Aime Fournier's Vitae - MMM

Aimé Fournier fournier@ucar.edu Curriculum vitae
Mesoscale & Microscale Meteorology Division National Center for Atmospheric Research
Weather Research and Forecasting/Data Assimilation Boulder, Colorado 80307-3000 USA
http://www.mmm.ucar.edu/people/fournier/ tel: 303-497-1614
1 Education
1998
Ph D
1992
1990
Yale U, New Haven, CT
Physics
M Phil
M S
1989 B Sc Honors
McGill U, Montréal, Canada
1986 Philosophy B A
2 Employment
Research experience
2009-2011
Mesoscale & Microscale Meteorology Project scientist; GRA supervisor
2004-2009 IMAGe
Project scientist
2003-2004 NCAR
Advanced Study Program
1999-2000 Postdoctoral fellow
1997-2003 Climate & Global Dynamics
2007-2008 U Reading Meteorology
2000-2004 U Colorado Boulder Applied Mathematics
Visiting scientist
2004
CCMPS/
Assistant research scientist
U Maryland
1997-2003 Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Research associate
1991-1997
1989-1991
Yale U
1987-1988 McGill U
Teaching experience
2008
Geology & Geophysics
Physics
Research assistant
Mechanical Engineering Adjunct professor
2001-2002
1998-2001
U Colorado Boulder
Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
Computer Science Compression of
turbulence data using wavelet . . .
Earth Climate guest lecturer
PhD committee
2001-2003
U Maryland
Applied Mathematics
CCMPS/
Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
Informal graduate-student &
postdoc mentor
2000-2001 Monash U Mathematical Sciences Wavelet analysis
of tropical cloud coherences . . .
MSc committee
1995-1996
Geology & Geophysics/
Atmos Motions guest lecturer
1991-1994
1989-1991
1993-1995
Yale U
Climate Modeling & Diagnostic Studies
Physics
Mathematics & Science
Teaching and Lab assistant
Coordinator, Editor, Evaluator
1991-1995 Tutoring Program
Tutor, Writer
1992 Mathematics Integral Calculus instructor
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3 Research, scholarly & creative activities
3.1 Refereed articles (total 16)
1. Fournier, “Introduction to orthonormal wavelet analysis with shift invariance: Application to observed atmospheric
blocking spatial structure,” Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 57, 3856-3880 (2000).
2. Fournier, “Atmospheric energetics in the wavelet domain. Part I: Governing equations and interpretation for idealized
flows,” J Atmos Sci, 59, 1182-1197 (2002)
3. Fournier, “Atmospheric energetics in the wavelet domain. Part II: Time-averaged observed atmospheric blocking,”
J Atmos Sci, 60, 319-338 (2003)
4. Fournier, Mark A Taylor and Joseph J Tribbia, “The spectral element atmosphere model (SEAM): High-resolution
parallel computation and localized resolution of regional dynamics,” Monthly Weather Review, 132, 726-748 (2004)
5. Fournier, “Instantaneous wavelet energetic transfers between atmospheric blocking and local eddies,” Journal of
Climate, 13, 2151-2171 (2005)
6. KA Maasch, RJ Oglesby and Fournier, “Barry Saltzman and the theory of climate,” J Climate, 13, 2141-2150 (2005)
7. JM Dennis, Fournier, W Spotz, A St-Cyr, Taylor, SJ Thomas and H Tufo, “High resolution mesh convergence
properties and parallel efficiency of a spectral element atmospheric dynamical core,” International Journal of High-
Performance Computing Applications, 19, 225–235 (2005).
8. Duane Rosenberg, Fournier, Paul Fischer & Annick Pouquet, “Geophysical-astrophysical spectral-element adaptive
refinement (GASpAR): Object-oriented h-adaptive fluid dynamics simulation,” Journal of Computational Physics
215(1), 59–80 (2006). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2005.10.031
9. Fournier, “Exact calculation of Fourier series in nonconforming spectral-element methods,” J Comp Phys, 215(1),
1–5 (2006). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2005.11.023
10. Ferdinand Baer, Houjun Wang, Tribbia & Fournier, “Climate modeling with spectral elements,” Mon Wea Rev,
134(12), 3610–3624 (2006).
11. Wang, Tribbia, Baer, Fournier & Taylor, “A spectral element version of CAM2,” Mon Wea Rev, 135, 3825-3840
(2007).
12. Fournier, Rosenberg & Pouquet, “Dynamically adaptive spectral-element simulations of 2D incompressible Navier-
Stokes vortex decays” Geoph Astr Fluid Dyn, 103, 245–268 (2009).
13. Taylor, St-Cyr & Fournier, “A non-oscillatory advection operator for the compatible spectral element method”
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5545, 273–282 (2009).
14. H Weller, H Weller & Fournier, “Voronoi, Delaunay and block structured mesh refinement for solution of the shallow
water equations on the sphere” Mon Wea Rev, 137, 4208–4224 (2009).
15. Taylor & Fournier, “A compatible and conservative spectral element method on unstructured grids” J Comp Phys,
229, 5879–5895 doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2010.04.008 (2010).
16. J Berner, S-Y Ha, JP Hacker, Fournier & C Snyder, “Model uncertainty in a mesoscale ensemble prediction system:
Stochastic versus multi-physics representations” Mon Wea Rev, in press (2011).
3.2 Books
1. Fournier, “Transfers and fluxes of wind kinetic energy between orthogonal wavelet components during atmospheric
blocking,” Chapter 7 of Wavelets in Physics, JC van den Berg, Ed., Cambridge U Press, 263-297 (1999).
