Schedule MAST-455/655 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (2024)
Andreas Muenchow


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Meeting time is MWF 1:50-2:45 in 202 Robinson Robinson (41 55 minute periods)

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Date: Notes Topic/Work Reference Assignment Materials
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0. Feb.-5: .pdf Introductions, Rossby # CR94 Chapt.-1 1
1. Feb.-7: .pdf Role of Rotation & Stratification CR94 Chapt.-1 1 | 2
2. Feb.-9: .pdf Rotating Frames: Coriolis-1 CR94 Chapt.-2 1 | 2 | 3
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3. Feb.-12: .pdf Rotating Frames: Coriolis-2 CR94 Chapt.-2 Homework-1 Coriolis Math 1
4. Feb.-14: .pdf Rotating Frames: Scalar, Vorticity, Inertia Vallis 1 | 2 | 3
5. Feb.-16: .pdf Conservation of Mass and Momentum CR94 Chapt.-3
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6. Feb.-19: .pdf Equations of Mass Continuity: Scaling CR94 Chapt.-3 Coriolis-Math 2
7. Feb.-21: .pdf Equations of Momentum: Scaling CR94 Chapt.-3
8. Feb.-23 .pdf Conservation of Energy and Partial Mass CR94 Chapt.-3
.pdf Geostrophy: Parameter Space CR94 Chapt.-4 1 | 2
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9. Feb.-26 .pdf Geostrophy: Taylor-Proudman Theorem CR94 Chapt.-4 1 | 2
.pdf | .ppt Geostrophy: Vortex Tube Stretching C-R&B Chapt.-4
10. Feb.-28 .pdf Shallow Water Equations C-R&B Chapt.-4
11. Mar.-01 .pdf Potential Vorticity Conservation C-R&B Chapt.-4 Homework-2 Vorticity
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12. Mar.-04 .pdf Rossby Adjustment: Steady States Gill, Chapt.-7 Motivation 1 | 2 3 | 4
13. Mar.-06 .pdf Rossby Adjustment: Transients-1 Gill, Chapt.-7 .ppt | .f77
14. Mar.-08 .pdf | .ppt Wave Kinematics & Dispersion CR94 Appendix 1 | 2
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15. Mar.-11 .pdf | .pdf Barotropic Kelvin Waves CR94 Chapt.-6
16. Mar.-13 .pdf Asymptotic Expansion about Geostrophy Pedlosky, Chapt.-3.12 .ppt
17. Mar.-15 .pdf Rossby Waves CR94 Chapt.-6
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18. Mar.-18 .pdf Group Velocity MIT video
.pdf Topographic Rossby Waves CR94 Chapt.-6
19. Mar.20 .pdf | .ppt Ekman Dynamics: Vertically Integrated Gill, Chapt.-9.1 to 9.3 1 | 2
20. Mar.-22 .pdf Ekman Dynamics: Time Dependence Gill, Chapt.-9.4 to 9.6
.pdf Ekman Pumping and Vorticity Gill, Chapt.-9.4 to 9.6
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SPRING BREAK
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21. Apr.-01 .pdf | .ppt Sverdrup's Eastern Gyres CR94 Chapt.-8
22. Apr.-03 .pdf | .ppt Sverdrup's Eastern Gyres Sverdrup (1947) Movie
.pdf Stommel's Western Boundary Currents CR94 Chapt-8 | Stommel
23. Apr.-05 Mid-Term Exam Part-1 Exam Closed Book
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24. Apr.-08 Mid-Term Exam Part-2 Exam Closed Book
25. Apr.-10 .pdf Rossby Waves and Mean Currents Dispersion
26. Apr.-12 .pdf | .ppt Stommel's Western Boundary Currents CR94 Chapt.-8 | Stommel
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.pdf Thermodynamics, Gas Laws (not covered)
27. Apr.-15 .pdf1 | .pdf2 Stratification, Buoyancy CR94 Chapt.-9 WOCE Atlas Convection
28. Apr.-17 .pdf Froude and Rossby Numbers CR94 Chapt.-9
29. Apr.-19 .pdf Stratified Geostrophy, Thermal Wind CR94 Chapt.-13 .ppt
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30. Apr.-22 .pdf Layer Models, Geostrophic Adjustment CR94 Chapt.-12 1 | 2
31. Apr.-24 .pdf Geostrophic Adjustment & Energetics CR94 Chapt.-12 1 | 2
.pdf Quasi-Geostrophic Dynamics CR94 Chapt.-15
32. Apr.-26 .pdf | .pdf Quasi-Geostrophic Dynamics CR94 Chapt.-15
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33. Apr.-29 .pdf Quasi-geostrophic Vorticity + Burger # CR94 Chapt.-15
34. May-01 .pdf Quasi-Geostrophic Vorticity Linearization
.pdf QG Rossby Wave Solutions CR94 Chapt.-15
35. May-03 .pdf Quasi-Geostrophic Vorticity Waves CR94 Chapt.-15 code 1 | 2 | 3
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36. May-06 Michael: Subinertial oscillations off Antarctica Wahlin et al. (2016)
37. May-08 Ryan: Spin-up of a stratified ocean Anderson and Gill (1975)
38. May-10 Sean: Gulf Stream generated Rossby Waves Pickart (1995)
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39. May-13 Andreas Topographic Rossby Waves Edits on Sean's talk | Dispersion
40. May-15 Kathryn: The atmospheric ocean Thompson (2008)


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