Meto 611 Dynamics of the atmosphere and oceans II
 

This course, a continuation of METO610, is designed to give students the tools necessary for understanding and manipulating atmosphere/ocean  dynamics and to provide the basic principles which govern those dynamics, including linear theory of wave propagation and instability in rotating and stratified fluids.  Specific topics include: acoustic waves, gravity waves, mountain waves, inertial gravity waves, Rossby waves, boundary and equatorially trapped waves, geostrophic adjustment and model initialization, parcel instability, shear, Kelvin-Helmholtz, symmetric, inertial, barotropic and baroclinic instability and their application to the atmosphere and oceans.

Jule G.  Charney (1917-1981) (picture courtesy of E. Kalnay)

 
 

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