MFE
21 October 2013 to 20 December 2013
The fluid Earth is an excellent example of a forced, dissipative non-equilibrium system dominated by nonlinear processes and featuring multi-scale interactions, so that its understanding can be approached using the tools of dynamical systems theory and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. The understanding of the statistical properties of a system under consideration is crucial per se and in a variety of applications, especially when considering large fluctuations which may result into extreme events of relevant impact. The differential equations that describe mathematically the fluid components, in particular the Navier-Stokes equations and their many variants and reductions, are at the core of the work of any analyst working in nonlinear PDEs. The many fundamental questions still open are often precisely the questions at the heart of the link between analysts and geophysicists.
The purpose of this programme is to bring together scientists from very different perspectives in models of the dynamics of the fluid components of the Earth system. This interest may be directly into the modelling, also numerical, or at a more abstract modelling level in terms of understanding the climate system as a complex dynamical system. This programme aims to prove that there is a close connection between core questions and problems of pure and applied mathematics and core questions of geophysical fluid dynamics relevant for the investigation of the climate system and of its component, and that these are closely linked to defining rigorously what is a good model for a complex system. The aim of the programme is to provide a common ground for fostering mutually stimulating and inspiring exchanges and for creating opportunities for future research. This programme is part of the international initiative Mathematics for Planet Earth 2013 supported by mathematical societies and institutes around the world (http://www.mpe2013.org).
This programme was supported by the NAMASTE network. NAMASTE has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) / ERC Grant agreement No 257106.
The programme features three main macro-themes of interest where the progress has been impressive on the mathematical side and in terms of the investigation theoretical, model-assisted, and observational of the planet Earth: a) Dynamical Systems and Statistical Mechanics; b) Extreme Events; c) Partial Differential Equations. Work at these interfaces has, realistically, the potential to provide huge breakthroughs in the next years. These themes have mutual connections at mathematical level, which definitely need to be strengthened, with the possibility of obtaining new general results of great significance. Moreover, each theme has a huge potential for future breakthroughs at the boundary between mathematics and natural science. Finally, a crucial thread linking all of these themes is that related to the approaches and methodologies of modelling and analysing model outputs. In complex, multiscale system an ubiquitous issue is the choice of the specific details to model, of how to model them and parametrize the unresolved scales, how to implement efficiently a model, how to validate the model with sparse and uncertain data, how to control the model error, how to define robust observable, how to convincingly perform upscaling and downscaling procedures, and how to deal with coarse-graining.
The programmes at the Isaac Newton Institute benefit from a careful combination of structured, non-structured, and improvised events fostering scientific exchange. As for the first category, the following initiatives are being actively prepared:
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Title | Year | Programme | |
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Mathematical and physical ideas for climate scienceAuthors: Valerio Lucarini, R Blender, S Pascale, J Wouters, C Herbert |
2013 | MFE | 21 October 2016 |
Possible resonance effect of axionic dark matter in S/N/S Josephson junctionsAuthors: Christian Beck |
2013 | MFE | 21 October 2016 |
Towards a general theory of extremes for observables of chaotic dynamical systemsAuthors: Valerio Lucarini, Davide Faranda, J Wouters, Tobias Kuna |
2013 | MFE | 21 October 2016 |
On inviscid limits for the stochastic Navier-Stokes equations and related modelsAuthors: Nathan Glatt-Holtz, V Sverak, V Vicol |
2013 | MFE | 21 October 2016 |
Ergodic and mixing properties of the Boussinesq equations with a degenerate random forcingAuthors: J Foldes, Nathan Glatt-Holtz, G Richards, E Thomann |
2013 | MFE | 21 October 2016 |
Entropy production and coarse graining of the climate fields in a general circulation modelAuthors: Valerio Lucarini, S Pascale |
2013 | MFE | 21 October 2016 |
Color algebra in quantum chromodynamicsAuthors: T Ma, Shouhong Wang |
2013 | MFE | 21 October 2016 |
Spectral theory of differential operators and energy levels of subatomic particlesAuthors: T Ma, Shouhong Wang |
2013 | MFE | 21 October 2016 |
Improved accuracy of incompressible approximation of compressible Euler equationsAuthors: Bin Cheng |
2013 | MFE | 21 October 2016 |
Mixing properties in the advection of passive tracers via recurrences and extreme value theoryAuthors: Davide Faranda, X Leoncini, Sandro Vaienti |
2013 | MFE | 21 October 2016 |
Polynomial loss of memory for maps of the interval with a neutral fixed pointAuthors: Romain Aimino, H Hu, M Nicol, A Torok, Sandro Vaienti |
2013 | MFE | 21 October 2016 |
Mathematics and climate infographics: a mechanism for interdisciplinary collaboration in the classroomAuthors: Ivan Sudakov, T Bellsky, S Usenyuk, V Polyakova |
