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3MC Course on Climate Modeling: Program

Postgraduate Course:

Waves in the Atmosphere and Oceans

12-16 December 2022, NWU, Potchefstroom

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This school was supported by a grant from the IMU-CDC Conference Support Program, which is partially supported by the Abel Board.

 
 

Program

 

The preliminary program for the course:

 

Monday 12 December
08:00-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:10 Opening by Louis Labuschagne (Research Director)
09:15-09:45 Talk on climate change and impact on Africa
09:45-10:00 Tea Break
10:00-12:00 Lecture 1: Equations of Motion: Rotation, vorticity, and shallow water approximation                                         
12:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Lecture 2: Gravity waves, tsunamis, and wave kinematics
16:00-16:15 Tea break
16:15-17:00 Problem solving session

 

Tuesday 13 December
08:30-10:00 Lecture 3: Effect rotation and QG equations: Kelvin waves, Inertia-gravity waves, and Rossby waves                
10:00-10:30 Tea break
10:30-12:30 Tutorial / Group work
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Lecture 4: Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability and the Richardson number
16:00-16:15 Tea break                                       
16:15-17:00 Problem solving session

 

Wednesday 14 December
08:30-10:00 Lecture 5: Barotropic Instability        
10:00-10:30 Tea break
10:30-12:30 Lecture 6: Inertial and baroclinic Instabilities                                                                                                         
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Tutorial / Group work

 

Thursday 15 December
08:30-10:00 Lecture 7: Shallow and deep water waves and vertically propagating waves
10:00-10:30 Tea break
10:30-12:00 Tutorial / Group work
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-16:00 Lecture 8: Equatorial trapped waves of Matsuno: Tropical waves and their impact on tropical climate dynamics
16:00-16:15 Tea break
16:15-17:00 Problem solving session

 

Friday 16 December
08:00-09:00 Oral presentations       
09:00-10:00 Plenary talk by Prof Boualem Khouider                                                                                                                
10:00-10:30 Participation certificates and closing