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 |
08/30/2016 | 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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10/04/2016 | no class | Rosh Hashanah | ||
10/06/2016 | Boussinesq and Anelastic approximations | 2.4, 2.5 | HW5 due HW 6 out |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |