Mathematical Developments in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Paris

Name: Mathematical Developments in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Paris
Start: 2026-04-13T08:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-10T17:30:00+02:00
Location: IHP

Apr 13, 2026, 8:30 AM → Jul 10, 2026, 5:30 PM Europe/Paris

Amphitheater Darboux/Hermite (IHP)

Amphitheater Darboux/Hermite

IHP

11, Rue Pierre et Marie Curie 75005 Paris

Description

This is a thematic trimester programme with short courses, seminars and workshops on mathematical developments in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (GFD). This interdisciplinary programme will bring together mathematicians, applied mathematicians and physicists. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics covers a very broad spectrum of applications in oceanography and atmospheric sciences.

April 13 to July 10, 2026 at the Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris

The conferences and courses of this programme are available on

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Deadline for financial support request is October 15, 2025

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics covers a wide range of applications in atmospheric and oceanic sciences. Historically studied by physicists and applied mathematicians, rotating fluids have been the subject of many recent results involving the analysis of PDEs. However, exchanges between these communities remain relatively rare and isolated.

Our programme aims at strengthening exchanges between the applied community (geophysics, physics, numerics and applied mathematics) and the one involved in more theoretical developments on Partial Differential Equations. This programme at the IHP will aim at developping truly interdisciplinary interactions on these issues.

This programme will be anchored by three week-long workshops. These workshops will serve as a starting point for a number of themes which will then be developed by the programme participants.

Programme participants are expected to participate for at least a good part of the period between one workshop (which introduced a particular theme) and the next workshop. During this period, specific topics will be discussed in depth in a more interactive way.

The IHP setting is ideal for informal interaction between scientists.

List of participants in residence with dates (in progress)

Full list of participants (in progress)

Timeline for the trimester:

April 13 to 17 - Introductory school at CIRM, Marseille: Introduction to the Mathematics of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (see the program here)

April 20 to 24 - Workshop 1 at IHP, Paris: Vortices and vorticity in geophysical flows

May 18 to 22 - Workshop 2 at IHP, Paris: Instabilities and transitions in geophysical flows

June 29 to July 3 - Workshop 3 at IHP, Paris: Idealised mathematical models for geophysical flows

July 6 to 8 - Satellite conference organized by Neil Balmforth, Basile Gallet, Stefan Llewellyn Smith and François Pétrélis, Paris: Perspectives and challenges in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

Organising committee:

Emmanuel Dormy (DMA, CNRS & Ecole Normale Superieure)
Christophe Lacave (LAMA-ISTerre, Université Savoie Mont Blanc)
Ludivine Oruba (Latmos, Sorbonne Université)
Alexis Vasseur (University of Texas at Austin)

Scientific committee:

Didier Bresch (CNRS, Université Savoie Mont Blanc)
Colm Caulfield (University of Cambridge)
David Lannes (CNRS, Université de Bordeaux)
Evelyne Miot (CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes)
Helena Nussenzveig Lopes (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Laure Saint-Raymond (IHES)
Antoine Venaille (CNRS, ENS Lyon)
Paul Vigneaux (Université de Picardie)

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Conference Code of conduct

Programme coordinated by the Centre Emile Borel at IHP

Sorbonne Université, CNRS

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