# Schedule

Here you can find the subject matter and assigned reading for every class day as well as expected homework and exam dates.

**Please check back here frequently** as the schedule is subject to change.

*Note, the readings refer to sections in the
[**Essentials** text by Vallis](http://empslocal.ex.ac.uk/people/staff/gv219/essence/index.html) unless otherwise stated.*

| Date (2021)      | Class No. | Topic    | Reading     |  Homework  |
| :---       |    :---:  |  ---     | ---         | ---:        |
|  8/23 |    0      | Course introduction; Mathematical tools for fluids (part 1) | Martin ch. 1, Petty appendix B | Self-assessment of mathematical skills |
|  8/25 |    1      | Mathematical tools for fluids (part 2); dye swirling experiment **In ETEC 175 for today only**  | 1.1 |  HW1 out    |
|  8/30 |    2      | Mass conservation | 1.2 |             |
|  9/01 |    3      | Forces, momentum and equations of state | 1.3, 1.4 |  HW1 due; HW2 out |
|  9/06 |           |  **NO CLASS** (Labor Day)         |  | |
|  9/08 |    4      | Thermodynamics: 1st law, potential temperature, total energy budget | 1.5, 1.6 |  HW2 due; HW3 out |
|  9/13 |    5      | Total energy budget | 1.7 |             |
|  9/15 |    6      | Rotating frame of reference **In ETEC 175 for today only** |             |  HW3 due; HW4 out |
|  9/20 |    7      | Equations of motion in the rotating frame | 2.1 |             |
|  9/22 |    8      | Equations on the sphere, primitive equations & approximations | 2.2, 2.3 |  |
|  9/27 |    9      | Scale height, Boussinesq approximation | 2.4, 2.5 |  HW4 due; HW5 out  |
|  9/29 |   10      | Pressure coordinates, scale analysis, hydrostatic balance | 2.6, 3.1, 3.2 |     |
| 10/04 |   11      | Geostrophic balance, Taylor columns, thermal wind | 3.3 |  HW5 due     |
| 10/06 |   12      | Thermal wind in the tank, static stability, buoyancy frequency | 3.4 |     |
| 10/11 |           | **NO CLASS** (Fall break)   |             | |
| 10/13 |           | **MIDTERM EXAM**     |             |  HW6 out     |
| 10/18 |   13      | Shallow water equations | 4.1 |             |
| 10/20 |   14      | Conservation of potential vorticity in shallow water; intro to waves | 4.2 |   |
| 10/25 |   15      | Shallow water waves | 4.3 |  HW6 due; HW7 out      |
| 10/27 |   16      | Geostrophic adjustment | 4.4 |   |
| 11/01 |   17      | Scaling for geostrophic motions | 5.1 |             |
| 11/03 |   18      | Quasi-geostrophic equations in shallow water | 5.2 |  HW7 due; HW8 out |
| 11/08 |   19      | Stratified quasi-geostrophic equations | 5.3, 5.5 |             |
| 11/10 |   20      | Ekman layers (geostrophic friction) | 5.7 |  HW8 due; HW9 out |
| 11/15 |   21      | Invertibility of QGPV and the beta effect  |  |             |
| 11/17 |   22      | Phase speed, group velocity, and Rossby waves | 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 |  HW9 due; HW10 out |
| 11/22 |   23      | Rossby waves in the tank and in the atmosphere |  |             |
| 11/24 |           | **NO CLASS** (Thanksgiving break)   |             |   |
| 11/29 |   24      | Internal waves: derivation | 7.1 |             |
| 12/01 |   25      | Internal waves: properties and phase relationships | 7.2 |  HW10 due           |
| 12/06 |   26      | Review for final exam |             |             |

The **FINAL EXAM** will be held on Tuesday 12/14/2021, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM.