Frank Robinson

This is the web page of Frank Robinson, a Post-doctoral associate in the Department of Geology and Geophysics and a Research Scientist in the Department of Astronomy at Yale. I am an applied mathematician interested in numerical simulations of the Sun, Sun-like stars, the Earth's atmosphere and laboratory convection experiments.

VISUALIZATIONS SELECTED RECENT PAPERS
Stellar surface convection
  • Granulation in the Sun (3500km by 3500km)
  • 42 minutes of granulation in Procyon (29000km by 29000km)
  • Convective plumes in Procyon (14500km by 16300km)

    Overshooting cloud tops
  • Tropospheric convection

    Rayleigh-Benard convection in a perfect gas
  • Boussinesq
  • Non-Boussinesq

    		• On the effects of coherent structures on higher order moments in models of solar and stellar surface convection Kupka, F. & Robinson, F.J. MNRAS 374,305 (2007)
    On Dissipation inside Turbulent Convection Zones from 3D Simulations of Solar Convection Penev, K., Sasselov, D., Robinson, F. & Demarque, P. ApJ 655, 1166 (2007)
    Resonant Response of Deep Convection to Surface Hot Spots Robinson, F., Sherwood, S. & Li, Y. In press, to appear in JAS in 2007
    Modeling the Impact of Convective Entrainment on the Tropical Tropopause Robinson, F.J. & Sherwood, S.C. JAS 63, 1013 (2006)
    Simulating the Outer Layers of Procyon A: a Comparison with the Sun Robinson, F.J., Demarque, P., Guenther, D.B., Kim, Y.-C. & Chan, K.L. MNRAS 362, 1031 (2006)
    Non-Boussinesq Simulations of Rayleigh-Benard Convection in a Perfect Gas, Robinson, F.J. & Chan, K.L. Phys. Fluids 16 (5), 1321 (2004)
    3d Simulations of the Upper Radiation-Convection Transition layer in Subgiant Stars, Robinson, F.J., Demarque, P., Li, L.H., Sofia, S., Kim, Y.-C., Chan, K.L. & Guenther, D.B. Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 347, 1208 (2004)
    A Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Compressible Convection: Differential Rotation in the Solar Convectrion Zone , Robinson, F.J. & Chan, K.L. MNRAS 321, 723 (2001)
    PUBLICATIONS
    A list of most my astronomy and physics papers, along with some conference proceedings, is available via the ADS database.
    TEACHING
    Physics and Maths Teacher FIS (HK) (1992-94)
    CEO Tutors of Oxford (Hong Kong) (1992-98)
    TA: Multivariables Calculus HKUST (1994-99)
    Coord Sci Quan Reasoning Ctr Yale College (2005-)
    Frank Robinson (frank.robinson@yale.edu)
    Department of Geology and Geophysics
    Yale University
    New Haven, CT 06520-8101
    USA

    Tel: 203-432-7128 or FAX: 203-432-5048