ATOC 312 Rotating Fluid Dynamics
3 credits · Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences · Faculty of Science · Offered: Fall
Fundamentals of fluid motion on a rotating sphere: Rotating coordinate systems, the Lagrangian time derivative, and equations of motion. The geostrophic approximation and thermal wind balance; departures from geostrophy, such as frictional Ekman layers, inertial oscillations, and the gradient wind b…
Prerequisites
MATH 314 Not open to students who have taken ATOC 512.
Prerequisite courses: MATH 314
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