Monday Afternoon, October 23
MS4
Modeling and Analysis
of Oceanographic Problems (Part I of II)
This minisymposium will focus on dynamical systems problems arising in
oceanographic applications. Problems of stability and qualitative
dynamics arise, for example, in thermohaline convection, in the study
of ocean currents, and in analyzing transport and chaotic mixing in the
ocean. The speakers will present modern techniques of functional analysis,
bifurcation theory and topological dynamics that can be applied to these
problems.
Organizer: Yuriko Renardy
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- 2:00 Noise Induced Thermohaline Oscillations
- William R. Young and Paula Cessi, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- 2:30 Asymmetric Salt Finger Planforms
- Raymond W. Schmitt,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- 3:00 Linear Stabilty Analysis of Salt Fingers with Surface Evaporation or Warming
- Yuriko Renardy, Organizer
- 3:30 Nonlinear Dynamics of Geophysical Jets
- Glenn R. Flierl,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
7/25/95