Status
O
Activity
LEC
Title (text only)
GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMI
Term session
0
Term
2015A
Subject area
GEOL
Section number only
001
Section ID
GEOL510001
Meeting times
TR 1030AM-1200PM
Meeting location
DAVID RITTENHOUSE LAB 4E9
Instructors
PALDOR, NATHAN
Description
This class will discuss physical principles fundamental to the theoretical,observational, and experimental study of geophysical fluids, the equations of motion for rotating fluids; hydrostatic and Boussinesq approximations; circulation theorem; conservation of potential vorticity; scale analysis, geostrophic wind, quasigeostrophic system; wave theory and applications, flow instabilities, geophysical boundary layers. Depending on student interest, the class will be adapted to include applications from Oceanography, Meteorology, Geophysics or Engineering.
Course number only
510
Cross listings
Use local description
No