2. Fournier, Gregory Beylkin & Vani Cheruvu, “Multiresolution adaptive space refinement in geophysical fluid dynamics
simulation,” Lecture Notes Comp Sci Eng 41, Adaptive Mesh Refinement - Theory and Applications, T Plewa, T
Linde and VG Weirs, Eds., 161-170 (2005).
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3.3 PhD dissertation (advised by Barry Saltzman, and committee of RB Smith, KR Sreenivasan,
RR Coifman, P Parker and AR Hansen )
Wavelet Analysis of Atmospheric Blocking Dynamics and Energetics, Yale U, 269 pp (1998).
3.4 Other articles, & notes
1. Fournier, Rosenberg & Pouquet, “Advanced Modeling, Simulation, Analysis: High-order dynamically adaptive refinement”
NASA Advanced Planning and Integration White Paper (2005).
2. Fournier, Rosenberg & Pouquet, “High-Accuracy Dynamically Adaptive Multiresolution Simulation (HADAMS)”
NASA Universe Roadmap Technology Development White Paper (2005).
3. Fournier, “Multiresolution analysis & simulation using spectral elements (MASUSE)” NCAR/CISL Annual Report,
http://www.cisl.ucar.edu/nar/2006/catalog/Fournier1.pdf (2006).
4. Fournier, “Development of spectral-element and other higher-order methods for atmospheric dynamics” NCAR/CISL
Annual Report, http://www.cisl.ucar.edu/nar/2007/catalog/fournier.pdf (2007).
5. Fournier, “Review of ‘Optimal C 2 two-dimensional interpolatory ternary subdivision schemes with two-ring stencils’”
Mathematical Reviews (2007).
6. Fournier, “Review of ‘Higher-rank wavelet transforms, ridgelet transforms, and Radon transforms on the space of
matrices’” Mathematical Reviews (2008).
7. Fournier, “Review of ‘An adaptive spectral least-squares scheme for the Burgers equation’” Mathematical Reviews
(2008).
8. Fournier, “Analyses and applications of three spatial discretization methods” NCAR/CISL Annual Report,
http://www.nar.ucar.edu/2008/CISL/6cat/af nar08.pdf (2008).
9. Fournier, M Dixon, RN Bannister & SP Ballard, “Wavelet representation of localised multiscale flow structures in
high-resolution variational data assimilation,” UKMO report (2008).
10. Fournier, “Review of A Mathematical Theory of Large-scale Atmosphere/Ocean Flow by M.J.P. Cullen,” Bull. Amer.
Meteor. Soc. 89, 1735–1739 (2008).
11. H Weller, H Weller & Fournier, “Towards a polyhedral model of the global atmosphere: Shallow-water test cases,”
unpublished manuscript (2008).
12. Fournier, “Review of ‘Stability analysis of biorthogonal multiwavelets whose duals are not in L2 and its application
to local semiorthogonal lifting’” Mathematical Reviews (2009).
13. Fournier, “Review of ‘Numerical solution of Fokker-Planck equation using the cubic B-spline scaling functions’”
Mathematical Reviews (2010).
14. Berner, Monahan, Anyah, Back, Biello, Hanks, Chaio, Danforth, Fischer, Fournier & others, “Exploring the weatherclimate
connection” BAMS submitted (2010).
15. Fournier, Auligné & Huang, “Wavelet methodology for data assimilation in the Weather Research & Forecasting
model,” in preparation (2011).
16. Fournier, Pouquet, J Baerenzung, Rosenberg & P Mininni, “Wavelet analysis of vortex dynamics in three-dimensional
helical rotating turbulence,” in preparation (2011).
17. Fournier, “Continuous multiwavelets on nonconforming spectral elements,” in preparation (2011).
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3.5 Talks, abstracts, & other presentations
3.5.1 Invited talks (total 37)
1. Conference on Wavelets and Fractals, Pittsburgh, 1994.
2. “Projecting atmospheric dynamical equations into an orthonormal wavelet representation,” NASA/GSFC Climate
& Radiation Branch Seminar, 1994.
3. “Projecting atmospheric dynamical equations into an orthonormal wavelet representation,” KNMI Seminar, 1994.
4. Nonlinear Science Workshop: Analysis of Scaling Phenomena with Multifractals & Wavelets, Doorn, 1996 (plus two
posters).
5. “Wavelet zonal spectral analysis of observed geopotential and winds: Scale-orthogonal decomposition of blocking
patterns,” MIT Physical Oceanography Sack Lunch Seminar, 1996.
6. “Solitary waves in the atmosphere,” Central CT State U Physics Seminar, 1996.
7. “Wavelet analysis of atmospheric dynamics and energetics,” U Colorado at Boulder, PAOS Seminar, 1998.
8. “Wavelet analysis of atmospheric dynamics and energetics,” U of CO, Boulder, Computational Harmonic Analysis
Seminar, 1998.
9. “Spectral element atmospheric model: Numerical algorithm and local mesh refinement,” Oberseminar Wissenschaftliches
Rechnen, Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing Research Unit, Center for Mathematical Sciences, Technische
Universität München, August 14, 2000.
10. “Spectral Element Atmospheric Model: Numerical algorithm and local mesh refinement,” MMM Seminar, 19 October,
2000.
11. “Spectral Element Atmospheric Model: Numerical algorithm and local mesh refinement,” U of CO, Boulder, Department
of Applied Mathematics, Fast Algorithms Seminar (APPM 7400), 31 October, 2000.
12. “Multiresolution adaptive spectral element solvers for atmospheric fluid dynamics,” Sixth SIAM Conference on
Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences, 11 June, 2001.
13. “Application of multiwavelets to adaptive solution of partial differential equations in atmospheric dynamics,” U
Maryland Dept Mathematics Wavelet-Harmonic Analysis Seminar, 30 October, 2001.
