Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics (NP)

• NP1 Scaling, multifractals and nonlinear variability in geophysics

Convener: D. Schertzer (Paris), Co-Convener: S.M. Lovejoy (Montreal)
• 01 Scaling, multifractals and nonlinearity in Solid Earth (co-sponsored by SE)

Convener: J. Schmittbuhl (Paris), Co-Conveners: P. Bak (Upton, NY), D.L. Turcotte (Ithaca, NY)
• 02 Scaling, multifractals and nonlinearity in hydrology (co-sponsored by HS)

Convener: C. Onof (London), Co-Conveners: J. Olsson (Fukuoka), D. Veneziano (Cambridge, MA)
• 03 Scaling, multifractals and nonlinearity in oceans & atmosphere (co-sponsored by OA)

Convener: F. Schmitt (Brussels), Co-Conveners: R.F. Cahalan (Greenbelt, MD), V.V. Yanovsky (Kharkov)
• 04 Scaling, multifractals and natural/man-made hazards (co-sponsored by NH)

Convener: G.S. Salvadori (Pavia), Co-Convener: B.D. Malamud (Ithaca, NY)
• ST6 Nonlinear dynamics in the heliosphere (joint with NP)

Convener: W.M. Macek (Warsaw), Co-Conveners: V. Carbone (Cosenza), R. Grappin (Meudon)
• NP2 Predictability & time series analysis
• 01 Quantifying predictability

Convener: Z. Toth (Camp Springs, MD)
• 02 Execution and analysis of geophysical laboratory experiments

Convener: S.P. Malinowski (Warsaw), Co-Convener: W.-G. Früh (Edinburgh)
• 03 Nonlinear time series analysis

Convener: J. Kurths (Potsdam), Co-Convener: P. Yiou (Gif-sur-Yvette)
• NP3 Transport and mixing in geophysical flows

Convener: B. Legras (Paris)
• New title: 01 Transport and mixing in stably stratified fluid

Convener: C. Staquet (Lyon)
• 02 Turbulence and mixing in geophysical flows, effects of stratification and rotation, convection, effect of coherent structures, Lagrangian chaos

Convener: J.M. Redondo (Barcelona)
• 03 Dispersion in two-dimensional flows, mixing, anomalous diffusion, experiments, models and numerical simulations

Convener: P. Tabeling (Paris)
• 04 Biological processes and mixing in the ocean (co-sponsored by OA)

Convener: K.J. Richards (Southampton)
• 05 Transport and mixing of chemical species in the atmosphere, including urban and regional problems in the troposphere and global-scale problems in the troposphere and stratosphere (co-sponsored by OA & ST)

Convener: P.H. Haynes (Cambridge)
• 06 Mixing in the interior of the Earth (recycling of subducted slabs) (co-sponsored by SE)

Convener: Y. Ricard (Lyon)
• NP4 Nonlinear waves, coherent structures and natural hazards
• 01 Nonlinear waves, instabilities and wave-flow interactions

Convener: V.I. Shrira (Moscow), Co-Convener: L.A. Ostrovsky (Boulder, CO)
• 02 Fluctuations, self-organization and natural hazards (co-sponsored by NH)

Convener: S.S. Moiseev (Moscow), Co-Convener: L.A. Mendes-Victor (Lisboa)
• 03 Shallow water experiments as models of geophysical and astrophysical flows

Convener: J. Sommeria (Lyon), Co-Convener: M.V. Nezlin (Moscow)
• NP5 Vortex dynamics

Convener: D.G. Dritschel (Cambridge), Co-Convener: V. Zeitlin (Paris)
• SE27 Mechanics of tectonic and volcanic earthquakes (joint with NP)

Convener: J. Sileny (Praha), Co-Convener: G.F. Panza
• SE31 Mechanics and thermalfluid-dynamics of volcanic processes: modelling, observations and laboratory experiments (joint with NP)

Convener: G. de Natale (Napoli), Co-Conveners: P. Allard (Gif-sur-Yvette), M. Bonafede (Bologna)
• NH1.01 Sea surges and storms (joint with NP)

Convener: A.R. Osborne (Torino), Co-Convener: S. Tinti (Bologna)
• ST7 Nonlinear processes in the ionosphere and magnetosphere (joint with NP)

Convener: M.J. Rycroft (Illkirch), Co-Convener: D. Fontaine (Velizy)