Remembering Jack Herring

Dr Jackson Rea Herring passed away peacefully on May 26, 2022 in Boulder, Colorado after a short illness. Jack was a Senior Scientist at the Mesoscale Microscale Meteorology Division at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) at Boulder, Colorado, the position he had held since 1978. Jack earned his B.S. in Physics from Wake Forrest College (1953) and his M.S. and Ph.D., also in Physics, from the University of North Carolina (1956 and 1959). Upon graduating, Jack worked as a physicist at the Theoretical Division, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., and Washington, D.C. (1959–1960), the Institute for Space Studies, New York City, N.Y. (1960–1964), and, again, at the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. (1964–1972). He was then a Long-Term Visitor and then a Senior Scientist at the Advanced Science Program (ASP) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) at Boulder, Colorado (1972–1978), and starting in 1978, he was a Senior Scientist at the Mesoscale Research Section of Mesoscale Microscale Meteorology Division of NCAR. Jack was Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at the Advanced Study Program at NCAR (1972), Green Scholar at the University of California, San Diego (I.G.P.P.; 1978), and Professeur associé à l'lnstitut de Mécanique de Grenoble (1988). He served on the Advisory Board of Editors for Meteorology and Oceanography, World Scientific Publishing Co., was Associate Editor of Physics of Fluids, was Associate of the La Jolla Institute and served on the Advisory Committee of the NASA-Stanford Center for Turbulence Research (1988-1989).

A special issue in the open access journal "Atmosphere" is dedicated to Jack’s work.

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/atmosphere/special_issues/0ZB2T055OT

 

See the list below of Jack's publications:

Zhou, Y., and J. Herring, 2017: Special issue of Computers and Fluids in honor of Cecil E. (Chuck) Leith. Computers and Fluids, 151, 1-2, doi:10.1016/j.compfluid.2017.05.001.

Herring, J. R., and Y. Kimura, 2013: Some issues and problems of stably stratified turbulence. Physica Scripta, 2013, doi:10.1088/0031-8949/2013/T155/014031.

Kimura, Y., and J. R. Herring, 2012: Energy spectra of stably stratified turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 698, 19-50, doi:10.1017/jfm.2011.546.

Zhou, Y., C. E. Leith, J. R. Herring, and Y. Kimura, 2012: Predictability error growth of turbulent flows. Mechanics Research Communications, 39, 15-17, doi:10.1016/j.mechrescom.2011.08.004.

Herring, J. R., Y. Kimura, R. James, J. P. Clyne, and P. A. Davidson, 2006: Statistical and dynamical questions in stratified turbulence. Mathematical and Physical Theory of Turbulence, J. Canon and B. Shivamoggi, Eds., Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, 101-114 doi:10.1201/9781420014976.ch6.

Kimura, Y., and J. R. Herring, 2001: Gradient enhancement and filament ejection for a non-uniform elliptic vortex in two-dimensional turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 439, 43-56, doi:10.1017/S0022112001004529.

Kerr, R. M., and J. R. Herring, 2000: Prandtl number dependence of Nusselt number in DNS. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 419, 325-344,.

Kerr, R. M., and J. R. Herring, 2000: Prandtl number dependence of Nusselt number in direct numerical simulations. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 419, 325-344, doi:10.1017/S0022112000001464.

Herring, J. R., 1999: Some problems and issues in geophysical turbulence. Fluid Dynamics Research, 24, 363-373, doi:10.1016/S0169-5983(99)00006-4.

Herring, J. R., 1998: Eddy viscosity and the statistical theory of turbulence. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 27, 233-241, doi:10.1016/S0377-0265(97)00012-2.

Kimura, Y., and J. R. Herring, 1996: Diffusion in stably stratified turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 328, 253-269, doi:10.1017/S0022112096008713.

Duan, J., and Coauthors, 1996: GPS meteorology: Direct estimation of the absolute value of precipitable water. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 35, 830-838, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1996)0352.0.CO;2.

Kerr, R. M., J. R. Herring, and A. Brandenburg, 1995: Large-scale structure in Rayleigh-Benard convection with impenetrable sidewalls. Chaos Solitons & Fractals, 5, 2047-2051, doi:10.1016/0960-0779(94)00181-O.

Herring, J. R., R. M. Kerr, and R. Rotunno, 1994: Ertel's potential vorticity in unstratified turbulence. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 51, 35-47, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1994)0512.0.CO;2.

Herring, J. R., and R. M. Kerr, 1993: Development of enstrophy and spectra in numerical turbulence. Physics of Fluids A: Fluid Dynamics, 5, 2792-2798, doi:10.1063/1.858741.

Gotoh, T., R. S. Rogallo, J. R. Herring, and R. H. Kraichnan, 1993: Lagrangian velocity correlations in homogeneous isotropic turbulence. Physics of Fluids A: Fluid Dynamics, 5, 2846-2864, doi:10.1063/1.858748.

Chen, S. Y., G. Doolen, J. R. Herring, R. H. Kraichnan, S. A. Orszag, and Z. S. She, 1993: Far-dissipation range of turbulence. Physical Review Letters, 70, 3051-3054, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.3051.

Herring, J. R., and O. Metais, 1992: Spectral transfer and bispectra for turbulence with passive scalars. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 235, 103-121, doi:10.1017/S0022112092001058.

