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====== Wave Resonance and Multistability in Atmospheric Jet Dynamics  ======

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Coordination : Corentin Herbert (ENS-Lyon, Laboratoire de Physique)\\
Partners : un doctorant et plusieurs étudiants en master du Laboratoire de Physique (à recruter)\\
Expert analyse numérique et calcul scientifique : Cerasela Calugaru (représentant CBP/PSMN)

Abrupt transitions of the climate of the Earth are believed to have occurred in the past,
and are a crucial point in the public debate about global warming. Yet, it remains virtually unknown
whether the atmospheric circulation, which corresponds to the fastest timescales of the system, may
undergo such transitions at the planetary scale. This project aims at putting this fundamental question
on a robust scientific basis. A major challenge is that such questions involve the long-term dynamics of
turbulent jets at the planetary scale: this is an outstanding problem both for theory and simulations.
Indeed, while the basic mechanisms leading to the self-organization of geophysical flows into zonal
jets are known, the nonlinear interplay between jets, waves and turbulence leading to their complex
dynamics remains largely unexplored. Besides, running current atmospheric models with many degrees
of freedom over such timescales is impossible. To help solving this issue, we propose to develop modern
tools based on nonlinear dynamics and statistical physics. Specifically, we will test the hypothesis that
atmospheric jet dynamics can support multiple steady-states — the conventional circulation, and a
state of strong eastward jet velocities at the equator, referred to as superrotation — and that random
fluctuations of the dynamics may trigger transitions between these two states. We will study how
resonant excitation of equatorial waves can lead to a bifurcation of the jet, using classical geophysical
fluid dynamics and new theoretical tools taking into account the turbulent character of the flow. These
tools shall be applicable to broader problems in jet dynamics across a wide range of geophysical and
astrophysical flows.

====== Contribution du CBP ======

  * expertise the numerical simulations with the General Circulation Model
  * expertise of intensive parallel computing