Fall 2015

Colloquia are held on Fridays at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II, unless noted otherwise. Refreshments are served at 11:30 am. For questions about the seminar schedule, please contact Yassine Boubendir.


Date: October 30, 2015

Speaker: Wooyoung Choi
Department of Mathematical Sciences,
New Jersey Institute of Technology

University Profile

Title: "Can We Predict Evolving Nonlinear Waves in the Ocean, or Even Those in Laboratory Tanks?"

Abstract:

The accurate prediction of nonlinear ocean waves is a challenging task due to complicated nonlinear interactions among waves of different spatial scales ranging from centimeters up to kilometers. Another source of difficulty lies in a lack of our understanding of various physical processes in the ocean including wave breaking and wind forcing. In this talk, our recent efforts to develop theoretical models to describe the evolution of nonlinear ocean waves will be described. Validation and invalidation of the models with laboratory experiments will be presented and some remaining challenges will be discussed.