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GFD Previous Topics & Lecturers

YearLecturerTopic
2022Peter Schmid, Laure ZannaData-driven GFD
2020-2021Program cancelled due to Covid 19
2019Stephanie Waterman, Colm-cille CaulfieldStratified Turbulence and Oceanic Mixing Properties
2018Andrew Woods,Sustainable Fluid Dynamics
2017Andrew Fowler, Adrian Jenkins, Fiamma StraneoIce-Ocean Interactions
2016Michael Shelley, Peko HosoiFluid-Structure Interaction in the Living Environment
2015Henk Dijkstra, Charles DoeringStochastic Processes in Atmospheric and Oceanic Dynamics
2014Kerry Emanuel, Geoff VallisWater, Radiation, and Convection in the Climate System; Large Scale Dynamics in the Atmosphere and Ocean
2013Paul LindenBuoyancy-Driven Flows
2012Edgar Knobloch, Jeffrey WeissSpatially Localized Structures: Theory and Applications
2011Richard Kerswell, Fabian WaleffeShear Turbulence: Onset and Structure
2010Glenn Flierl, Antonello Provenzale, Jean-Luc ThiffeaultSwirling and Swimming in Turbulence
2009Roger Grimshaw, Harvey SegurNonlinear Waves
2008Stephen Childress Charles Doering, Stephan Fauve, Raffaele Ferrari, Christopher Garrett, Herbert Huppert, John Marshall, Raymond Pierrehumbert, Timour RadkoPerspectives and Challenges in GFD
2007Joseph Pedlosky, Steve LentzBoundary Layers
2006Grae WorsterIce
2005Joseph Keller, George Papanicolaou and Eric-Vanden EijndenFast Times and Fine Scales
2004Myrl Hendershott and Christopher GarrettTides
2003John HinchNon-newtonian Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
2002Friedrich Busse, Louis Howard, Charles Doering, Peter Constantin, Colm-cille Caulfield, Richard KerswellBounds on Turbulent Transport
2001Eli Tziperman, Paola Cessi, Raymond PierrehumbertConceptual Models in Climate Dynamics
2000Isaac HeldThe General Circulation of the Atmosphere
1999William YoungStirring and Mixing
1998Antonello ProvenzaleAstrophysical and Geophysical Flows as Dynamical Systems
1997Larry PrattRotating Hydraulic Control
1996Barry Ruddick, George Veronis, Raymond Schmitt, Eric KunzeDouble-Diffusive Processes
1995Ruby Krishnamurti, John Marshall, Joe FernandoRotating Convection
1994Donald B. Olson, Glenn Flierl, Daniel Grunbaum, Simon LevinBiophysical Models of Oceanic Population Dynamics
1993Phillip MorrisonGeometrical Methods in Fluid Dynamics.
1992Andrew Ingersoll, Jun-Ichi YanoDynamics Of The Outer Planets.
1991Stefan FauvePatterns in Fluid Flow
1990Jean-Paul Zahn, Edward A. SpiegelStellar Fluid Dynamics.
1989Meryl HendershottGenera Circulation of the Oceans.
1988Kerry EmanuelThe Influence of Convection on Large-Scale Circulations.
1987Stephen ChildressOrder and Disorder in Planetary Dynamos.
1986Martin LandahlTurbulence.
1985Edward SpiegelChaos.
1984Herbert HuppertGeological Fluid Dynamics.
1983Peter KillworthBaroclinic Instability and Ocean Fronts
1982Peter Rhines, Glenn Flierl, Rick Salmon, David AndrewsParticle Motions in Fluid.
1981Edward SpiegelThe History and Physics of Buoyancy In Fluids.
1980Glenn Flierl, Andrew Ingersoll, L.D. Redekopp, Joseph B. KellerCoherent Features in Geophysical Flows.
1979Michael McCartneyPolar Oceanography.
1978Stephen ChildressGeomagnetic Dynamo Theory.
1977Martin LandahlTurbulence
1976Richard Lindzen, Abraham Oort, Claes Rooth and OthersGlobal Climatology.
1975Dan Mckenzie
Fritz Busse
Mantle Convection
Dynamos
1974George VeronisLarge-Scale Ocean Circulation.
1973Owen PhillipsNonlinear Wave Interactions.
1972Stewart TurnerMixing In Stratified Fluids.
1971Andrew IngersollDynamics of Planetary Atmospheres.
1970Joseph PedloskyFlow in Rotating Stratified Systems.
1969Joseph B. Keller, Willem Malkus
Kevin Pendergast, Edward Spiegel, Alar Toomre, Jean-Paul Zahn
Perturbation Methods in Fluid Mechanics.
Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics.
1968Henry Stommel, Louis HowardRotating and Stratified Fluids.
1967Freeman Gilbert, Paul Roberts, Stephen ChildressThe Interior of the Earth.
1966Louis Howard, Melvin Stern, George VeronisRotating, Stratified Flow.
1965Francis BrethertonRotating, Stratified Fluids.
1964Allan RobinsonRotating Fluids and the General Ocean Circulation.
1963Derek Moore
Donald Osterbrock
Rotating Fluids
Introduction to Astrophysics.
1962No Principal Lecturer.An Astrophysics Summer.
1961George Veronis
N.P. Fofonoff
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics.
Energy Transformations in the Ocean.
1960Louis Howard and OthersFluid Dynamics.
1959George Veronis and OthersTopics in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Meteorology, Oceanography, And Radiation.