Teaching this course for several years has led to the development of a text book:
Marshall, John, and R. Alan Plumb. Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics: An Introductory Text. Boston, MA: Elsevier Academic Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780125586917.
Table of Contents (PDF)
Course readings.
| SES # |
TOPICS |
READINGS |
| 1 |
Introduction |
Introduction
Chapter 1
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| 2 |
Equilibrium T of Earth |
Chapter 2 |
| 3 |
Greenhouse effect |
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| 4 |
More complex greenhouse models |
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| 5 |
Vertical structure of atmosphere: Hydrostatic balance |
Chapter 3 |
| 6 |
Convection in water |
Chapter 4 |
| 7 |
Dry convection in air: Adiabatic lapse rate |
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| 8 |
Potential temperature |
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| 9 |
Moist convection |
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| 10 |
Moist convection (cont.) |
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| 11 |
Meridional structure of atmosphere |
Chapter 5 |
| 12 |
Angular Momentum: Hadley circulation |
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| 13 |
Differentiation following the motion |
Chapter 6 |
| 14 |
Equations of motion applied to a fluid |
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| 15 |
Equations of motion for a rotating fluid |
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| 16 |
Equipotential surfaces |
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| 17 |
Inertial circles |
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| 18 |
Review and recap of frames of reference |
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| 19 |
Putting things on the sphere |
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| 20 |
Balanced flow: Geostrophy |
Chapter 7 |
| 21 |
Taylor Proudman theorem |
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| 22 |
Thermal wind |
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| 23 |
Ageostrophic motion and Ekman layers |
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| 24 |
The Hadley circulation |
Chapter 8 |
| 25 |
The general circulation of the atmosphere |
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| 26 |
Atmospheric general circulation: Eddy regime |
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| 27 |
The ocean and its circulation |
Chapter 9 |
| 28 |
Ocean circulation: Inferences from balanced dynamics |
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| 29 |
Ekman layers in the ocean |
Chapter 10 |
| 30 |
Taylor-Proudman on the sphere |
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| 31 |
Laboratory model of wind-driven ocean circulation |
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| 32 |
Theory of ocean gyres |
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| 33 |
Thermohaline circulation |
Chapter 11 |
| 34 |
Theoretical ideas on thermohaline circulation |
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| 35 |
Laboratory model of thermohaline circulation |
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| 36 |
The ocean and its role in climate |
Chapter 12 |
| 37 |
Source-sink flow and western boundary currents |
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| 38 |
Final exam |
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