Email: waite@ucar.edu
Phone: 303-497-8927
Postal Address: PO Box 3045, STN CSC, Victoria, BC, V8W 3P4
Research Interests
I'm a postdoc with the Advanced Study Program. My general interests are in theoretical and computational geophysical fluid dynamics, particularly the interactions between vortices, inertia-gravity waves and turbulence in the atmosphere and ocean.
Recent Publications
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Publications & PDFs
Waite, M. L., Smolarkiewicz, P., 2007: Instability and breakdown of a vertical vortex pair in a strongly stratified fluid. Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Submitted).
Waite, M. L., Bartello, P., 2006: The transition from geostrophic to stratified turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 568, 89-108. [pdf]
Waite, M. L., Bartello, P., 2006: Stratified turbulence generated by internal gravity waves. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 546, 313-339. [pdf]
Waite, M. L., Bartello, P., 2004: Stratified turbulence dominated by vortical motion. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 517, 281-308. [pdf]
Campbell, S. A., Waite, M., 2001: Multistability in coupled Fitzhugh-Nagumo oscillators. Nonlinear Analysis 47, 1093-1104.
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