RIMS Satellite Seminar / IIS U-Tokyo Symposium:
Mathematical modelling of turbulent flows in astrophysical and geophysical phenomena

Date and place

March 15--18, 2023, at Kansai Seminar House

Support

Organizing Committee

  • Steven M. TOBIAS (University of Leeds) (Representative)
  • Nobumitsu YOKOI (Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo)
  • Shin-ichi TAKEHIRO (Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University)

Program

('*' are for participants only)

3/15 (Wed)

  • 18:00 : Gathering, dinner
  • 20:00--21:30 : Introduction

3/16 (Thu)

  • 9:00--12:00 Session 1 : Waves and instabilities in planets
    • Kumiko HORI (Kobe University) "Jupiter's torsional oscillations triggering cloud-level variability” [movie]*
    • Yoshi-Yuki HAYASHI (Kobe University) "Planetary scale waves in the AFES-Venus, a general circulation model of the Venus atmosphere" [PDF]* [movie]*
  • 12:00--14:00 : Lunch break
  • 14:00--17:00 Session 2 : Turbulence theory, modelling, and numerical schemes
    • Raffaele MARINO (École Centrale de Lyon) "Turbulence and intermittency enhancement driven by emerging extreme drafts in stratified flows"
    • Nobumitsu YOKOI (University of Tokyo) "Non-equilibrium effects in turbulent transport and its modelling" [PDF]* [movie]*
  • 17:00--20:00 Dinner break
  • 20:00--21:30 : Free discussions
    • Chris A. JONES (University of Leeds) "Low inertia reversing geodynamo models" (remote) [PDF]*[movie]*

3/17 (Fri)

  • 9:00--12:00 Session 3 : Zonal flow formation and dynamos
    • Steven M. TOBIAS (University of Leeds) "Direct statistical simulation of zonal jet formation" [PDF]* [movie]*
    • Shin-ichi TAKEHIRO (Kyoto University)) "Zonal flows and banded structures generated by thermal convection in rapidly rotating thin spherical shells" [PDF]* [movie]*
    • Youhei MASADA (Fukuoka University) "Spherical-shell mean-field solar dynamo model based on turbulent EMF extracted from DNS" [PDF]* [movie]*
  • 12:00--14:00 : Lunch break
  • 14:00--17:00 Session 4 : Layering and pattern formation
    • Koki RYONO (Kyoto University) "New numerical methods for calculating MRS statistical equilibria of two-dimensional turbulence and an attempt at their application" [PDF]* [movie]*
    • Patrick H. DIAMOND (UCSD) "The Cahn‒Hilliard Navier‒Stokes System -A case study in elastic turbulence" [PDF]* [movie1]* [movie2]*
  • 17:00--20:00 Dinner break
  • 20:00--21:30 Free discussions

3/18 (Sat)

  • 9:00--12:00 General discussion, Closing remarks
  • In the afternoon: Organising committee meeting

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