Session 5 Scale Interactions and Turbulence

Tuesday, 26 June 2007: 8:30 AM-10:15 AM
Ballroom South (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 16th Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics
Chair:
Oliver Buhler, New York Univ., Center for Atmosphere Ocean Science, New York, NY

Papers:
8:30 AM
5.1
A New Theory for the Atmospheric Energy Spectrum
Ross Tulloch, New York University, New York, NY; and K. S. Smith
9:15 AM
5.4
Parameterization of subgrid-scale non-linear transfers in quasi-geostrophic flows using direct numerical simulations
Meelis Juma Zidikheri, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia; and J. Frederiksen
9:30 AM
5.5
Mesoscale Eddy - Internal Wave Coupling and Closure of the Thermocline Circulation
Kurt L. Polzin, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA; and B. K. Arbic and R. B. Scott

9:45 AM
5.6
On bottom drag, horizontal eddy viscosity, and energy dissipation in models and observations of oceanic mesoscale eddies
Brian K. Arbic, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and K. L. Polzin and R. B. Scott
10:15 AM
5.7A
Scales of linear baroclinic instability and atmospheric macroturbulence
Timothy M. Merlis, Princeton University and GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and T. Schneider
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