Séminaire vendredi 9 dec 11h00 / Seminar Friday Dec 9 11h00 Conférencier/Lecturer: Peter Bartello McGill University Sujet/Subject: Ondes, vortex et méthodes numériques de mésoéchelle dans l'atmosphère Presentation: Francais/French Lieu/Room: Grande salle du premier étage CMC iweb: http://iweb.cmc.ec.gc.ca/rpn/SEM web: http://collaboration.cmc.ec.gc.ca/science/rpn/SEM/index.php -------------------------------------------------- RESUME / ABSTRACT An overview of recent research on the wave/vortex dynamics of the mesoscale range of the atmospheric energy spectrum will be presented. The presence or absence of these dynamics in a variety of "realistic" GCM, weather-prediction and boundary-layer models will also be discussed. A few of these reproduce the correct spectrum while most do not. It is argued that this may be attributed to their numerics in the form of insufficient vertical and/or temporal resolution.