Workshop: Uncovering Transport Barriers in Geophysical Flows; Banff International Research Station (BIRS), Banff, Alberta; 22 to 27 September 2013

研讨会：揭示地球物理流中的传输障碍；

• 批准号: 1345227
• 负责人: Thomas Peacock
• 金额: $ 1.75万
• 依托单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-15 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1345227&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Uncovering; Transport; Barriers; Geophysical

The objective of this award is to support an international workshop at the Banff International Research Station (BIRS) on "Uncovering Transport Barriers in Geophysical Flows". The methods covered by the workshop include the topics of Lagrangian Coherent Structures (LCSs), set-theoretical approaches to Lagrangian coherence, probabilistic methods, and Lagrangian indicators motivated by ergodic theory. The goal is to bring together researchers with expertise in a variety of techniques, find common ground, and thereby develop a coordinated approach to the problem of geophysical transport. This interaction will inspire new theoretical research and advance the development of practical tools for real world application.The need to develop robust mathematical methods to identify the key dynamic structures that act as the hidden skeleton of transport in complex geophysical flows has never been more pressing, given their role in organizing climate processes (e.g. algal blooms, ozone transport) and environmental disasters (e.g. Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Icelandic volcanic ash cloud, Fukushima nuclear disaster). New tools that emerge as a result of this workshop have the potential to profoundly influence decision making strategies for the ocean, including such scenarios as the deployment of clean up equipment during an oil spill or the focus regions for a search and rescue operation. The outcomes of this workshop will be summarized in a 10-page summary document and distributed to government agencies and industry. Junior faculty and postdoctoral researchers will interact with leading faculty, developing a future pool of talent in this rapidly advancing and globally important research topic.

该奖项的目的是支持班夫国际研究站 (BIRS) 举办的“揭示地球物理流中的运输障碍”国际研讨会。研讨会涵盖的方法包括拉格朗日相干结构（LCS）主题、拉格朗日相干性的集合论方法、概率方法和由遍历理论驱动的拉格朗日指标。其目标是将具有各种技术专业知识的研究人员聚集在一起，找到共同点，从而制定解决地球物理传输问题的协调方法。这种相互作用将激发新的理论研究，并推动现实世界应用实用工具的开发。考虑到它们在组织气候过程（例如藻华、臭氧传输）和环境灾难（例如深水地平线石油泄漏、冰岛地震）中的作用，开发强大的数学方法来识别在复杂地球物理流中充当传输隐藏骨架的关键动态结构的需求变得前所未有的紧迫。 火山灰云、福岛核灾难）。本次研讨会出现的新工具有可能深刻影响海洋决策策略，包括在石油泄漏期间部署清理设备或在搜救行动的重点区域等场景。本次研讨会的成果将总结为一份 10 页的摘要文件，并分发给政府机构和行业。初级教师和博士后研究人员将与顶尖教师互动，在这个快速发展且全球重要的研究课题中培养未来的人才库。