. Variational assimilation and diabatic initialization 17:45 BARKMEIJER, J. Singular vectors and the analysis error metric 18:00 GRIFFITH, A.K.; MARTIN, M.J.; NICHOLS, N.K. Treating model error in 3D and 4D variational data assimilation Chairperson: Neven, E.C. 18:15 Discussion on aim, programme, and future direction of the "Balance in Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics" session 18:30 END OF PART I NP3 Geophysical turbulence and diffusion .2 Balance in atmosphere-ocean dynamics II Convener: Neven, E.C. Co-Convener(s): Sommeria, J. Wednesday, 21 April 1999 Lecture Room: Paulus Potterzaal 2 Chairperson: Montgomery, M.T. Potential vorticity, hydrostatic balance 08:30 MCINTYRE, M.E. Balance, PV invertibility, and Lighthill radiation (Solicited Paper) 09:00 LI, Y.; BATES, J.R.; RUGE, J.; BRANDT, A. MCCORMICK, S.F.; MENARD, R.; RIISHOJGAARD, L.P.; COHN, S.E.; ROOD, R.B. Approximate PV approaches in modelling (pseudo-PV) and data assimilation (proxy-PV) 09:15 VAN DEN DOOL, H.M.; BRUNET, G. Use of reanalysis isentropic potential vorticity data sets in empirical forecast models 09:30 TRIELING, R.R.; VERKLEY, W.T.M. Contour dynamics simulations of observed synoptic developments 09:45 APPENZELLER, C. Potential vorticity, the tropopause and stratospheric ozone 10:00 VAN DELDEN, A. The linear dynamics of hydrostatic adjustment in the atmosphere 10:15 MONTGOMERY, M.T. Balance dynamics in hurricanes: on the applicability of hydrostatic and gradient balance approximations in hurricanes and a three-dimensional generalization 10:30 BREAK Chairperson: Montgomery, M.T. Elimination of fast variables, semi-geostrophic balanced models 11:00 VAN KAMPEN, N.G. Elimination of fast variables in systems with two time scales (Solicited Paper) 11:30 LYNCH, P. The swingin' spring: a simple model of balance in the atmosphere 11:45 CULLEN, M.J.P. The semi-geostrophic approach to balance: Part 1 12:00 CULLEN, M.J.P. The semi-geostrophic approach to balance: Part 2 12:15 DOUGLAS, R.J. Defining a transformation for semigeostrophic theory on a sphere via energy minimisation 12:30 LUNCH & POSTERS Chairperson: Bokhove, O. Hamiltonian balanced models 14:30 ROULSTONE, I. On Hamiltonian balanced models: constraints and velocity-splitting 14:45 WUNDERER, C.; MOHEBALHOJEH, A.R. On Hamiltonian balanced shallow-water models 15:00 THEISS, J. Hamiltonian balanced models for three-dimensional stratified flow 15:15 WINGATE, B.; HOLM, D. Nonlinearly dispersive Euler-Poincare equations for shallow water dynamics 15:30 NORE, C.; SHEPHERD, T.G. A Hamiltonian weak-wave model for shallow-water flow 15:45 BOKHOVE, O. Variational formulation and balanced models for hydrotatic flows (Oral + Poster) 16:00 BAIGENT, S.; NORBURY, J. A class of Hamiltonian balanced models whose balanced states are constrained optima 16:15 BREAK Chairperson: Bokhove, O. Coherent structures, balance and stability 16:45 GRIMSHAW, R. Coherent structures and gravity waves: part 1; radiating solitary waves 17:00 GRIMSHAW, R. Coherent structures and gravity waves: part 2; models for slow manifolds 17:15 KNOX, J.A. Nonlinear balance and inertial stability relationships re-examined 17:30 KIRWAN, A.D. A synopsis of mostly surface kinematic characteristics of ocean vortices 17:45 BENILOV, E.S. On the evolution of a near-surface lens in a two-layer ocean on the beta-plane 18:00 SKIBA, Y.N. Spectral approximation in the linear stability study of viscous flows on a sphere 18:15 NYCANDER, J. Maximum energy states in balanced models 18:30 BOUCHET, F.; ROBERT, R.; SOMMERIA, J. Statistical equilibrium in shallow water and stratified systems 18:45 NAUTA, M.D. 2D-vortices and accretion disks 19:00 END OF SUB-SESSION