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1997 Spring Western Sectional Meeting
Corvallis, OR, April 19-20, 1997
Meeting #921

Associate secretaries:
William A Harris, Jr, AMS wharris@math.usc.edu

Special Session on Mathematical Issues in Physical Oceanography

  • Saturday April 19, 1997, 9:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m.
    Special Session on Mathematical Issues in Physical Oceanography, I
    Room 108, Social Science Building
    Organizers:
    Robert L. Higdon, Oregon State University higdon@math.orst.edu

    • 9:00 a.m.
      Hamilton's Principle Asymptotics andWeak Solutions in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
      Darryl D. Holm*, Theoretical Division and Center for Nonlinear Studies, LANL, New Mexico
      (921-35-23)
    • 9:30 a.m.
      Wave permeable boundary conditions for the simulationof continuously stratified flows
      Dale R Durran*, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington
      (921-65-63)
    • 10:00 a.m.
      Low Froude Number Dynamics for Stably Stratified Rotating Flowswith Fixed or Small Rossby Numbers
      Pedro F Embid*, The University of New Mexico
      (921-86-116)
    • 10:30 a.m.
      Modeling a solid boundary as a fluid of infinite viscosity
      Harry Gingold*, West Virginia University
      Dinesh Gera, West Virginia University
      (921-76-29)

  • Saturday April 19, 1997, 3:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.
    Special Session on Mathematical Issues in Physical Oceanography, II
    Room 108, Social Science Building
    Organizers:
    Robert L. Higdon, Oregon State University higdon@math.orst.edu

    • 3:00 p.m.
      Justification of shallow water approximations to rigid lidflows with bottom topography.
      Marcel Oliver*, University of California, Irvine
      (921-35-134)
    • 3:30 p.m.
      Exploring the Potential Power of Sinc-Galerkin Techniques in the Numerical Solution of Physical Oceanography Problems
      Donald F Winter*, University of Redlands
      Kenneth L. Bowers, Montana State University
      John Lund, Montana State University
      (921-65-148)
    • 4:00 p.m.
      Equations of Motion for Large-Scale Modelling
      Geoffrey K Vallis, Esq.*, UCSC
      (921-76-152)
    • 4:30 p.m.
      On symmetric instabilities in ocean bottom boundary layers
      John S. Allen*, College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences., Oregon State University
      (921-76-169)
    • 5:00 p.m.
      Globally Well-Posed Shallow-Water Equations
      C. David Levermore*, University of Arizona
      (921-76-170)
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