12.800 Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Fall 2003
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Author(s)
Hansen, James A.
Alternative Title
Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean
Date Issued
December 2003
Abstract
This class introduces fluid dynamics to first year graduate students. The aim is to help students acquire an understanding of some of the basic concepts of fluid dynamics that will be needed as a foundation for advanced courses in atmospheric science, physical oceanography, ocean engineering, etc. The emphasis will be on fluid fundamentals, but with an atmosphere/ocean twist.
Subjects
meteorology
climate
mass
momentum
energy
Vorticity
divergence Scaling
geostrophic approximation
Ekman layers
Vortex motion
fluid dynamics
atmospheric science
physical oceanography
ocean engineering
oceans
fluid flow
conservation equations
vortex flows
circulation
Earth
rotation
GFD kinematics
waves
Eulerian kinematics
Lagrangian kinematics
Fluid dynamics
Ocean-atmosphere interaction
Atmospheric circulation
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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