Schedule MAST-806 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (2012)
Andreas Muenchow


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Meeting time is TueThu 2:00-3:15 in 105 (Tue) and 203 (Thu) Robinson Robinson (27 75 minute periods)

Date: Notes Topic/Work Materials Assignment Movies
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1. Feb.-7: .ppt Introductions, Rossby and Froude # C-R&B Chapt.-1 SG01 1
2. Feb.-9: .pdf Rotating Frames: Coriolis Stommel H01 | SG02 1 | 2 | 3
3. Feb.-14: .pdf | Error Rotating Frames: Momentum Pedlosky SG02
4. Feb.-16: .pdf Rotating Frames: Scalar, Vorticity, Inertia Vallis SG03 1 | 2 | 3
Feb.-21: No Class: Ocean Science Mtg.
Feb.-23: No Class: Ocean Science Mtg.
5. Feb.-28a: .pdf Conservation of Mass and Momentum C-R&V Chapt.-3&4 SG03
6. Feb.-28b: .pdf Equations of Motion: Scaling C-R&V Chapt.-3&4 SG03
7. Mar.-1a: .pdf Conservation of Energy and Partial Mass C-R&B Chapt.-3&4
.pdf Geostrophy: Parameter Space C-R&B Chapt.-7 1 | 2
8. Mar.-6 .pdf | .ppt Geostrophy: Vortex Tube Stretching C-R&B Chapt.-7 .jpg
9. Mar.-8 .pdf Potential Vorticity Conservation C-R&B Chapt.-7
10. Mar.-13 .pdf Rossby Adjustment: Steady States Gill, Chapt.-7 H02 1 | 2 3 | 4
11. Mar.-15 .pdf | .pdf Rossby Adjustment: Transients Gill, Chapt.-7 .ppt | .f77 1 | 2
12. Mar.-20 .pdf Asymptotic Expansion about Geostrophy Pedlosky, Chapt.-3.12
13. Mar.-22 .pdf Rossby Waves C-R&B Chapt.-9
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14. Apr.-3 .pdf | .ppt Ekman Dynamics: Vertically Integrated Gill, Chapt.-9.1 to 9.3 1 | 2 | 3
15. Apr.-5 .pdf Ekman Pumping and Vorticity Gill, Chapt.-9.4 to 9.6
16. Apr.-10 .pdf Sverdrup's Eastern Gyres Sverdrup (1947) Wunsch (2011)
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17. Apr.-12 .pdf Mid-Term Exam E-mail Class #1-#13 Closed Book
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18. Apr.-17 .pdf | .ppt Stommel's Western Boundary Currents C-R94-8 | Stommel H04
19. Apr.-19 .pdf | .pptx WBC Review, Barotropic Instability C-R&B Chapt.-10
20. Apr.-24 .pdf Barotropic Instability C-R&B Chapt.-10
.pdf Thermodynamics, Gas Laws (not covered)
21. Apr.-26 .pdf1 | .pdf2 Stratification: Scaling, Froude # C-R&B Chapt.-11 H05 Mermaid
22. May-1 .pdf Froude Rossby #, Thermal Wind C-R&B Chapt.-11, 15
23. May-3 .ppt Stratified Geostrophy, Layer Models C-R&B Chapt.-12, 15 H06
24. May-8 .pdf Geostrophic Adjustment C-R&B Chapt.-15 1 | 2
25. May-10 .pdf | .pdf Quasi-Geostrophic Dynamics C-R&B Chapt.-16
26. May-15 .pdf | .ppt Linear QG Rossby waves with stratification C-R&B Chapt.-16 Early (2011) 1-9
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May-22 Final Exam 1pm-3pm (8am-8pm) Comprehensive Open Book Soluteion C> | D
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