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Meeting time is MWF 1:50-2:45 in 202 Robinson Robinson (41 55 minute periods)
Date: | Notes | Topic/Work | Reference | Assignment | Materials | |
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0. Feb.-5: | Introductions, Rossby # | C-R&B Chapt.-1 | 1 | |||
1. Feb.-7: | Role of Rotation & Stratification | C-R&B Chapt.-1 | 1 | 2 | |||
2. Feb.-9: | Rotating Frames: Coriolis-1 | C-R&B Chapt.-2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | <\tr>|||
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3. Feb.-12: | Rotating Frames: Coriolis-2 | C-R&B Chapt.-2 | Homework-1 | Coriolis Math 1 | ||
4. Feb.-14: | Rotating Frames: Scalar, Vorticity, Inertia | Vallis | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
5. Feb.-16: | Conservation of Mass and Momentum | C-R&B Chapt.-3 | ||||
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6. Feb.-19: | Equations of Mass Continuity: Scaling | C-R&B Chapt.-3 | Coriolis-Math 2 | |||
7. Feb.-21: | Equations of Momentum: Scaling | C-R&B Chapt.-3 | ||||
8. Feb.-23 | Conservation of Energy and Partial Mass | C-R&B Chapt.-3 | ||||
Geostrophy: Parameter Space | C-R&B Chapt.-4 | 1 | 2 | ||||
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9. Feb.-26 | Geostrophy: Taylor-Proudman Theorem | C-R&B Chapt.-4 | 1 | 2 | |||
.pdf | .ppt | Geostrophy: Vortex Tube Stretching | C-R&B Chapt.-4 | ||||
10. Feb.-28 | Shallow Water Equations | C-R&B Chapt.-4 | ||||
11. Mar.-01 | Potential Vorticity Conservation | C-R&B Chapt.-4 | Homework-2> | Vorticity | ||
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12. Mar.-04 | Rossby Adjustment: Steady States | Gill, Chapt.-7 | Motivation | 1 | 2 3 | 4 | ||
13. Mar.-06 | Rossby Adjustment: Transients-1 | Gill, Chapt.-7 | .ppt | .f77 | 2 | ||
14. Mar.-08 | .pdf | .ppt | Wave Kinematics & Dispersion | C-R&B Appendix | 1 | 2 | ||
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15. Mar.-11 | .pdf | .pdf | Barotropic Kelvin Waves | C-R&B Chapt.-6 | |||
16. Mar.-13 | Asymptotic Expansion about Geostrophy | Pedlosky, Chapt.-3.12 | .ppt | |||
17. Mar.-15 | Rossby Waves | C-R&B Chapt.-9 | ||||
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18. Mar.-18 | Group Velocity | MIT video | ||||
Topographic Rossby Waves | ||||||
19. Mar.20 | .pdf | .ppt | Ekman Dynamics: Vertically Integrated | Gill, Chapt.-9.1 to 9.3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
20. Mar.-22 | Ekman Pumping and Vorticity | Gill, Chapt.-9.4 to 9.6 |
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