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A CliMathNet and Network+ on Emergence and Physics far from Equilibrium Meeting:
Non-equilibrium Dynamics of Climate: linking models to data
A 3-day collaborative workshop of the research networks
Network+ on Emergence and Physics far from Equilibrium and CliMathNet
5th-7th January 2015 at Dartington Hall, Devon, UK.
Background: Understanding the earth’s climate system poses many of the challenges that exist more widely in systems far from equilibrium. There are non-linear processes acting across a broad range of spatio-temporal scales, the system is driven and is far from equilibrium. In addition, we have only one realization of our (changing) climate and observational data is very limited. This workshop seeks to bring some of the ideas and methodology of non-equilibrium dynamics to bear on understanding the dynamics and variability of climate events, extremes and the emergence of spatio-temporal correlations.
Keynote speakers:
- Daan Crommelin (CWI Amsterdam)
- Brad Marston (Brown University,RI): 'Multiscale Approach to the Direct Statistical Simulation of Geophysical Flows'
- Lenny Smith (University of Oxford)
- Jacques Vanneste (University of Edinburgh): 'Dispersion and reaction of passive scalars: the large-deviation regime'
The workshop reviewed current work and identified future areas where non-equilibrium statistical mechanics methodologies can contribute to areas such as:
- maximum entropy principle approaches to environmental and ecological systems
- fluctuation-dissipation methods in climate and weather
- spatio-temporal correlations and large deviation models for extreme events
- non-equilibrium thermodynamics applied to atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, lithosphere and biosphere interactions
- non-equilibrium and complex systems approaches to interactions between humans and climate
The workshop brought together a wide range of researchers from Mathematics, Physics and Climate Science and was a joint venture between two EPSRC-funded networks:
Location: Dartington Hall is a historic location near Totnes in the South-West of the UK with excellent facilities for meetings. It is a large stately home dating back to Medieval times, set in 800 acres of outstanding gardens. Accommodation (when available), food and meeting rooms are all on-site. The Hall is a short trip by taxi from the ancient market town of Totnes whose railway station which is on the main line from London (about 2 hours 50 mins by fast train).
Schedule:
Monday 5th January 2015 |
Time |
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12.00 |
Lunch |
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13.45 |
Introduction, Sandra Chapman, Peter Ashwin |
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14.00 |
Lenny Smith, Oxford |
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15.00 |
Ted Shepherd, Reading |
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15.30 |
Tea break |
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16.00 |
Axel Kleidon, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry |
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16.30 |
David Stainforth, LSE |
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17.00 |
End of session |
|
19.00 |
Evening meal, Dartington |
Tuesday 6th January 2015 |
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09.30 |
Brad Marston (Brown University,RI) |
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10.30 |
Coffee break |
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11.00 |
Rainer Klages, QMUL |
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11.30 |
Ian Ford, UCL |
|
12.00 |
Lunch |
|
14.30 |
Daan Crommelin, CWI Amsterdam |
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15.30 |
Klaus Fraedrich, Hamburg |
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16.00 |
Tea break |
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16.30 |
Peter Cox, Exeter |
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17.00 |
Tim Lenton, Exeter |
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19.00 |
Conference dinner, Dartington |
Wednesday 7th January 2015 |
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09.30 |
Jacques Vanneste, Edinburgh |
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10.30 |
Coffee break |
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11.00 |
Discussion |
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12.00 |
Lunch and end of meeting |