Session 3 PV and Vorticity Dynamics

Monday, 4 June 2001: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Host: 13th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
Organizer:
Volkmar Wirth, Univ. of Mainz, Mainz

Papers:
3:30 PM
3.1
Potential vorticity sources and sinks in ocean and atmosphere (Invited Presentation)
Peter B. Rhines, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

4:05 PM
3.2
A Constraint of Potential Vorticity on the Abyssal Ocean Circulation
Jiayan Yang, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and J. F. Price

4:20 PM
3.3
Vortex Rossby waves on smooth circular vortices: Exact results and application to tropical cyclone and polar vortex interiors
Michael T. Montgomery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and G. Brunet

4:35 PM
3.4
Shallow Water Model Simulations of the Lifecycle of Stratospheric Polar Vortices
Ping-Ping Rong, Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD; and D. W. Waugh

4:50 PM
3.5
Discussion

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