He, X., J. Lewalle, and J. Herring, 1991: Spectral simulation for the development of vortex arrays in stratified fluids. Physics of Fluids A: Fluid Dynamics, 3, 675-680, doi:10.1063/1.858073.

Herring, J. R., 1990: Comparison of closure to spectral-based large eddy simulations. Physics of Fluids A: Fluid Dynamics, 2, 979-983, doi:10.1063/1.857605.

Herring, J.R.; McWilliams, J.C. Lecture Notes on Turbulence. In Lecture Notes from the NCAR-GTP Summer School; Herring, J.R.; 498 McWilliams, J.C., Eds.; World Scientific, Singapore, 1989; p. 371. doi:10.1142/0776

Chen, H. D., J. R. Herring, R. Kerr, and R. H. Kraichnan, 1989: Non-gaussian statistics in isotropic turbulence. Physics of Fluids A: Fluid Dynamics, 1, 1844-1854, doi:10.1063/1.857556.

Herring, J. R., and O. J. Métais, 1989: Numerical experiments in forced stably stratified turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 202, 97-115, doi:10.1017/S0022112089001114.

Métais, O., and J. R. Herring, 1989: Numerical simulations of freely evolving turbulence in stably stratified fluids. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 202, 117-148, doi:10.1017/S0022112089001126.

Herring, J. R., 1988: The inverse cascade range of quasi-geostrophic turbulence. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 38, 106-115, doi:10.1007/BF01029952.

Lesieur, M., and J. R. Herring, 1985: Diffusion of a passive scalar in two-dimensional turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 161, 77-95, doi:10.1017/S0022112085002828.

Herring, J. R., and J. C. Mcwilliams, 1985: Comparison of direct numerical simulation of two-dimensional turbulence with two-point closure: the effects of intermittency. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 153, 229-242, doi:10.1017/S0022112085001239.

Herring, J. R., 1985: Quasi-geostrophic turbulence and the mesoscale variability. Macroscopic Modelling of Turbulent Flows, Lecture Notes in Physics, Sophia-Antipolis, 237-247 doi:10.1007/3-540-15644-5_17.

Curry, J. H., J. R. Herring, J. Loncaric, and S. A. Orszag, 1984: Order and disorder in two- and three-dimensional Benard convection. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 147, 1-38, doi:10.1017/S0022112084001968.

Herring, J. R., 1984: The predictability of quasigeostrophic flows. AIP Conference Proceedings, 106, 321-332, doi:10.1063/1.34280.

Herring, J. R., D. Schertzer, M. Lesieur, G. R. Newman, J. -P. M. Chollet, and M. Larcheveque, 1982: A comparative assessment of spectral closures as applied to passive scalar diffusion. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 124, 411-437, doi:10.1017/S0022112082002560.

Herring, J. R., and R. Kerr, 1982: Comparison of direct numerical simulations with predictions of two-point closures for isotropic turbulence convecting a passive scalar. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 118, 205-219, doi:10.1017/S0022112082001049.

Herring, J. R., 1980: Statistical theory of quasi-geostrophic turbulence. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 37, 969-977, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1980)0372.0.CO;2.

Herring, J. R., 1980: A note on Owens' mesoscale eddy simulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 10, 804-806, doi:10.1175/1520-0485(1980)0102.0.CO;2.

Herring, J. R., 1980: Theoretical calculations of turbulent bispectra. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 97, 193-204, doi:10.1017/S0022112080002509.

Newman, G. R., and J. R. Herring, 1979: Test field model study of a passive scalar in isotropic turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 94, 163-194, doi:10.1017/S0022112079000987.

Herring, J. R., and R. H. Kraichnan, 1979: A numerical comparison of velocity-based and strain-based Lagrangian-history turbulence approximations. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 91, 581-597, doi:10.1017/S0022112079000343.

Kraichnan, R. H., and J. R. Herring, 1978: A strain-based Lagrangian-history turbulence theory. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 88, 355-367, doi:10.1017/S0022112078002153.

Herring, J. R., 1977: On the statistical theory of two-dimensional topographic turbulence. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 34, 1731-1750, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1977)0342.0.CO;2.

Schumann, U., and J. R. Herring, 1976: Axisymmetric homogeneous turbulence: a comparison of direct spectral simulations with the direct-interaction approximation. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 76, 755-782, doi:10.1017/S0022112076000888.

Herring, J. R., 1975: Theory of two-dimensional anisotropic turbulence. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 32, 2254-2271, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1975)0322.0.CO;2.

Herring, J. R., S. A. Orszag, R. H. Kraichnan, and D. G. Fox, 1974: Decay of two-dimensional homogeneous turbulence. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 66, 417-444, doi:10.1017/S0022112074000280.

Herring, J. R., 1974: Approach of axisymmetric turbulence to isotropy. Physics of Fluids, 17, 859-872, doi:10.1063/1.1694822.

Herring, J. R., J. J. Riley, G. S. Patterson, and R. H. Kraichnan, 1973: Growth of uncertainty in decaying isotropic turbulence. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 30, 997-1006, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1973)0302.0.CO;2.

Herring, J. R., 1964: Investigation of Problems in Thermal Convection: Rigid Boundaries. J. Atmos. Sci., 21, 277–290, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1964)021<0277:IOPITC>2.0.CO;2

Herring, J. R., 1963: Investigation of Problems in Thermal Convection. J. Atmos. Sci., 20, 325–338, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1963)020<0325:IOPITC>2.0.CO;2