GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS II

Name: GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS II
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ATMOCN 611

과목 설명

Quasi-geostrophic motion, potential vorticity equations, E-P fluxes, Rossby waves, boundary layer processes, wind-driven ocean circulation and western boundary currents, barotropic and baroclinic instability, tropical flows.

선수과목

ATMOCN 610 or graduate/professional standing

충족 요건

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

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평점

3.61

6.43% 과거 데이터 대비

수료율

100%

0.98% 과거 데이터 대비

A 비율

56.52%

61.71% 과거 데이터 대비

학급 규모

89.81% 과거 데이터 대비

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유사 과목

GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS I

ATMOCN 610

Basic dynamic concepts: equations of motion, basic approximations, Coriolis force, wave motions, normal modes, gravity waves, frictional turbulence and convective processes, geostrophic adjustment, scaling argument, effects of rotation on wave motions. Vorticity and potential vorticity.

DYNAMICS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN I

ATMOCN 310

Introduction to theory of fluid motions for atmosphere and ocean. Elementary kinematics, fundamental forces, effects of earth's gravity and rotation, concepts and applications of hydrostatic and geostrophic balance.

TOPICS IN THEORETICAL METEOROLOGY

ATMOCN 801

Advanced level subjects in dynamics, synoptics, climate-dynamics and atmospheric physics including recent advances.

DYNAMICS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN II

ATMOCN 311

Intermediate theory of fluid motions for atmosphere and ocean. Emphasis on large scale applications and basic theory for geophysical wave types. Thermal wind shear, frictional flow, vorticity concepts, Rossby waves, Sverdrup ocean flow.

ADVANCED TROPICAL METEOROLOGY

ATMOCN 722

Advanced treatment of the fundamentals of tropical meteorology, including moist thermodynamic processes, tropical deep convection, convective quasi-equilibrium, the weak temperature gradient approximation, the mean tropical circulations, convectively coupled waves, and tropical cyclones.