Jacques Vanneste

Jacques Vanneste is a professor of mathematics at the University of Edinburgh,[1] whose main research area is fluid dynamics; he appears to be a poopular and engaging lecturer to undergraduates.[2]

His particular research interest is in analytic methods for handling systems with dynamics on two distinct time or length scales.[3] This is relevant, for example, for the interaction between weather and ocean circulation, where fast inertial waves can be generated by slow underlying flows; see for example his work[4] on the tropopause, and his most-cited paper.[5] He is also interested in the dynamics of stirring.[6]

Awards

He is the recipient of the 2010 Adams Prize.[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/people/show/person/13
  2. ↑ "All Lecturers Should Be Jacques Vanneste". 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
  3. ↑ "Jacques Vanneste's research". Retrieved 2010-05-12.
  4. ↑ "Quasi-geostrophic dynamics of a finite-depth tropopause" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-05-12.
  5. ↑ Vanneste, Jacques; Yavneh, Irad (2004). "Exponentially Small Inertia Gravity Waves and the Breakdown of Quasigeostrophic Balance". Journal of Atmospheric Sciences. 61 (2): 211–223. doi:10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<0211:ESIWAT>2.0.CO;2.
  6. ↑ "What controls the decay of passive scalars in smooth flows?" (PDF). 2005-07-01. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
  7. ↑ "'Fluid Mechanics' work wins 2010 Adams Prize". 2010-02-26. Retrieved 2010-02-26.

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