Schedule
This schedule shows the subject matter and assigned reading for every class day, along with expected homework dates. Please check back here frequently as the schedule is subject to change.
Note, the numbers under Reading refer to sections in the text by Vallis unless otherwise stated.
Date | Lecture topic | Reading | Homework | Notes |
08/27/2015 | Introduction, syllabus and intake assessment | Martin, Ch. 1 | self-assessment of mathematical skills | |
09/01/2015 | Time derivatives for fluids, advection | 1.1 | ||
09/03/2015 | Mass continuity equation and forces on a fluid | 1.2, 1.3 | HW1 out | |
09/08/2015 | Momentum equations; equations of state; barotropic vs. baroclinic fluids | 1.3, 1.4 | ||
09/10/2015 | Thermodynamics; compressibility; sound waves | 1.5, 1.6, 1.8, 1.9 | HW 1 due HW 2 out |
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09/15/2015 | no class | Rosh Hashanah | ||
09/17/2015 | The rotating frame of reference: tank demos | |||
09/22/2015 | Equations of motion in the rotating frame | 2.1 | HW 2 due HW 3 out |
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09/24/2015 | no class | Yom Kippur | ||
09/29/2015 | Equations of motions on the sphere | 2.2 | ||
10/01/2015 | Approximations to the spherical equations | 2.2, 2.3 | HW 3 due HW 4 out |
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10/06/2015 | Boussinesq and Anelastic approximations | 2.4, 2.5 | ||
10/08/2015 | Pressure coordinates and hydrostatic balance | 2.6, 2.7 | HW 4 due HW 5 out |
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10/13/2015 | Geostrophic balance | 2.8 | ||
10/15/2015 | Thermal wind | 2.8 | HW 5 due | |
10/20/2015 | Static stability | 2.9 | ||
10/22/2015 | Midterm exam | |||
10/27/2015 | Stratification and gravity waves | 2.10 | ||
10/29/2015 | Phase speed and group velocity; intro to boundary layer friction | 5.A | HW 6 out | |
11/03/2015 | The Ekman layer | 2.12 | ||
11/05/2015 | Shallow water systems | 3.1, 3.4, 3.6 | HW 6 due HW 7 out |
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11/10/2015 | Shallow water waves; geostrophic adjustment | 3.7, 3.8 | ||
11/12/2015 | Vorticity and the circulation theorem | 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 | HW 7 due HW 8 out |
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11/17/2015 | Vorticity equation in the rotating frame | 4.4 | ||
11/19/2015 | Potential vorticity | 4.5 | HW 8 due HW 9 out |
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11/24/2015 | Quasi-geostrophic scaling | 5.0, 5.1 | ||
11/26/2015 | no class | Thanksgiving | ||
12/01/2015 | Quasi-geostrophic shallow water systems | 5.3 | ||
12/03/2015 | Rossby waves | 5.7 | HW 9 due | |
12/08/2015 | Rossby waves, continued | 5.7 |