Nonlinear Phenomena in Geophysics NWP-3
Chairs
Michael Ghil, University of California, Los Angeles, USA & Ecole Normale Supérieure, France, Institute of Applied Physics RAS, Russia
Juergen Kurths, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany, Institute of Applied Physics RAS, Russia
Evgeny Mareev, Institute of Applied Physics RAS, Russia
Vladimir Rakov, University of Florida, USA, Institute of Applied Physics RAS, Russia

Program Committee
Alexander Babanin, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Alexander Feigin, Institute of Applied Physics RAS, Russia
Juergen Kurths, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
Fangli Qiao, First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China
Yuliya Troitskaya, Institute of Applied Physics RAS, Russia
Sergej Zilitinkevich, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland

Conference scope
Physics of lightning: leader formation
Nonlinear processes in thunderclouds
Triggering lightning
Lightning and climate
Climate system empirical modeling and prognosis
Earth climate system patterning: decomposition methods; revelation and modeling of interconnections; methods of pattern stability examination
Paleoclimate data analysis and past climate studies
Turbulence and nonlinear wave phenomena in boundary layers of the atmosphere and ocean
Extreme phenomena in air-sea coupling

Scientific Secretary
Evgeny Loskutov
Institute of Applied Physics RAS
46 Ulyanov Str., 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Tel: +7 (831) 4160644, Fax: +7 (831) 4365976
e-mail: loskutov@appl.sci-nnov.ru

Invited Speakers

Michael Ghil
University of California, Los Angeles, USA, Institute of Applied Physics RAS, Russia

Mingli Chen
Department of Building Services Engineering, The Hong Kong
Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Lightning Leader Evolution. Observations and Simulations.

Yoshiyuki Kaneda
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Real time monitoring system (DONET1/DONET2) for mega thrust earthquakes and trusnamis

Sergey Kravtsov
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Reconstructing spatiotemporal characteristics of sea-level pressure variability in NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data set using a feature-tracking approach

Jürgen Kurths
Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany, Institute of Applied Physics RAS, Russia
Complex networks identify spatial patterns of extreme rainfall events of the Indian and the South American Monsoon system".

 

Valerio Lucarini
Meteorologisches Institut, Universität Hamburg, Germany
Noise, fluctuation, and response in geophysical fluid dynamics

Eugene Morozov
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS, Moscow, Russia 
Semidiurnal internal wave global field  

Amitabh Nag
Vaisala Inc., USA
Lightning Locating Systems: Overview of Characteristics and Validation Techniques
Two Lightning Processes Producing Relatively Short Duration Bipolar Electromagnetic Radiation Signatures

Mikhail Nosov
M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Primary and secondary effects that lead to tsunami generation during an earthquake

Colin Price
Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Using natural and anthropogenic radio waves to monitor climate change
Vladimir Rakov
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, USA, Institute of Applied Physics RAS, Russia
Recent research at the Lightning Observatory in Gainesville, Florida: A review and update
Dmitry Smirnov
V.A. Kotel'nikov Institute of RadioEngineering and Electronics RAS, Saratov, Russia
Inferring directional couplings from time series: avoiding spurious detection, estimation of long-term effects, and application to climatic data
Olivier Talagrand
Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique, CNRS, France
State estimation and uncertainty quantification

Joseph Tribbia
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Is the atmospheric dynamic attractor composed of nonlinear waves or linear stochastic structures?

Shigeo Yoden
Kyoto University, Japan
QBO-like oscillations under a radiative-moist convective quasi-equilibrium state obtained with an idealized meso-scale regional model