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Lecture Notes

Note: As with most if not all academic work, the lecture notes represent the instructor's view of the material and incorporate derivations drawn from many sources. In some cases references and/or sources may be incomplete.

LEC #	TOPICS
1	Introduction (PDF)
2	Statistics (PDF)
3-5	Energetics of Turbulent Flows (PDF)
6-7	Isotropic Homogeneous 3D Turbulence (PDF)
8-9	Isotropic Homogeneous 2D Turbulence (PDF)
10-11	Quasi-geostrophic Turbulence (PDF)
12-13	Turbulent Convection (PDF)
14	Tracer Turbulence (PDF)
15	Eddies - Mean Flow Interactions (PDF)
16	Mean Field Approxomations Part 1 (PDF) Part 2 (PDF)
17-18	Nonlinear Waves (PDF)
19-20	Wave Dispersion (PDF)
21-23	Parameterizing Turbulence Part 1 (PDF) Part 2 (PDF)
24-25	Weak Turbulence (PDF)
26-27	Turbulent Dispersion (PDF)

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