PUBLICATIONS

1991-1996 ------- 1997-2001 --------2002-2005 ------- NEW

2005

Johnson E.R., Esler J.G., Rump O.J., Sommeria J., Vilenski G.G. (2005) Orographically generated nonlinear waves in rotating and nonrotating two-layer flow. Proceedings of the Royal Society, A. (.pdf 2.8 Mo)

Decamp S. (2005) 'Etude en laboratoire de courants de gravité sur un talus continental'; thèse Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble; file .pdf (14 Mo) file .pdf (14 Mo)

Ferrero E., Longhetto A., Montabone L., Mortarini L., Manfrin M., Sommeria J., Didelle H., Giraud C., Rizza U. (2005) Physical simulations of neutral boundary layer in rotating tank. Il Nuovo cimento. C 28, 1-17.

Orr A., Hunt J.C.R., Sommeria J., Capon D.J., Cresswell D., Owinoh A. (2005) Coriolis effects on wind jets and cloudiness along coasts. Weather 60, 291-299.(.pdf, 899 ko)

Praud O., Fincham A. (2005) 'The structure and dynamics of dipolar vortices in a stratified fluid'. J. Fluid Mech. 544, 1-22.preprint pdf

Potherat A., Sommeria J., Moreau R. (2005) 'Numerical simulation of an effective 2D model  for flows with transverse magnetic field' , J. Fluid Mech. 534, 115-143.

Thivolle-Cazat E., Sommeria J. and Galmiche M. (2005) "Baroclinic instability of two-layer vortices in laboratory experiments" J. Fluid Mech. 544, 69-97 preprint(.pdf)

Praud O., Fincham A. and Sommeria J. (2005) Decaying grid turbulence in a strongly stratified fluid, J. Fluid Mech. 522, 1-33 .preprint (.pdf, 4 Mo)

Sous D., Bonneton N. and Sommeria J.(2005) “Transition from deep to shallow water layer: formation of vortex dipoles”, European Journal of Mechanics B  24, 19-32.

2004

Read P. L., Y. H. Yamazaki, S. R. Lewis, P. D. Williams, K. Miki-Yamazaki, J. Sommeria, H. Didelle, A. Fincham (2004), Jupiter's and Saturn's convectively driven banded jets in the laboratory, Geophys. Res. Lett. 31, L22701, doi:10.1029/2004GL020106.

Orr A., D. Cresswell, G. J. Marshall, J. C. R. Hunt, J. Sommeria, C. G. Wang, M. Light (2004), A ‘low level’ explanation for the recent large warming trend over the western Antarctic Peninsula involving blocked winds and changes in zonal circulation, Geophys. Res. Lett.  31, L06204, doi:10.1029/2003GL019160.(.pdf, 251 kO)

Sous D., Bonneton N. and Sommeria J. (2004) “Turbulent vortex dipoles in a shallow water layer”, Physics of Fluids 16, 2886-2898.

P. Bouruet-Aubertot, J. Sommeria, B. Le Cann and C.R. Koudella (2004) 'Intermittency of vertical density gradients at finescale and link with mixing processes' , Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 51, Issues 25-26, pp 2919-2941.

Flór J.B, Bush, J.W.M. & M. Ungarish (2004), 'An experimental study on the spin up of a stratified fluid'.
Geoph. Astr. Fluid Dyn. 98(4), 277-296.

Moulin, F.Y. & J.B. Flór  (2004)  'On the  spinup by a rotating disk in a rotating stratified fluid'.
J. Fluid Mech.  516,155-180.

2003

Thivolle-Cazat E., thèse soutenue le 25 Septembre2003, "Modélisation en laboratoire de l'instabilité d'un courant barocline et d'un courant côtier de gravité". fichier.pdf (13 Mo)

Galmiche M. , Sommeria J., Thivolle-Cazat E., Verron J. (2003) “Using data assimilation in laboratory experiments of geophysical flows”, CRAS 331, 843-848, internet archXIV/physics0302007

Rubino A. and Brandt P. (2003) "Warm core eddies studied by laboratory experiments and numerical modeling", J Phys. Ocean. 33, 431-435.

2002

Longhetto A., Montabone L., Provenzale A., Didelle H., Giraud C., Bertoni D. and Forza R. (2002) "Coherent vortices in rotating flows: a laboratory view", Il Nuovo Cimento 25 (2), 233-249.

Bouchet F. and Sommeria J. (2002) Emergence of intense jets and Jupiter Great Red Spot as maximum entropy structures, J. Fluid Mech 464, 165-207.

Chavanis P.H. and Sommeria J. (2002) "Statistical mechanics of the shallow water system", Phys. Rev. E 65, 026302

Sommeria J. (2002) "Avis de tempête sur Jupiter" , L'Astronomie, Mars/Avril 2002, 116, 138-142.

Ferrero E., Longhetto A., Briatore L., Chabert d'Hieres, Didelle H., Giraud ., Gleizon P. (2002) "A laboratory simulation of mesoscale flow interaction with the Alps", Dyn. Atmos. Oceans 35, 1-25.

Flór, J.B. ,Ungarish, M & J.W.M. Bush  (2002), Spin-up from rest in a stratified fluid: boundary flows.
J. Fluid Mech. 472,  51-82.

Flor .B. & I. Eames (2002) The dynamics of monopolar vortices on a topographic beta plane., J.Fluid Mech. 456, 353-376.

Pierini S., Fincham A.M., Renouard D., d'Ambrosio M.R., Didelle H. (2002) Laboratory modeling of topographic Rossby normal modes, Dyn. Atmos. Oceans 644, 1-21.

Potherat A, Sommeria J., Moreau R. (2002) "Effective boundary conditions for magnetohydrodynamic flows with thin Hartmann layers" Phys. Fluids 14, 403.

Serra, N., S. Sadoux, I. Ambar and D. Renouard, (2002), Observation and laboratory modeling of meddy generation at Cape St Vincent J. Phys. Oceans 32, 3-25.

J. Sommeria (2002) "Two-dimensional turbulence" in "New trends in turbulence" (Les Houches 2000), edited by M. Lesieur, A. Yaglom et F.David, EDP/Springer. Download (zip file .ps 7.4 Mo)

Staquet C. and Sommeria J. (2002) "Internal Gravity waves, from instability to turbulence", Annual Rev. Fluid Mech. 34, 559-593.