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Statistical mechanics and numerical modelling of geophysical fluid dynamics
Dubinkina, S.B.
Publication date
2010
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Dubinkina, S. B. (2010). Statistical mechanics and numerical modelling of geophysical fluid
dynamics.
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Acknowledgements
I would liketo taketheopportunitytothankmysupervisorsJasonFrank and
Jan Verwer. They taught me a lot andtheyhelped me in dierentaspe ts of
myprofessionalgrowth. Without themthisthesiswouldnothaveexisted.
IwouldliketothankSebastianRei handBenLeimkuhlerforfruitfuldis ussions
thatwehadduringdierent onferen esandworkshops,fortheirhelpinwriting
theproposals.
IwishtoexpressmygratitudetoVladislavVasil'evi hPukhna hev,myadviser
ba ktoRussia,whohasintrodu edmeto theex itingworldofresear h.
I amverythankful tomygreat tutorVladimir Ivanovi h Ko herzhinskiy,who
showedmehowwonderfulmathemati sis.
I would like to a knowledge my olleagues at CWI for their help and
open-mindeddis ussions. Manythankstomyo ematesfor reatingani eworking
atmosphere: NgaPham Thi,ValeriuSav en o,PetervanHeijster, Ma iej
Do-brzynski, SjorsvanderStelt, MohammadKhalsaraei andJanis Bajars. When
it omes to prompt administration of all kind of do uments, my regards to
Nada Mitrovi , Susanne van Dam, Martine Anholt-Gunzeln, Mike Zonsveld
and IrmavanLunenburg. ThankstoJuliaZijlstra forhelpingme totranslate
theSamenvatting.
In these adventureyears of my PhDI have been fortuned with many friends.
I wouldliketo thankNga &Thieu, Valera,Maria&Alexey, Valeria,Anna &
Vasily, Antonis, Peter, Ma iek, Janis, Stephanie & Nils, Giulia & Ovidiu for
hattering lun hes, lovely evenings, unbeatable dinners, enjoyable board and
tennisgames,and ex itingwaterevents.
I wishtothankmydearhusbandDenis,whohassupportedmeallthese years
and who has been traveling to the Netherlands almost every week-end sin e
August2005.
Lastly,Iwouldliketo expressmysin ereappre iationtomydearmama,papa
