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PDEs and Asymptotics for the Tropical Atmosphere

Student-Run Research Seminar

Speaker: Joseph Biello, UC Davis
Location: 693 Kerr
Start time: Wed, Nov 16 2005, 12:10PM

Abstract: The dynamics of the tropical atmosphere are organized over an extremely broad range of length and time scales. I will discuss some recent multiscale asymptotics which isolate certain intraseasonal phenomena in the tropics and, in which, new and interesting quasi-linear and nonlinear PDEs have been derived. I intend this talk to be a broad, pedagogical overview of the subject and will emphasize current research areas.