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There will be no GEFD
Summer School in 2007
Geophysical and Environmental Fluid Dynamics encompasses the dynamics
of the atmosphere, the circulation of the oceans and flows of the
often-presumed solid earth beneath our feet. The Summer School exposes
the key physical processes involved using simple mathematical ideas
illustrated by hands-on laboratory experiments and interactive
computer demonstrations. If you would like to be kept informed of summer school announcements, please join our email list.
The Summer School lasts for two weeks and is
designed to be intensive and yet fun. Vast amounts of material are covered
during the lectures,
in a relaxed and often entertaining atmosphere. Whenever
possible, mathematical concepts introduced in the lectures are motivated or
backed-up by a simple table-top experiment or by the multi-media presentation
of some particular real-world geophysical phenomenon.
The school has now been running for fifteen
years and used to be partly sponsored by the Natural Environment Research Council. It is intended mainly for graduate
students pursuing, or about to embark on, research relating to geophysical and environmental topics. Students are accepted from a variety of
scientific backgrounds. Much of the course involves building simple
mathematical models, and so a basic knowledge of differential equations is
essential. To date, over 1000 students have attended the school.
The school has been held each September in
Cambridge at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical
Physics. The basic elements of the course are:
The photos from Past Schools give
a flavour of all these Summer School activities.
Email list: To join our email list, please send an email to listserv@jiscmail.ac.uk with SUBSCRIBE GEFD First-name Last-name in the body of the email.
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