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Notes on the 1977 summer study program in geophysical fluid dynamics at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The lectures by Marten Landahl, recorded in the first part of
this report, served as the introduction to the study of turbulence which
was the principal theme of the nineteenth summer program in Geophysical
Fluid Dynamics at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.Office of Naval Research
under Contract NGG014-77-C-046
Notes on the 1971 summer study program in geophysical fluid dynamics at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
A topic, such as planetary atmospheric dynamics, is necessarily
a speculative one because of the extreme difficulty of obtaining detailed observations.
A single datum is often responsible for several
"theories". Andy Ingersoll was continually challenged during his attempts
to present a coherent picture of a broad spectrum of observations
and speculations about the atmospheres of the planets. He emerged somewhat
battered but still intact. All of us felt rewarded by his efforts.
The formal lectures were followed by a microsymposium on planetary
atmospheres which included discussions of the latest observations, speculative
theories and simple models of certain gross features.National Science Foundatio
Notes on the 1972 Summer Study Program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The effect of gravity on fluids of varying density is of fundamental
importance in natural flows. This subject formed the topic of
concentration for the fourteenth summer program in Geophysical Fluid
Dynamics at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. We had the good
fortune to hear Stewart Turner lecture on stratified flows just after
he had completed the manuscript for his book on the subject. Turner
chose to emphasize nonlinear and turbulent aspects of stratified flows
and, therefore, had to give up the deductive approach in favor of
treatments based on dimensional analysis and similarity arguments.
This summary of the many experimental studies of these flows increased
our awareness of the fascinating variety of phenomena in which stratification
plays so vital a role.Supported by the Division of Fluid
Dynamics, Oceanography and Applied Mathematics of the Office of Naval
Research
Notes on the 1968 Summer Study Program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Originally issued as Reference No. 68-72, series later renamed WHOI-.The general circulation of the oceans was the topic of concentration
for the 1968 WHOI Summer Program in Geophysical Fluid DynamicsNational Science Foundatio
Notes on the 1974 summer study program in geophysical fluid dynamics at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
This year the central topic was the general circulation of the oceans.
Some of the basic ideas used in wind-driven and thermohaline studies were
presented in the introductory course of lectures and simple models that have
guided our thinking in the development of the topic were discussed. As part
of the introductory lectures Peter Niiler developed a model of the mixed layer,
exploring the reasoning and the parameterization behind the theories of this
important boundary region at the surface of the ocean. Dennis Moore gave a
careful account of transient flows in equatorial regions and showed how dynamical
conditions on the eastern and western boundaries are satisfied by a
superposition of planetary, Kelvin and Yanai waves. Peter Rhines concluded
the series with a discussion of topographically induced low frequency motions.
At the request of the students Joseph B. Keller gave a lecture on "Solution
of Partial Differential Equations by Ray Theory".National Science Foundatio
Notes on the 1976 Summer Study Program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Originally issued as Reference no. 76-81Global climatology was the principal theme of the eighteenth summer program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
This single volume contains course lectures, abstracts of seminars and lectures
by summer fellows.
As in previous years, the summer fellows were responsible for preparing a
first draft of the course lectures on the principal theme. In most cases, the
lecturer has been able to re-work the material further. The course lecturers,
all of whom contributed so much to the program, are Richard S. Lindzen, Wallace
S. Broecker, Abraham H. Oort, John Imbrie, Thomas Vonder Haar, Gerald R. North,
Claes Rooth, Gene E. Birchfield, and Richard C. Somerville.
The abstracted seminars cover a broad range of topics, including a one week
symposium on planetary and benthic boundary layers. Much valuable material
is referred to in these abstracts.
The major creative products of the summer are the lectures of the ten
fellows. These lectures have not been edited or reviewed in the manner appropriate
for published papers, and should be regarded as unpublished manuscripts.
Readers who would like to quote or use the material should write directly to the
authors .
As in previous years, much of the ultimate value of this summer's activities
is likely to appear as published papers during the next year or two. In
this sense, the material in this volume is simply a report of an ongoing research
effort.
We all express our thanks to the National Science Foundation, which provided
the bulk of the financial support, the Office of Naval Research, which
supported the Boundary Layer Symposium and some of the staff participation, and
to Mary C. Thayer, who managed the program and prepared this volume
Notes on the 1973 Summer Study Program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Nonlinear wave interactions formed the theme of the fifteenth
summer program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics at the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution. Owen Phillips was our principal lecturer on this
subject, He chose to emphasize interactions among small numbers of
discrete wave modes, including both internal and surface gravity waves
in his discussions. His lectures provided a stimulating introduction
to this important subject.
Phillips' lectures were supplemented by a lecture by William
Simmons on experiments with interacting internal waves, and a lecture
by Carl Wunsch on internal waves in the ocean. Later in the summer,
Wunsch gave us a lecture series on practical time-series analysis.We thank the National Science
Foundation for their continuing support
Notes on the 1962 Summer Study Program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Originally issued as Reference No. 62-33, series later renamed WHOI-.National Science Foundation under Research Grant NSF2233
Notes on the 1970 summer study program in geophysical fluid dynamics at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The principal lectures of this twelfth Summer Program were
given by Joseph Pedlosky of the University of Chicago. On the following
page one sees Dr. Pedlosky demonstrating advanced effects
caused by rotation and stratification. Only in his last few lectures
do these novel phenomena emerge from the analysis.National Science Foundatio
Notes on the 1969 Summer Study Program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Originally issued as Reference No. 69-41, series later renamed WHOI-.The principal theme of this eleventh Summer Program has been
Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics. As in the past, we have explored the
region of overlap in technique and theory of our summer theme and
other aspects of Fluid Dynamics. An interesting example of this
overlap is the application of the physics of salt-finger instability,
a significant oceanographic process, to instabilities due to differential
rotation in the sun, a critical problem in stellar evolution.National Science Foundatio
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