14. “Multiwavelet multiresolution adaptive spectral-element computation of shallow-water flow,” U Maryland Dept Meteorology
Seminar, 1 November, 2001.
15. “Energetics in the domains of wavenumber and longitude at the same time, and what it says about atmospheric
blocking,” Richard Foster Flint Symposium Honoring the Memory of Barry Saltzman, 3 November, 2001.
16. “What’s the connection between spectral elements and multiwavelets?,” U of CO, Boulder, Department of Applied
Mathematics, Fast Algorithms Seminar (APPM 7400), 11 December, 2001.
17. (with Beylkin) “Adaptive solution of advection-diffusion equations in multiwavelet bases, Part II,” Adaptive and
High-Order Methods with Applications in Turbulence, NCAR, 2002.
18. “Multiresolution spectral elements and adaptive regional modeling,” Spectral modeling of the past 50 years and its
future, U Maryland Dept Meteorology Symposium in Honor of Ferdinand Baer, 2002.
19. (with Beylkin, Cheruvu and S Sumetkijakan) “Multiresolution Adaptive Spectral Elements: Application to shallowwater
flow on the sphere,” IMACS Workshop on Adaptive Methods for Partial Differential Equations, Fields Institute
for Research in Mathematical Sciences, Toronto, 7 August 2002.
20. “Multiresolution Representation of Turbulent Processes: Basic Concepts,” The Cumulus Parameterization Problem
in the Context of Turbulence Studies, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado, 23-25 February 2004.
21. (2nd author with Rosenberg & Pouquet) “Dynamically adaptive geophysical fluid dynamics simulation using GASpAR,”
International Conference on Spectral and High Order Methods, Brown University, 21-25 June 2004.
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22. “Multiscale atmospheric simulation using the spectral element method,” National Centre for Medium Range Weather
Forecasting (India), 28 September 2004.
23. (2nd author with Rosenberg & Pouquet) “Dynamically adaptive geophysical fluid dynamics simulation using GASpAR:
Geophysics/Astrophysics Spectral-element Adaptive Refinement,” Los Alamos Computer Science Institute, 11
October 2004.
24. “Dynamically adaptive spectral-element methods for multiscale flow problems,” LANL Center for Nonlinear Studies,
30 November 2004.
25. “Spatial multiresolution analysis using wavelets or spectral elements: Applications to nonlinear geophysical fluid
dynamics diagnosis and simulation,” Warwick Mathematics Institute, 14 January 2005.
26. “Spatial multiresolution analysis using wavelets or spectral elements: Applications to nonlinear geophysical fluid
dynamics diagnosis and simulation,” ECMWF Informal Seminar, 18 January 2005.
27. “Spatial multiresolution analysis using wavelets or spectral elements: Applications to nonlinear atmospheric dynamics
diagnosis and simulation,” NCAR/High Altitude Observatory Colloquium, 30 March 2005.
28. “Spatial multi-resolution analysis using wavelets or spectral elements: Applications to nonlinear geophysical fluid
dynamics diagnosis and simulation,” U Reading School of Mathematics, Meteorology and Physics, Special Series of
Lectures on the Applications of Mathematics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, 23 June 2005.
29. “Multiresolution of geophysical fluid dynamics using wavelets or spectral elements,” U Exeter School of Engineering,
Computer Science & Mathematics seminar, 14 September 2005.
30. “Examples of multiscale and multiresolution simulation,” UK Natural Environment Research Council Scoping meeting
on Earth system model software development for exploting future computing architectures, London 2007 February
6.
31. “Wavelets, and B,” ACAPS Mid-term Review presentation, 2009 July 23.
32. “Wavelets, and B,” WRF-Var round-table presentation, 2009 July 24.
33. “Two applications of spatial wavelets to atmospheric modeling: Identification of flow coherent structures, and
representation of background covariance,” Colorado State University Applied Math Seminar, 2009 November 19.
34. “Assimilation of cloud/precipitation data at regional scales” (4th author with Cavallo, Dowell, Huang, Liu, Michel,
Nehrkorn, Snyder, Sun, Torn & Wang), ECMWF/JCSDA Workshop on Assimilating satellite observations of clouds
and precipitation into NWP models, 2010 June.
35. “Development of wavelet methodology for WRF Data Assimilation,” ECMWF Seminar, 2010 September 10.
36. “Development of wavelet methodology for weather Data Assimilation,” Newton Institute Mathematical and Statistical
Approaches to Climate Modelling and Prediction Seminar, 2010 September 17.
37. “Recent developments on the assimilation of cloudy radiances with WRF” (2nd author with Auligné, Huang, Lin,
Liu, Michel, Nehrkorn, Rizvi & Zhang), Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation Seminar, 2010 November 10.
3.5.2 Contributed talks (total 65)
1. Dynamics Days Texas, Houston, 1995.
2. Wavelet Applications II, Orlando, 1995.
3. Wavelet Applications in Signal and Image Processing III, San Diego, 1995.
4. “Wavelet zonal spectral analysis of observed geopotential and winds: Scale-orthogonal decomposition of blocking
patterns and local kinetic energy and enstrophy transfer between scales,” Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical
Union, 76(46), Fall Meet Suppl, Abstract A41A-02, San Francisco, 1995.
5. Centre de Recherches Mathématiques Program on Spline Functions and the Theory of Wavelets, Montréal, 1996:
Wavelets & Differential Equations, Wavelets & Fractals and Wavelets in Physics.
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7. “Wavelet analysis of observed geopotential and wind: Blocking and local kinetic energy and enstrophy coupling
across scales,” Annales Geophysicae, 14, Suppl II (21st General Assembly, European Geophysical Society), The
Hague, 1996 May 6-10.
