Earth Sciences
EART272 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Introduces fluid motion influenced by rotation. Topics include the Coriolis force, geostrophic flow, potential vorticity, the shallow water model, quasigeostrophic approximation, planetary waves, Ekman theory, thermal wind, models of the large-scale oceanic and atmospheric circulation, and equatorial dynamics. Students cannot receive credit for this course and course 172.
Instructor
Christopher Edwards
Also offered as
OCEA 272
Requirements
PHYS 227 is recommended as preparation. Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.