SCD News: October 10, 2005
Workshop theme chosen to promote multidisciplinary interactions
Attendees at the first IMAGe Theme-of-the-Year workshop explored topics related to atmospheric science and applied mathematics. More photos |
Thirty participants from NCAR, various universities, and other research institutions attended a workshop on mathematical theory and numerical models held at NCAR from September 26–30, 2005. See the photo gallery
The workshop, titled “Multi-scale interactions in the tropics to mid-latitudes: Mathematical theory, observations, and numerical models,” included a two-day tutorial and three days devoted to contemporary research. The workshop was sponsored by the Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences (IMAGe), part of NCAR's Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL).
The workshop was the first in a series of three to be held in 2005–2006, organized around the IMAGe Theme of the Year: “Emerging mathematical strategies for multi-scale and stochastic modeling of the atmosphere and climate.” The Theme of the Year focuses on a specific area of research that will benefit from intense collaborative effort.
Workshop participants explored topics related to atmospheric science and applied mathematics, including the intraseasonal oscillation, cloud superclusters, hurricane formation, the capability of general circulation models (GCMs) to reproduce observed processes, and numerical methods.
Speakers included:
Joe Tribbia of IMAGe's Turbulence Numerics Team and Andy Majda of NYU's Courant Institute co-organized the workshop.
Michael Montgomery of Colorado State University gives a presentation called "The hurricane engine's afterburner" at the Theme-of-the-Year workshop held at NCAR Sept. 26–30, 2005. More photos |
The goal of the Theme of the Year workshops is to promote new multidisciplinary interactions between atmospheric science and applied mathematics on contemporary problems of central importance in atmospheric science and climate.
Photos from the first workshop are on the web at http://www.scd.ucar.edu/news/05/lead/toy/.
The next workshop in the three-part series, titled “Multi-scale interactions in a GCM grid box: Mathematical theory, numerics, and parameterization," will be held at NCAR from October 31–November 4, 2005. The third workshop will be held at NCAR from February 27–March 3, 2006.
For more information on the workshop series, see the Theme of the Year home page: http://www.image.ucar.edu/ThemeOfTheYear/
The Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences (IMAGe) focuses on the development of new mathematical, computational, statistical, and data assimilation methods, nurturing new cross-cutting scientific capabilities at NCAR. Substantially funded by the National Science Foundation, IMAGe is composed of three groups: the Data Assimilation Initiative, the Geophysical Statistics Project, and the Turbulence Numerics Team.
IMAGe is part of NCAR's Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL), which also includes the Scientific Computing Division. CISL's major responsibilities are:
NCAR was formed in 1960 and has a broad interdisciplinary research program involving more than 1,000 employees, of which several hundred hold advanced scientific or engineering degrees. The NCAR scientific program includes nearly all aspects of the atmosphere, including climate and weather, atmospheric chemistry, ecology, instrumentation, scientific computing, and economic and societal impacts of atmospheric processes.
—Lynda Lester
Photos: Lynda Lester, NCAR/CISL
NCAR is operated by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) under the primary sponsorship of the National Science Foundation.
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