8. (with DE Stevens) “Wavelet multiresolution analysis of entrainment in numerically simulated 3d stratus clouds,”
Eos Trans AGU, 77(17), Spring Meet Suppl, Abstract A51A-10, Baltimore, 1996.
9. 30th Annual Canadian Meteorological & Oceanographic Society Congress, Toronto, 1996.
10. Wavelet Applications in Signal and Image Processing IV, Denver, 1996.
11. “Energy and enstrophy budget of atmospheric blocking: Time dependence and zonal orthogonal wavelet analysis,”
Eos Trans AGU, 77(46), Fall Meet Suppl, Abstract U31B-05, San Francisco, 1996.
12. “Introduction to the use of biorthogonal, overcomplete, orthogonal translation-invariant and paraproduct wavelet
analyses to resolve issues of asymmetry, origin-dependence and spurious scale coupling in standard orthogonal wavelet
analysis,” Eos Trans AGU, 78(46), Fall Meet Suppl, Abstract U31C-10, San Francisco, 1997.
13. “Description of nonlinear triad interaction in fluid dynamics using trilinear coordinates,” Ann Geophys, 16, Suppl
IV (23rd General Assembly, EGS), Nice, 1998 April 19-24.
14. “Efficient representation of coherent structures by translation-invariant orthonormal wavelet analysis,” ibid.
15. “Formulation of energetic triadic interactions in the orthonormal wavelet representation of fluid dynamics” (poster),
ibid.
16. “Resolution of a nonlinear function of a signal into smooth and singular or intermittent parts, using wavelet paraproduct,”
ibid.
17. “Triadic interaction of observed atmospheric blocking- and cyclonic-scale vortices in the orthonormal wavelet representation”
(poster), ibid.
18. 8th Workshop on the Solution of Partial Differential Equations on the Sphere, San Francisco, 1999 (two talks).
20. (with Tribbia & Taylor) “Blocking in the Spectral Element Atmospheric Model: Effect of topography and resolution,”
Geophys Res Abstracts, 2 (25th General Assembly, EGS), Nice, 2000 April 24-29.
21. (2nd author with Taylor & Tribbia) “Spectral element method Part 1: Numerical algorithms,” ibid.
22. (with Taylor, LM Polvani & R Saravanan) “Spectral element method Part 2: Numerical simulations,” ibid.
23. 8th Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada, New Frontiers in CFD, Montréal, 2000 (three talks).
26. Joint Workshop on Regional Climate Modeling, Montréal, 2000.
27. Atmosphere Model Working Group, Fifth Annual Community Climate System Model Workshop, Breckenridge, 2000.
28. “Shallow-water flow with the adaptive multiwavelet method,” Geophys Res Abstracts, 3 (26th General Assembly,
EGS), Nice, 2001 March 25-30.
29. “Wavelet-domain energetic transfers between atmospheric blocks and local eddies, averaged over the NCEP reanalysis,”
ibid.
30. (3rd author with SJ Thomas & R Loft) “Parallel computation of general circulation with a semi-implicit spectral
element method,” ibid.
31. 2001 Workshop on the Solution of PDEs on the Sphere, Montréal.
32. (3rd author with SJ Thomas & R Loft) “Parallel semi-implicit Spectral Element Atmospheric Model,” Abstract
U61A-06, Eos Trans AGU, 82(20), Spring Meet Suppl, Boston, 2001.
33. “Shallow-water flow with the adaptive multiwavelet method” (poster), Abstract U42A-02, ibid.
34. “Wavelet-domain nonlinear energy and enstrophy transfers between atmospheric blocks and local eddies, averaged
over the NCEP reanalysis” (poster), Abstract NG52B-06, ibid.
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35. (with Beylkin & Cheruvu) “Multiresolution Adaptive Spectral Elements: Application to shallow-water flow on the
sphere,” 2002 Workshop on the Solution of PDEs on the Sphere, Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical
Sciences, Toronto.
36. (4th author with Wang, Tribbia, Baer & Taylor) “Recent development and applications of a spectral element
dynamical core,” Atmosphere Model Working Group Spring Meeting, Breckenridge, 2004 March.
37. (2nd author with Rosenberg & Pouquet) “The GASpAR code for geophysical turbulent flows,” 8th Copper Mountain
Conference on Iterative Methods, March 28-April 2, 2004.
38. (2nd author with Rosenberg & Pouquet) “The GASpAR code for geophysical turbulent flows,” Mini-symposium on
Iterative Solvers for Geoscience Applications, ibid.
39. (3rd author with Baer, Tribbia & Wang) “Multi-resolution atmospheric modeling,” Geophys Res Abstracts, 5, 11478
(EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly), Nice, 2003 April 6-11.
40. (with Beylkin & Cheruvu) “Multiresolution adaptive models of geophysical fluid dynamics ,” 14654, ibid.
41. (2nd author with Rosenberg & Pouquet) “The GASpAR code for turbulent flows in the geosciences,” LACSI Symposium,
Santa Fe, 2004 May.
42. (2nd author with Rosenberg & Pouquet) “Dynamically adaptive geophysical fluid dynamics simulation using GASpAR,”
CMG2004: 25th IUGG Conference on Mathematical Geophysics, Columbia University, New York City, June
16-18 2004.
43. (with Rosenberg & Pouquet) “Dynamically multiscale adaptive geophysical fluid dynamics simulation using GASpAR,”
Geophys Res Abstracts, 7, 06846 (EGU General Assembly Session NP3.03), Vienna, 2005 24-29 April.
44. (2nd author with Rosenberg, P Fischer & Pouquet) “Adaptive mesh refinement with the turbulence code GASpAR,”
NCAR/CISL User Forum, Boulder, 2005 May 18.
