Class web site: http://mason.gmu.edu/~bklinger/clim750home.html
Class meets Thu 10:30-1:15, Innovation 139.
Dynamics of waves and instability relevant to fluid motion in the ocean and atmosphere. Focus of the course is mathematical and physical concepts central to understanding how fluids such as the ocean and atmosphere evolve in time. Fundamentals and applications of rotating and nonrotating gravity waves, Rossby waves, stratified and unstratified systems. Fundamental concepts of dynamical instability, barotropic and baroclinic examples, generalized stability analysis and normal modes.
Organization and Brief Course Outline
Gill, A.E.: Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics, Academic Press, New York
Pedlosky, J.: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Springer-Verlag, New York
Pedlosky, J.: Waves in the Ocean and Atmosphere, Introduction to Wave Dynamics, Springer, New York
Trajectories in Surface Gravity Waves
Phase Speed and Group Speed
Climate Dynamics Curriculum
Climate Dynamics Home Page
Klinger Home Page
Last modified: Jan 15, 2008