Browsing University of Waterloo by Supervisor "Poulin, Francis"
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Development and Application of Models and Diagnostics for Geophysical Fluid Flows
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-07)This thesis presents the development and application of numerical tools for simulating and diagnosing quasi-geostrophic fluid systems. In this thesis we present a new numerical model called SPIQG that is pseudo-spectral ... -
Direct Numerical Simulations of the Degeneration and Shear Instability of Large and Small Amplitude Basin Scale Internal Waves at Varied Aspect Ratios
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-14)This thesis presents high resolution simulations of the degeneration and shear instability of standing waves, or seiches, of varying amplitudes and aspect ratios in a continuously stratified fluid. It is well known that ... -
The Dynamics of the Beaufort Gyre
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-23)The Beaufort gyre is located in the Canadian Arctic basin and is responsible for the dominant circulation of the Beaufort Sea. Currently, the gyre flows in an anti-cyclonic direction, which leads to the deflection of fresh ... -
Finite Element Exterior Calculus with Applications to the Numerical Solution of the Green–Naghdi Equations
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-09)The study of finite element methods for the numerical solution of differential equations is one of the gems of modern mathematics, boasting rigorous analytical foundations as well as unambiguously useful scientific ... -
The Instability of Geophysical Flows: Two-layer Frontal Instabilities and Continuously Stratified Inertial Instabilities
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-11)This thesis examines the instabilities of idealized two layer fronts with vertically curved interfaces as well as the inertial instabilities of barotropic and baroclinic jets with background linear stratification. We ... -
Stability of Coastal Jets: Linear Stability Calculations and Nonlinear Simulations
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-16)In this thesis, a new numerical ocean model, Tempest, has been developed for application to simple process studies of large-scale ocean dynamics. This model allows for hydrostatic, non-hydrostatic, quasi-hydrostatic, and ...