Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences (IMAGe)

 
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Theme for 2009: The Interaction of Simulation and Numerical Models


Workshop NCAR - Wyoming Days

19 - 20 May 2009, Boulder, Colorado

AGENDA


Tuesday May 19, 2009

9:15-9:45 Registration and Coffee
 
9:45 - 10:00 Welcome and Update
Doug Nychka (NCAR IMAGe) and Bryan Shader (University of Wyoming)
 
 
10:00 - 12:30 Parallel Adaptive Mesh Methods on Petascale Computers, with Applications to Geophysical Problems  [Abs]|

A Stochastic Newton Method for Statistical Inverse Problems Governed by PDEs  [Abs]|
Omar Ghattas, University of Texas at Austin
 
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
 
1:30 - 2:30 Efficient Nonparametric Density Estimation for Randomly Perturbed Elliptic Problems  [Abs] |
Donald Estep, Colorado State University
 
2:30 - 3:00 Afternoon Break
 
3:00 - 4:00 A New Computational Approach to Inverse Sensitivity Problems   [Abs]|
Donald Estep, Colorado State University
 
4:00 - 5:00 A Theoretical and Statistical Modeling Framework for Linking Tree Form  and Function to Forest Diversity and Productivity  [Abs]|
Jarrett Barber, Department of Statistics, University of Wyoming
 
5:00 - 7:00 Mixer  
 

Wednesday May 20

8:30-8:45 Coffee
 
8:45 - 10:00 Investigation of Rotating Turbulent Flows Using Large Eddy Simulations [Abs]|
Julien Baerenzung, NCAR IMAGe*
(will also include participation of other members from the Turbulence Numerics Team, IMAGe)
 
10:00 - 10:30 Break  
 
10:30 - 11:30 Wildfire Science and Modeling  [Abs]|
Janice Coen, MMM NCAR
 
11:30 - 12:00 Data Assimilation Using Small Ensemble Filters  [Abs]|

Jeff Anderson, DAReS, IMAGe
 
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
 
1:00 - 2:00 Techniques for High-order Adaptive Discontinuous Galerkin Discretizations in Fluid Dynamics  [Abs] |
Li Wang, University of Wyoming
 
2:00   Workshop Adjourns
Weather permitting, a delightful hike/walk afterwards from the Chautauqua Trailhead