45. (with Rosenberg & Pouquet) “Geophysical/astrophysical spectral-element adaptive refinement (GASpAR): Objectoriented
h-adaptive code for geophysical fluid dynamics simulation,” SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational
Issues in the Geosciences, Avignon, 2005 June 7-10.
46. (with Rosenberg & Pouquet) “High-order adaptive spectral element simulation of decaying 2D turbulence: A multiresolution
perspective,” NCAR/GTP Workshop on Coherent Structures in Atmosphere and Ocean, Boulder, 2005
July 11-14.
47. (with Rosenberg & Pouquet, presenter) “Dynamically adaptive computation of multiscale coherent-structure interactions
using GASpAR,” International Conference on High Reynolds Number Vortex Interactions, Toulouse, 2005
August 29-31.
48. (with Pouquet & Rosenberg) “Towards dynamically adaptive simulation of coherent structures in hydrodynamic
turbulence using GASpAR,” U Warwick Singularities, coherent structures and their role in intermittent turbulence
workshop, 2005/9/16.
49. “Spatially global & local scale-interaction analyses for nonconforming spectral-element simulations”, Modeling Magnetohydrodynamic
Turbulence Application to planetary and stellar dynamos, NCAR/IMAGe/GTP workshop, 2006/6/30.
50. (4th author with Rosenberg, P Mininni & Pouquet) “Preliminary results from a new incompressible spectral element
MHD solver in the Geophysical-astrophysical spectral-element adaptive mesh (GASpAR) codes”, ibid.
51. (with Rosenberg & Pouquet) “Towards dynamically adaptive high-order simulation of decaying 2D Navier-Stokes
flow”, SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences, Santa Fe 2007/3/31.
52. (with Rosenberg & Pouquet) “Spatially localized global Fourier analysis of 2D 3-vortex dynamics at Re=20000 simulated
by dynamically adaptive spectral elements” EUROMECH 491 Conference Exeter 2007/9/11–14
http://www.secamlocal.ex.ac.uk/people/staff/adgilber/euro/.
53. (2nd author with Taylor) “Local mass and energy conservation in spectral-element discretizations of the sphere (&
torus)” Sixth International Workshop on Unstructured Mesh Numerical Modelling of Coastal, Shelf & Ocean flows
London 2007/9/19–21 http://amcg.ese.ic.ac.uk/workshop.
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54. (2nd author with Taylor) “Local mass and energy conservation in spectral-element discretizations of the sphere (&
torus)” Workshop on the Solution of Partial Differential Equations on the Sphere Exeter 2007/9/24–27
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/conference/pdes2007/.
55. “Analysis of scale interactions” NCAS Climate 2nd High Resolution Modelling Workshop Reading 2007/10/29–31
http://ncas-climate.nerc.ac.uk/index.php?option=com content&task=view&id=91&itemid=35.
56. (with Rosenberg & Pouquet), “Spatially localized global Fourier analysis of 2D 3-vortex Dynamics at R = 2 × 10 4
simulated by dynamically adaptive spectral elements” Geophysical Turbulence Phenomena: Turbulent Theory and
Modeling 2008/2/27–29 http://www.image.ucar.edu/Workshops/TOY2008/focus1/.
57. (2nd author with Taylor, Lauritzen & St-Cyr) “A locally conservative spectral element dynamical core with nonoscillatory
advection for the Community Climate System Model” SIAM Conference on Computational Science and
Engineering Miami 2009/3/2-6 http://www.siam.org/meetings/cse09/.
58. (3rd author with St-Cyr & Taylor) “How to monotonize the spectral element advection operator” Workshop on the
Solution of Partial Differential Equations on the Sphere Santa Fe 2009/4/27–30 http://cnls.lanl.gov/pde/Agenda.html.
59. (4th author with Taylor, St-Cyr & P Lauritzen) “CCSM with the HOMME spectral element atmospheric dynamical
core on the cubed-sphere grid” ibid.
60. (with Baerenzung, Rosenberg, Mininni & Pouquet) “Wavelet analysis of rotating turbulence: Preliminary results”
NCAR-Wyoming Days Workshop 2009/5/20
61. (3rd author with Rosenberg, Pouquet, St-Cyr & P Mininni) “Adaptive high-order methods for turbulence” ibid.
62. (2nd author with L Delle Monache, Y Liu, G Roux & T Warner) “Development of Kalman filter and analogs schemes
to improve numerical weather predictions” Wind Energy Prediction - Research & Development Workshop 2010/5/11
http://ral.ucar.edu/projects/wind energy workshop/.
63. (6th author with Roux, Liu, MJ Pocernich, WYY Cheng, Delle Monache, S Linden & W Myers) “Verification and
analysis of hub-height wind forecasts from the NCAR-Xcel WRF-RTFDDA” 91st American Meteorological Society
Annual Meeting 2011/1/26 http://ams.confex.com/ams/91Annual/webprogram/Paper186547.html.
64. (2nd author with Delle Monache, TM Hopson, Liu, B Mahoney, Roux & Warner) “Kalman filter, analog and wavelet
postprocessing in the NCAR-Xcel operational wind-energy forecasting system” ibid 2011/1/27
http://ams.confex.com/ams/91Annual/webprogram/Paper186510.html.
65. (2nd author with S Vannitsem) “Dynamics of the error and Lyapunov instability of a moist low-order climate model,”
Geophys Res Abstracts, 13 EGU General Assembly Session NP5.4, Vienna, 2011 April 3–8.
3.5.3 Proceedings (total 11)
1. “Wavelet representation of lower-atmospheric long nonlinear wave dynamics, governed by the Benjamin-Davis-Ono-
Burgers equation,” Wavelet Applications II, HH Szu, Ed., SPIE, 672-681, 1995.
