Atmospheric and Oceanic Dynamics
SYLLABUS:
OCEANIC DYNAMICS
1. Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Lecture
2. Wind-driven Circulation
Lecture
3. Oceanic Linear Gravity Waves
Lecture
4. Oceanic waves in the presence of rotation
Lecture
5. Thermohaline circulation
Lecture
ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS
1. Introduction to Atmospheric Dynamics
Lecture
2. Air Masses
Lecture
3. Fronts
Lecture
4. Depressions and Anticyclones
Lecture
5. Weather Maps
Lecture
Recommended Textbooks:
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S. Pond and G. L. Pickard, 1995, Introductory Dynamical Oceanography, 2nd edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, ISBN 0-7506-2496-5.
- B. Cushman-Roisin, B., 1994, Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics,Prentice Hall, ISBN 0133533019.
- Kundu, P., 1990, Fluid Mechanics, Academic Press, ISBN 0124287700.
For introduction to GFD: