2007 program of studies : boundary layers

• Main Authors: Cenedese, Claudia, Whitehead, John A, Pedlosky, Joseph, Lentz, Steven J
• Format: Publication
• Language: English
• Published: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 01.06.2008

The topic of the Principal Lectures for the forty-ninth year of the program was“Boundary Layers”. The subject centers around those problems in which the boundaryconditions lead to a large gradient near the boundary. Nine of this year’s principallectures were given by Joe Pedlosky and the tenth was given by Steve Lentz. The fluidmechanics of boundary layers was reviewed, first starting from its classical roots andthen extending the concepts to the sides, bottoms, and tops of the oceans. During weekfour, a mini-symposium on “Ocean Bottom and Surface Boundary Layers” gathered anumber of oceanographers and meteorologists together to report recent advances. And,finally, Kerry Emanuel of MIT delivered the Sears Public Lecture to a packed hall inClark 507. The title was “Divine Wind: The History and Sciences of Hurricanes.” Funding was provided by the National Science Foundation under grant OCE-0325296 and by the Office of Naval Research, Processes and Prediction Division, Physical Oceanography Program under grant N00014-07-10776