2. “Wavelet analysis of observed geopotential and wind: blocking and local energy coupling across scales,” Wavelet
Applications in Signal and Image Processing IV, MA Unser et al, Eds., SPIE, 570-581, 1996.
3. (with DE Stevens) “Wavelet multiresolution analysis of numerically simulated 3d radiative convection,” Wavelet
Applications III, HH Szu, Ed., SPIE, 642-653, 1996.
4. (with DE Stevens) “Wavelet multiresolution analysis of entrainment in numerically simulated 3d stratus clouds,”
2nd International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle, Washington, DC, National Academy
of Sciences, June 17-21, 1996.
5. (with Taylor & Tribbia) “Spectral element method part 1: Numerical algorithms,” Proc 8th Annual Conf CFD Soc
Canada, 173-180, Montréal, 2000.
6. (with Taylor, LM Polvani & R Saravanan) “Spectral element method part 2: Numerical simulations,” ibid, 181-188.
7. (with Tribbia & Taylor) “Blocking in the spectral element atmospheric model: Effect of topography and resolution,”
ibid, 207-214.
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8. (4th author with SJ Thomas, R Loft & W Spotz) “Semi-implicit scheme for the spectral element atmospheric model,”
ibid, 231-238.
9. (3rd author with SJ Thomas, RD Loft & Tribbia) “Parallel semi-implicit spectral element dynamical core for
atmospheric general circulation models,” Proc 9th Annual Conf CFD Soc Canada, Montréal, 2001.
10. (4th author with Wang, Baer & Tribbia) “Regional climate modeling with a spectral element atmospheric model,”
37th CMOS Congress Atmosphere-Ocean Science: Impacts and Innovation, Ottawa, 2-5 June, 2003.
11. (2nd author with Baer, Wang & Tribbia) “Multi-resolution climate modeling,” DoE SciDAC PI Meeting, Charleston
SC, March 22-24, 2004.
3.5.4 Departmental seminars (total 28)
1. “Detection of cosmic ray muons with a proportional wire chamber,” McGill Experimental Physics Seminar, 1989.
2. “Resolution of the Twin Paradox,” McGill General Relativity Seminar, 1989.
3. “Deep inelastic lepton-hadron electromagnetic scattering in perturbative quantum chromodynamics,” Yale Relativistic
Field Theory Seminar, 1991.
4. “Albedo of cloud fields,” Yale GFD Seminar, 1992.
5. “Lorenz’s formulation of a low-order spectral model of a moist general circulation,” Yale GFD Seminar, 1993.
6. “Jon M Nese’s ‘Quantifying predictability in a low-order ocean-atmosphere model: A dynamical systems approach’,”
Physics Field Oral, 1994.
7. “Wavelet modeling of solitary and breaking wave dynamics’ PDEs in 1d space,” Yale GFD Seminar, 1995 October
13.
8. “Wavelet multiresolution analysis of numerically simulated 3D radiative convection,” Yale GFD Seminar, 1996 April
19.
9. “Energy and enstrophy budget of atmospheric blocking: Time dependence and zonal orthogonal wavelet analysis”
Yale GFD Seminar, 1996 November 15.
10. “Wavelet analysis of atmospheric dynamics and energetics,” PhD Defense, 1998 April 7.
11. “Wavelet analysis of atmospheric dynamics and energetics,” CGD Seminar, 1998.
12. “Lupo and Smith’s ‘The Interactions between a Midlatitude Blocking Anticyclone and Synoptic-Scale Cyclones That
Occurred during the Summer Season’,” CGD Journal Club, 1998 September 17.
13. “Schröder and Swelden’s ‘Spherical wavelets: Efficiently representing functions on the sphere’,” Wavelets Discussion
Group, 1999.
14. “Maximization of momentum transport w.r.t. contour orientation,” GDS Section Meeting, 1999.
15. “Summary of Alpert, Beylkin, Gines & Vozovoi, ‘Adaptive solution of PDEs in multiwavelet bases’,” GSP/GDS
Wavelets Discussion Group, December 7, 1999.
16. “Atmospheric blocking: Wavelet energetics of observations, and (in)sensitivity of primitive-eq. simulations to resolution
and topography,” presentation for ASP Thompson Lecturer Dr Tim Palmer, April 13, 2000.
17. “Persistent quasi-stationary ridges in the Spectral Element Atmospheric Model,” ASP Research Report, April 19,
2000.
18. “Wavelet-domain energy and enstrophy transfers between atmospheric blocks and local eddies, averaged over the
NCEP reanalysis,” GDS Section Meeting, February 6, 2001.
19. “Wavelet-domain energy and enstrophy transfers between atmospheric blocks and local eddies, averaged over the
NCEP reanalysis,” presentation for ASP Thompson Lecturer Prof James R Holton, February 20, 2001.
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20. “Modeling high-order multiscale dynamical systems using trees of adaptive spectral elements,” presentation for ASP
Thompson Lecturer Prof Edward N Lorenz, July 26, 2002.
21. “Adaptive representation, complexity reduction and computation of atmospheric dynamics using wavelets and spectral
elements,” University of Toronto Physics Colloquium, August 13, 2002.
22. “Review and prospects of adaptive meshes in atmospheric numerical simulation,” UK Met Office 2007 Sept 28.
23. “Numerical methods for the atmosphere,” UoR Mathematics Dept Informal Numerical Analysis and CFD Seminar,
2007 November 15.
24. “High-order simulations and analyses of atmospheric flows using adaptive mesh refinement,” UoR Meteorology Dept
Lunchtime Seminar 2007 December 11.
