We are researching
mathematical models of tornados.
Our group includes: Pavel Belik Doug Dokken Kurt Scholz Misha Shvartsman
We developed some
ideas that are presented in the following sources:
Papers:
Applications of a
Vortex Gas Models to Tornadogenesis and Maintenance
Possible Implications of a Vortex Gas Model and
Self-Similarity for Tornadogenesis and Maintenance
Fractal
powers in Serrin's swirling vortex solutions -
updated version is here
Talks:
Thermodynamic Balance in Tornado
Theory
114
Statistical Mechanics Conference, Celebration of David Ruelle
and Yakov Sinai, Rutgers University
December 14, 2015, Piscataway, NJ
Abstract
and Slides
Slope of Vorticity Lines Derived from
Numerical Models as a Tornado Predictor
Stochastic
Modeling of the Oceans and Atmosphere Workshop
March 11 - 15, 2013, Minneapolis, MN
Abstract
and Poster
Fractal Powers in
Serrin's Swirling Vortex Solutions
2013
Joint Mathematics Meeting
January 09 - 12, 2013, San Diego, CA
Abstract
and Slides
CSUMS (NSF Grant) Student Presentation:
Modeling Turbulence with Delay Equations
(Joel Hedman and Toby Hillmann)
2013
Joint Mathematics Meeting
January 09 - 12, 2013, San Diego, CA
Abstract
and Slides
Slope of Vorticity
Lines Derived from Numerical Models as a Tornado Predictor
Severe
Local Storms Conference , American Meteorological Society
November 05 - 08, 2012, Nashville, TN
Extended
Abstract
Investigations of Cai's
Power Law for Strong Tornados
SIAM Annual Meeting
(AN12)
July 9 - 13, Minneapolis, MN
Poster
and Abstract
Predictability of
Tornados - Modeling and Statistics
SIAM Conference on
Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences
(GS07)
March 19 - 22, 2007, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Abstract
and Slides
(from a similar talk at the University of St Thomas)
Time Averaging, Hierarchy of the
Governing Equations, and the Balance of Turbulent Kinetic
Energy
Chapter
11 in Mathematical and Physical Theory of Turbulence, 250 (pp.
155-164), 2006
J. Cannon & B.K. Shivamoggi (Eds.), Taylor & Francis
Group, LLC
Averaging in Turbulent
Kinetic Energy for Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Preprint,
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, February 2003
A Balance Equation for
Turbulent Kinetic Energy in the Boundary Layer
International
Workshop on Turbulence
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL, May 2003
Some sources
of information about tornados