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 |
08/29/2017 | Introduction, syllabus and intake assessment | Martin, Ch. 1 | self-assessment of mathematical skills | |
08/31/2017 | Time derivatives for fluids, advection | 1.1 | HW1 out | |
09/05/2017 | Mass continuity equation and forces on a fluid | 1.2, 1.3 | ||
09/07/2017 | Momentum equations; equations of state; barotropic vs. baroclinic fluids | 1.3, 1.4 | HW 1 due HW 2 out |
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09/12/2017 | Thermodynamics of a fluid; sound waves | 1.5, 1.6, 1.8 | ||
09/14/2017 | Compressibility and the energy budget | 1.9, 1.10 | HW 2 due HW 3 out |
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09/19/2017 | The rotating frame of reference - demos | 2.1 | ||
09/21/2017 | no class | HW 3 due FRIDAY 09/22 | Rosh Hashanah | |
09/26/2017 | The rotating frame - analysis | 2.1 | ||
09/28/2017 | Equations of motions on the rotating sphere | 2.2 | HW 4 out | |
10/03/2017 | Scale analysis and the primitive equations | 2.2, 2.3 | ||
10/05/2017 | Boussinesq and Anelastic approximations | 2.4, 2.5 | HW 4 due HW 5 out |
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10/10/2017 | Geostrophic balance | 2.8 | ||
10/12/2017 | Pressure coordinates | 2.6 | HW 5 due | |
10/17/2017 | Thermal wind | 2.8 | ||
10/19/2017 | Midterm exam | |||
10/24/2017 | Static stability | 2.9 | ||
10/26/2017 | Stratification and gravity waves | 2.10 | HW 6 out | |
10/31/2017 | Phase speed and group velocity | 5.A | ||
11/02/2017 | Viscosity and the Ekman layer | 2.12 | HW 6 due HW 7 out |
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11/07/2017 | Shallow water systems | 3.1, 3.4, 3.6 | ||
11/09/2017 | Geostrophic adjustment | 3.7, 3.8 | HW 7 due HW 8 out |
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11/14/2017 | Vorticity and circulation | 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 | ||
11/16/2017 | Vorticity equation in the rotating frame | 4.4 | HW 8 due HW 9 out |
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11/21/2017 | Potential vorticity | 4.5 | ||
11/23/2017 | no class | Thanksgiving | ||
11/28/2017 | Quasi-geostrophic scaling | 5.0, 5.1 | HW 9 due HW 10 out |
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11/30/2017 | Quasi-geostrophic shallow water systems | 5.3 | ||
12/05/2017 | Rossby waves | 5.7 | HW 10 due | |
12/07/2017 | A peak at baroclinic instability |