25. “Spatially localized global Fourier analysis of 2D 3-vortex dynamics at Re=20000 simulated by dynamically adaptive
spectral elements,” UoR BL Meteorology Group Meeting 2008 March 14.
26. (3rd author with Rosenberg, Pouquet, St-Cyr & P Mininni) “Adaptive high-order methods for turbulence” CSU
Applied Math 2008 May.
27. (3rd author with Rosenberg, Pouquet, St-Cyr & P Mininni) “Adaptive high-order methods for turbulence” seminar
at U Buenos Aires, 2009/8.
28. (with Auligné) “Development of Wavelet Methodology for WRF Data Assimilation” NCAR/NESL/MMM seminar
2010 October 28.
3.5.5 Other conferences attended (total 24)
1. Baryons ’92, Yale U, New Haven, 1992.
2. AGU Spring Meeting, Montréal, 1992.
3. 11th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Montréal, 1992.
4. IUTAM/IUGG Symposium on Developments in Geophysical Turbulence, NCAR, Boulder, 1998 June 16-19.
5. UNU-NCAR-NSF-UNEP La Niña Workshop, Boulder, 1998 July 15-17.
6. NCAR Colloquium, Statistics for understanding the atmosphere and ocean, Boulder, 1998 July 18-24.
7. NCAR/GTP Workshop, Observations, Experiments and LES: A Triad for Geophysical Turbulence Studies, Boulder,
1998 August 13-15.
8. Wavelet Applications in Signal and Image Processing VII, Denver, 1999.
9. Atmosphere modeling working group (AMWG) Workshop, NCAR, 2000 December 12-14.
10. NCAR/GTP Retreat at NOAA, Boulder, 2001 September 17.
11. NCAR/GTP Workshop, Fronts in Scalar and Vector Geophysical Fields, 2001 June 27-29.
12. SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, San Diego, 2003 February 10-13.
13. NCAR/GTP Workshop, Stochastic Modeling of Geophysical Flows, 2003 March 12-14.
14. NCAR/GTP Workshop, Atmospheric Turbulence and Mesoscale Meteorology, 2004 June 14-15.
15. Second DoE Workshop on Multiscale Mathematics, 2004 July 20-22.
16. NCAR/IMAGe Workshop, Multi-scale Interactions in the Tropics to Midlatitudes: Mathematical Theory, Observations
and Numerical Models, 2005 September 26-30.
17. NCAR/IMAGe Workshop, Multi-Scale Interactions in a GCM grid box: Mathematical Theory, Numerics, and Parameterization,
2005 October 31-November 4.
18. NCAR/IMAGe Workshop, Stochastic and Statistical Parameterization of Unresolved Features in the Atmosphere
and Upper Ocean, 2006 February 27-March 3.
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19. NCAR/IMAGe Workshop, Multi-Scale Processes for Low Frequency Variability, Climate, and Climate Change Response,
2006 May 15–19.
20. Workshop on Flow-dependent Aspects of Data Assimilation at the ECMWF Reading 2007 June 11–13
http://www.ecmwf.int/publications/library/do/references/list/14092007.
21. Royal Meteorological Society Data Assimilation Meeting at the UK Met Office Exeter 2007 Oct 12.
22. U Reading/ICFD Workshop, The Discontinuous Galerkin Method and its Applications, 2007 Oct 31.
23. U Reading/ICFD Workshop, Mathematics and Applications of Data Assimilation, 2008 May 1.
24. NCAR/ASP/ECSA Junior Faculty Forum, Connecting weather and climate in theory, models and observations, 2009
July 14–16.
3.5.6 Other contributed posters (total 8)
1. “Wavelet representation of lower atmospheric long nonlinear wave dynamics, governed by the Benjamin-Davis-Ono-
Burgers equation,” Eos Trans AGU, 75(44), Fall Meet Suppl, Abstract A41B-1, 1994.
2. 21st Annual Conference on Mathematical Geophysics: Complex Systems in the Earth Sciences, Santa Fe, 1996.
3. “Adaptive spectral-element method for the shallow-water equations,” AMWG, Sixth Annual CCSM Workshop,
Breckenridge, 2001 June 26-28.
4. “Adaptive spectral-element method for the shallow-water equations,” Early Career Scientist Assembly, NCAR, 28
November 2001.
5. (4th author with Wang, Baer & Tribbia) “A spectral element atmospheric model for multi-resolution climate modeling”,
Eighth Annual CCSM Workshop, Breckenridge, 25 June 2003.
6. (4th author with Wang, Tribbia, Baer & Taylor) “A spectral element atmospheric model for resolution climate
modeling”, DoE SciDAC PI Meeting, Charleston SC, March 22-24, 2004.
7. (3rd author with H Weller & H Weller) “OpenFOAM and AtmosFOAM: Polyhedral modelling of the global atmosphere”,
The environmental e-Science revolution, London, April 7-8, 2008.
8. “Development of wavelet compression for WRF”, NCAR/MMM & AFWA Cloud analysis workshop, 2009 Sep 1–3.
