Introduction to Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics

Marshall, John, and R. Alan Plumb. Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics: An Introductory Text . Boston, MA: Elsevier Academic Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780125586917.

SES #: 1 · TOPICS: Introduction · READINGS: Introduction

SES #: 2 · TOPICS: Characteristics of the atmosphere · READINGS: Chapter 1

SES #: 3 · TOPICS: Equation of state for the dry and moist air · READINGS: Chapter 1

SES #: 4 · TOPICS: Earth’s radiation budget · READINGS: Chapter 2

SES #: 5 · TOPICS: Greenhouse effect: I · READINGS: Chapter 2

SES #: 6 · TOPICS: Greenhouse effect: II · READINGS: Chapter 2

SES #: 7 · TOPICS: Vertical structure of the atmosphere · READINGS: Chapter 3

SES #: 8 · TOPICS: Convection in water · READINGS: Chapter 4

SES #: 9 · TOPICS: Convection in water (cont.) · READINGS: Chapter 4

SES #: 10 · TOPICS: Convection in water (cont.) · READINGS: Chapter 4

SES #: 11 · TOPICS: Dry convection in air · READINGS: Chapter 4

SES #: 12 · TOPICS: Potential temperature · READINGS: Chapter 4

SES #: 13 · TOPICS: Moist convection in air: I · READINGS: Chapter 4

SES #: 14 · TOPICS: Moist convection in air: II · READINGS: Chapter 4

SES #: 15 · TOPICS: Meridional structure of the atmosphere · READINGS: Chapter 5

SES #: 16 · TOPICS: Partial differential equations · READINGS: Chapter 6

SES #: 17 · TOPICS: Radial inflow experiment · READINGS: Chapter 6

SES #: 18 · TOPICS: Equations of motion for non-rotating fluids · READINGS: Chapter 6

SES #: 19 · TOPICS: Equations of motion for rotating fluids · READINGS: Chapter 6

SES #: 20 · TOPICS: Inertial motions · READINGS: Chapter 6

SES #: 21 · TOPICS: Equations of motion on a sphere · READINGS: Chapter 6

SES #: 22 · TOPICS: Geostrophic balance · READINGS: Chapter 7

SES #: 23 · TOPICS: Taylor-Proudman theorem · READINGS: Chapter 7

SES #: 24 · TOPICS: Thermal wind · READINGS: Chapter 7

SES #: 25 · TOPICS: Ekman layers · READINGS: Chapter 7

SES #: 26 · TOPICS: The general circulation of the atmosphere · READINGS: Chapter 8

SES #: 27 · TOPICS: Physical characteristics of the ocean · READINGS: Chapter 9

SES #: 28 · TOPICS: The observed ocean circulation · READINGS: Chapter 9

SES #: 29 · TOPICS: Ekman layers in the ocean · READINGS: Chapter 10

SES #: 30 · TOPICS: Ekman layers in the laboratory · READINGS: Chapter 10

SES #: 31 · TOPICS: Taylor-Proudman on the sphere · READINGS: Chapter 10

SES #: 32 · TOPICS: The wind driven ocean circulation · READINGS: Chapter 10

SES #: 33 · TOPICS: The abyssal ocean circulation · READINGS: Chapter 11

SES #: 34 · TOPICS: Turbulent mixing and the abyssal ocean circulation · READINGS: Chapter 12

SES #: 35 · TOPICS: The atmospheric and oceanic energy budget · READINGS: Chapter 12

SES #: 36 · TOPICS: The Earth’s heat budget · READINGS: Chapter 12

Hartmann, Dennis L. Global Physical Climatology . International Geophysics Series. Vol. 56. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1994. ISBN: 9780123285300. This book is recommended as supplementary reading. It should prove useful for both atmospheric and oceanic sections of the course, especially chapters 1-7 of the book, which cover most of the material we will be covering (though in some cases it treats the material differently, and at different depth).

Houghton, John Theodore. The Physics of Atmospheres . Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1977. ISBN: 9780521214438. For the atmosphere, detailed treatment of radiation, and simple and intelligible treatment of dynamics.

Wallace, John M., and Peter Victor Hobbs. Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey . New York, NY: Academic Press, 1977. ISBN: 9780127329505. Good qualitative discussion of many of the topics we will cover in atmospheric science.

Pickard, George L., and William J. Emery. Descriptive Physical Oceanography An Introduction . Oxford, UK: Pergamon Press, 1982. ISBN: 9780080262802. One of the few not-too-technical texts on physical oceanography.