• E-mail: R.M.Enriquez@damtp
• Research Group:
  Dynamical Meteorology & Oceanography
• Other Research Interests:
  Fluid Mechanics, Physical Oceanography, Turbulence
• Office Tel: 01223 339895
• Office: H1.17
• Address:
  DAMTP,
  Centre for Mathematical Sciences,
  Wilberforce Road,
  Cambridge,
  CB3 0WA,
  United Kingdom
  
• More Info (internal):
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Dr Rica Enriquez

Career

• 2013-date: Postdoctoral fellow, University of Cambridge
• 2006-2013: Doctoral student, Stanford University
• 2005-2006: Masters student, Stanford University
• 2001-2005: Undergraduate student, The Johns Hopkins University

Research

Large-eddy simulation (LES), as the name suggests, resolves the large eddies in the flow while modeling the effects of smaller motions (turbulence) on those larger eddies. Powerful computers make LES increasingly practical for analyzing a variety of atmospheric and oceanic behavior in more detail, creating a need for more realistic turbulence models. Advances in describing turbulence can impact many disciplines, e.g., weather and climate prediction, wind energy production, ocean dynamics, and, indeed, even computational fluid dynamics itself.

Turbulence significantly impacts momentum and scalar transport in the atmosphere and ocean. I specialize in developing turbulence parameterizations to improve the accuracy of large-eddy simulations. As a member of the Taylor research group, I am working on improving the representation of mixing and transport in the upper ocean. My PhD work with Robert L. Street at Stanford Univeristy included creating a turblence model that is applicable to a range of atmospheric stability conditions.