3.6 Grants
3.6.1 Current & Previous Grants
US Department of
Energy
DoE/Sc/BER/
Climate Change
Prediction Program
NSF/Advanced
Computational
Infrastructure/
Information Technology
Research
NSF/DMS/Geoscience
Collaboration
Multi-Resolution Climate Modeling
Decadal Regional Climate Studies and Applications
with Variable-Resolution GCMs
Using Advanced Numerical Techniques
Solving PDEs using Low-Separation Rank
Representations and Optimal Quadratures
for Exponentials
Collaborative Research on Multiresolution
Adaptive Spectral Element Solvers for Atmospheric
Fluid Dynamics
Wavelet Modeling and Analysis of Atmospheric
Dynamics and Energetics
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2001-2004
$575 682 Co-PI
2002-2003 $60 924 PI
Unsupported Co-I
2001-2002 $258 977 Main author of
proposal; research
staff
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3.6.2 Computer-Resources Grants
National Energy Research
Supercomputer Center
Multiresolution climate modeling with the
spectral element method
Multiresolution climate modeling with
SEAM
Multiresolution adaptive modeling of
spherical turbulence with SEAM
Climate and 3D turbulence modeling with
SEAM
Studying climate response to regional and
subgrid scales with SEAM
Modeling 3D decaying turbulence on the
sphere with SEAM
NCAR Wavelet Modeling and Analysis of Atmospheric
Dynamics and Energetics
3.7 Fellowships, Prizes, & Awards (total 15)
2005–2008
2004
2002-2003
Senior investigator
2001 Main author of proposal;
research staff
1999-2000
1999-2000
1. SAT Achievement Award: Full Tuition at any State University, Massachusetts, 1983.
2. Faculty Scholar, McGill U, 1988.
3. First Class Honors, University Scholar, McGill U, 1989.
4. Josiah Willard Gibbs Fellowship, Yale U, 1989.
5. Conference on Wavelets and Fractals Travel Award, 1994.
6. Dynamics Days Texas Travel Award, 4-7 January 1995.
7. Nonlinear Science Workshop Travel Award, 1996.
8. AGU Spring Meeting, Best Student Presentation Nomination, 1996.
9. Complex Systems in the Earth Sciences Travel Award, 1996.
10. Fast Algorithms in Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering Travel Award, 2001.
Research staff
1995 Main author of proposal;
research staff
11. DoE/LBNL-NERSC Advanced Computational Testing & Simulation Workshop All-Expenses Award, 2001.
12. US National Academy of Sciences 14th Annual Beckman Frontiers of Science Symposium Invitation and All-Expenses
Award, 2002.
13. American Meteorological Society/UCAR Congressional Science Fellowship Finalist, 2009.
14. American Meteorological Society/UCAR Congressional Science Fellowship Finalist, 2010.
15. AAAS Energy, Environment & Agriculture Fellowship Finalist, 2011.
3.8 Reviewing Activities for Journals & Other Learned Publications
Scientific referee for Applied Mathematics Letters, Cambridge U Press, Fisheries Research, Geophysical Research
Letters, International Journal of Climatology, Journal of Climate, Journal of Computational Physics, Journal of
Fluid Mechanics, Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Nature, Physical Review A,
Physical Review E, Physical Review Letters and Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society and signed
reviewer (for published work) for Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society and Mathematical Reviews.
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3.9 Other
1. Member of AGU, American Meteorological Society, American Physical Society, Computational Fluid Dynamics
Society of Canada, EGS, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and Union of Concerned Scientists.
2. Conversationally able in French & German.
3. Aikido 4th kyu, Tae Kwon Do Chung Do Kwan purple & Shorinjiryu Kenkokan Karate green belts.
4 Service
1. Committee Appointments
(a) NCAR Reallignment Associate-director responsibilities subcommittee 2004
(b) NCAR Communicating Science Workshop (representing MMM) 2010
2. Volunteer instructor
(a) Yale U Program for Inner City High School SAT Mathematics Preparation, 1990
(b) Yale U Branch volunteer to Hillhouse High School Science Club, 1991
(c) NCAR Super Science Saturday Demonstrator, 2010
3. Mentor
(a) Pre-Registration Orientation Program, 1994
(b) Yale U Academic Mentor Program in the Sciences, 1994
(c) Boulder County Workforce, high school student mentor, 2004
(d) Boulder Valley School District Science Research Seminar Mentor, 2005
(e) UCAR Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science Writing Mentor, 2010
4. Reviewer
(a) Candidate reviewing for NCAR Advanced Study Program, 2004–2008
(b) Candidate Interviewer: Yale U Alumni Schools Committee, 2001-present.
(c) Proposal reviewing for National Research Council and National Science Foundation.
5. Unpaid services to local, State, & federal agencies
(a) Guest instructor, Boulder Bridge School, Conservation of energy (1 lecture) 1999
(b) Volunteer Science Fair Judge: Nederland Elementary School Sixth Grade, 2000/2/10.
(c) Volunteer Science Fair Judge: Boulder Valley Secondary Regional Science & Engineering Fair, 2000/3/10.
(d) Volunteer Judge: Boulder Valley Science Research Symposium, 2006/4/13.
(e) Volunteer Science Fair Judge: Peak-to-Peak Charter School, 2006/1/26-27, 2010/1/13.
(f) Volunteer Science Fair Judge: Roche Colorado Regional Science Fair, 2007/3/1, 2008/3/6, 2009/2/26, 2010/2/23.
6. Letters to the editor, op-eds: “Climategate” 2009/12 (Boulder Weekly); Missile defense 2001/2 (Daily Camera);
Kyoto 1999/2, Global warming 1999/4 (Denver Post); Global warming (2) 2001/7 (Mountain-Ear).
7. Conference presiding
(a) New Frontiers in Math Geoscience I & IV: Climate Modeling and Atmos Dynamics, AGU 2001 Spring Meeting.
(b) Balance in Atmosphere Dynamics, EGS 26 General Assembly, 2001.
(c) “Model and Numerics in the Atmosphere and Ocean”, SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational
Issues in the Geosciences, 2005 Avignon, June 7-10.
(d) NCAR/IMAGe Workshop, Multi-scale Interactions in the Tropics to Midlatitudes: Mathematical Theory, Observations
and Numerical Models, 2005 September 27 Morning.
(e) Workshop on the Solution of Partial Differential Equations on the Sphere, 2008 September 26 Morning
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/conference/pdes2007/.
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