INSTRUCTOR |
Professor Jin-Yi Yu Office: 3315 Croul Hall Phone: (949) 824-3878 Email: jyyu@uci.edu http://www.ess.uci.edu/~yu/ |
DESCRIPTION |
This course Introduces the student to atmospheric and oceanic fluid dynamics. Equations of motion for a rotating stratified fluid. Scaling analysis, potential vorticity dynamics, linear waves, energetics and instability theory with applications to the mean circulation and variability. |
TEXTBOOKS |
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SYLLABUS |
Week 1: Introduction and Review of Mathematical Tools
Week 2: Basic Conservation Laws
Week 3: Applications of the Equations of Motion
Week 4: Circulation, Vorticity, and Divergence
Week 5: Waves in the Atmosphere
Mid-term - TBA |