Geophysical and Planetary Fluid Dynamics (GPFD) Group Homepage
Overview
These pages describe the research being done in the Geophysical and
Planetary Fluid Dynamics (GPFD) group of Atmospheric, Oceanic and
Planetary Physics (AOPP) at the University of Oxford.
From a physicist's perspective, the atmospheres, oceans and fluid
interiors of any planet (whether it be the Earth, other planets of our
Solar System and their moons, or planets yet to be discovered!) are
simply special examples of rotating, stratified fluid systems in which
motions are generated by the action of buoyancy and other forces. In
our research programme, therefore, we are seeking to understand some
of the fundamental principles which underly the dynamics, formation of
waves and instabilities of rotating fluids, when subject to
differential heating and cooling and/or other forces.
Research Themes, methods and topics of the group's research. Updated 19 August 2011.
Group Members Present and recent group members, with links to individual
webpages. Updated 21 October 2011.
Seminars Geophysical and Nonlinear
Fluid Dynamics seminars, in the Dobson Lecture Room in AOPP at 14.15 each odd
Tuesday in termtime.
Publications A list of publications and D.Phil. theses since
2003. Updated 19 January 2012.
MORALS Details about the Met Office / Oxford Rotating Annulus Laboratory
Simulation. Last updated 9 January 2012.
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