2013 | MFE | 21 October 2016 |
A statistical model for variability of the Arctic Ocean surface layer salinityAuthors: E Chernyavskaya, Ivan Sudakov |
2013 | MFE | 21 October 2016 |
A new framework for climate sensitivity and predictionAuthors: F Ragone, Valerio Lucarini, F Lunkeit |
2013 | MFE | 21 October 2016 |
Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics of turbulenceAuthors: David Ruelle |
2013 | MFE | 21 October 2016 |
Field theory for multi-particle systemAuthors: T Ma, Shouhong Wang |
2013 | MFE | 21 October 2016 |
On solar neutrino problemAuthors: T Ma, Shouhong Wang |
2013 | MFE | 21 October 2016 |
Astrophysical dynamics and cosmologyAuthors: T Ma, Shouhong Wang |
2013 | MFE | 21 October 2016 |
Theory of dark energy and dark matterAuthors: M Hernandez, T Ma, Shouhong Wang |
2013 | MFE | 21 October 2016 |
29 October 2013 to 1 November 2013
26 November 2013 to 26 November 2013
2 December 2013 to 6 December 2013
Tuesday 22nd October 2013 | |||
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11:00 to 12:00 | Room 1 |
Wednesday 23rd October 2013 | |||
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11:00 to 12:00 |
Shaun Lovejoy McGill University |
Room 1 | |
15:00 to 16:00 |
Valerio Lucarini Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg |
Room 1 | |
Thursday 24th October 2013 | |||
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10:00 to 12:00 | Room 1 |
Monday 28th October 2013 | |||
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11:00 to 12:00 |
Gilbert Brunet Met Office |
Room 1 | |
Tuesday 5th November 2013 | |||
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10:00 to 11:00 |
Jason Frank Universiteit Utrecht |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 6th November 2013 | |||
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10:00 to 11:00 |
Bin Cheng University of Surrey |
Room 1 | |
11:00 to 12:00 |
Shaun Lovejoy McGill University |
Room 1 | |
14:00 to 15:00 |
Isabelle Gallagher Université Paris 7 - Denis-Diderot |
Room 1 | |
15:00 to 16:00 |
Isabelle Gallagher Université Paris 7 - Denis-Diderot |
Room 1 | |
Thursday 7th November 2013 | |||
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09:00 to 11:00 | Room 2 | ||
10:00 to 11:00 |
Rainer Klages Queen Mary University of London |
Room 1 | |
11:00 to 12:00 |
Stéphane Vannitsem Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium |
Room 1 | |
Tuesday 12th November 2013 | |||
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10:00 to 11:00 |
Viviane Baladi CNRS - Ecole Normale Superieure Paris |
Room 1 | |
11:00 to 12:00 |
Mark Demers Fairfield University |
Room 1 | |
16:00 to 17:00 |
David Ruelle IHES |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 13th November 2013 | |||
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10:00 to 11:00 |
Milton da Costa Lopes Filho Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) |
Room 1 | |
11:00 to 12:00 |
Valerio Lucarini Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg |
Room 1 | |
Thursday 14th November 2013 | |||
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10:00 to 11:00 |
Rainer Klages Queen Mary University of London |
Room 1 | |
11:00 to 12:00 |
Stefano Galatolo Università di Pisa |
Room 1 | |
Tuesday 19th November 2013 | |||
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10:00 to 11:00 |
Nathan Glatt-Holtz Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
Room 1 | |
11:00 to 12:00 |
Jianping Li Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 20th November 2013 | |||
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10:00 to 10:45 | Discussion Room | ||
10:00 to 11:00 |
Helena Judith Nussenzveig Lopes Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) |
Room 1 | |
11:00 to 12:00 |
Valerio Lucarini Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg |
Room 1 | |
16:00 to 17:00 |
K Shafer Smith New York University |
Room 1 |
Monday 25th November 2013 | |||
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10:00 to 11:00 |
Marcel Oliver Jacobs University Bremen |
Room 1 | |
11:00 to 12:00 |
Valerio Lucarini Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg |
Room 1 | |
15:00 to 16:00 |
Wael Bahsoun Loughborough University |
Room 1 | |
Tuesday 26th November 2013 | |||
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10:00 to 11:00 |
Romain Aimino Centre de Physique Théorique, Marseille |
Room 1 | |
11:00 to 12:00 |
Lamberto Rondoni Politecnico di Torino |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 27th November 2013 | |||
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14:00 to 15:00 |
Ivan Sudakov University of Utah |
Room 2 |
Thursday 28th November 2013 | |||
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10:00 to 11:00 |
Yakov Pesin Pennsylvania State University |
Room 2 |
Tuesday 10th December 2013 | |||
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11:00 to 12:00 |
Jun-Ichi Yano Météo France |
Room 1 | |
14:00 to 17:00 | Discussion Room |
Thursday 12th December 2013 | |||
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10:00 to 11:00 |
Giorgio Mantica Università degli Studi dell'Insubria |
Room 1 |
Wednesday 18th December 2013 | |||
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10:00 to 11:00 |
Predictability of extreme events in dynamical systems: A case study of the Lorenz 84 model |
Room 2 | |
11:00 to 12:00 |
Christian Beck Queen Mary University of London |
Room 1 | |
14:00 to 15:00 |
Extreme values for deterministic and random dynamical systems |
Room 2 | |
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