Michael Edgeworth McIntyre FRS (born 28 July 1941)McIntyre, Prof. Michael Edgeworth
''Who's Who 2020'', A & C Black, 2020; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2020 is a mathematician and Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Dynamics. McIntyre has contributed to the fundamental understanding of geophysical

fluid dynamics In physics and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids— liquids and gases. It has several subdisciplines, including ''aerodynamics'' (the study of air and other gases in motion) an ...

in the Earth's atmosphere, oceans and the Sun's Interior. McIntyre is also known for his contributions to the physics of stringed musical instruments and has published several works on lucidity and science. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and is the holder of the

Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal The Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal is the highest award for atmospheric science of the American Meteorological Society. It is presented to individual scientists, who receive a medal. Named in honor of meteorology and oceanography pioneer Carl- ...

, the highest honour of the American Meteorological Society, and the Julius Bartels Medal of the

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. He also received the 2023

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from the

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for distinguished work in the field of meteorological science.

Research

In the field of fluid dynamics and atmospheric science, McIntyre, together with

Peter H. Haynes Peter Howard Haynes (born 23 July 1958) is a British applied mathematician in the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge and served as Head of the Department of Applied Mathematics a ...

, established the Impermeability Theorem for

potential vorticity In fluid mechanics, potential vorticity (PV) is a quantity which is proportional to the dot product of vorticity and stratification. This quantity, following a parcel of air or water, can only be changed by diabatic or frictional processes. It i ...

(PV), which states that there can be no net transport of PV across isentropic surfaces, and that PV can neither be created nor destroyed within a volume bounded by isentropic surfaces. In light of the aforementioned result, PV substance, which corresponds to PV multiplied by the mass density in isentropic coordinates, integrated over a volume of an isentropic layer, is either diluted or concentrated by diabatic mass flux through the isentropic layer bounds.

Books

In 2021, he published a book, titled "Science, Music, and Mathematics: The Deepest Connections" Science, Music, and Mathematics
World Scientific, 2021 which draws on his experience as a musician as well as a scientist. A wide variety of topics is covered including, for instance, how the skilful use of language can be informed by the way music works, and what science can and cannot tell us about the climate problem and its uncertainties. A second edition of the book will be published in August 2023.

References

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