COLLOQUIUM 567
Turbulent mixing in stratified flows

22 March — 25 March 2015, Cambridge, UK

Main topics

  • Stability and transition of stratified shear flows
  • Dynamical systems approach to turbulent flows
  • Mixing rates and efficiences
  • Mixing by internal waves
  • Mixing by shear-free tubulence
  • Decaying turbulence in stratified flows
  • Turbulent gravity currents, buoyant jets and plumes
  • Stratified boundary layers
  • Molecular effects
  • Applications to environmental and industrial flows
  • Oceanographic and atmospheric observations