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
08/30/2016 Introduction, syllabus and intake assessment Martin, Ch. 1 self-assessment of mathematical skills
09/01/2016 Time derivatives for fluids, advection 1.1 HW1 out
09/06/2016 Mass continuity equation and forces on a fluid 1.2, 1.3
09/08/2016 Momentum equations; equations of state; barotropic vs. baroclinic fluids 1.3, 1.4 HW 1 due
HW 2 out
09/13/2016 Thermodynamics; compressibility; sound waves 1.5, 1.6, 1.8, 1.9
09/15/2016 Sound wave con't. The rotating frame of reference: tank demos HW 2 due
HW 3 out
09/20/2016 Motion in the rotating frame of reference 2.1
09/22/2016 Equations of motion in the rotating frame 2.1 HW 3 due
HW 4 out
09/27/2016 Equations of motions on the sphere 2.2
09/29/2016 Scale analysis and the primitive equations 2.2, 2.3 HW 4 due
HW 5 out
10/04/2016 no class Rosh Hashanah
10/06/2016 Boussinesq and Anelastic approximations 2.4, 2.5 HW5 due
HW 6 out
10/11/2016 Pressure coordinates and geostrophic balance 2.6, 2.7, 2.8
10/13/2016 no class HW 6 due Yom Kippur
10/18/2016 Thermal wind 2.8
10/20/2016 Midterm exam
10/25/2016 Static stability 2.9
10/27/2016 Stratification and gravity waves 2.10 HW7 out
11/01/2016 Phase speed and group velocity; intro to boundary layer friction 5.A
11/03/2016 The Ekman layer 2.12 HW7 due
HW 8 out
11/08/2016 Shallow water systems 3.1, 3.4, 3.6
11/10/2016 Shallow water waves; geostrophic adjustment 3.7, 3.8 HW8 due
HW 9 out
11/15/2016 Vorticity and the circulation theorem 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
11/17/2016 Vorticity equation in the rotating frame 4.4 HW9 due
HW10 out
11/22/2016 Potential vorticity 4.5
11/24/2016 no class Thanksgiving
11/29/2016 Quasi-geostrophic scaling 5.0, 5.1 HW10 due
HW11 out
12/01/2016 Quasi-geostrophic shallow water systems 5.3
12/06/2016 Rossby waves 5.7 HW11 due
12/08/2016 Rossby waves, continued 5.7
Final exam will be held on Monday Dec. 19, 8 - 10 AM