Invitation to participate: Spring School on Fluid Mechanics and Geophysics of Environmental Hazards
The Spring School on Fluid Mechanics and Geophysics of Environmental Hazards that will teach the mechanical fundamentals of geophysical fluid dynamics, and on geophysical hazard and risk in the atmosphere and ocean, will be held at the Institute of Mathematical Science, National University of Singapore. It will focus on four specific environmental hazards:
- typhoons and tropical cyclones;
- monsoons and flooding;
- tsunamis; pollution of atmosphere, ocean and
- the urban environment.
The objectives of the School is to promote active and collaborative research activity among the participants. Its long-term objective is to initiate a network of young scientists in countries of Asia and the Pacific who will be committed to work in this interdisciplinary area, and to launch a program of research addressing these problems.
The School is promoted jointly by two of the International Scientific Unions of ICSU (the International Council for Science): IUTAM (the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics) and IUGG (the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics). The School is supported also by ICSU's Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Region, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and it contributes to two of ICSU's priority areas: Natural and Human-Induced Environmental Hazards and Disasters and Building Scientific Capacity .
Graduates in mathematics, physics or engineering, and who wish to undertake research in this broad area are encouraged to apply .
Interested candidates may obtain the application form and further details from http://www.ims.nus.edu.sg/Programs/09fluidss/index.htm
or write to:
Secretary
Institute for Mathematical Sciences
National University of Singapore
3 Prince George's Park Singapore
118402 Republic of Singapore
or email to imssec@nus.edu.sg .
