Courses - Fall 2024
AOSC
Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
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12/26/2024 at 09:30 AM
AOSC610
Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean I
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: Must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in MATH462; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.
Equations of motion and their approximation, scale analysis for the atmosphere and the ocean. Conservation properties. Fluid motion in the atmosphere and oceans. Circulation and vorticity, geostrophic motion and the gradient wind balance. Turbulence and Ekman Layers.
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University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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