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Atmospheric and Ocean Circulations

Undergraduate · Historical course

Spring 2004

Topics

  • Shallow Water Gravity Waves
  • Shallow Water Gravity Waves(cont.)
  • Deep Water Gravity Waves
  • Deep Water Gravity Waves (cont.)
  • Internal Gravity Waves
  • Internal Gravity Waves (cont.)
  • Tides
  • Tides (cont.)
  • Large-scale Motions on a Rotating Earth
  • Large-scale Motions on a Rotating Earth (cont.)
  • Rossby Waves and Planetary Scale Motions
  • Rossby Waves and Planetary Scale Motions (cont.)
  • Baroclinic Instability and Midlatitude Storms
  • Baroclinic Instability and Midlatitude Storms (cont.)
  • The Equatorial Atmosphere and Ocean
  • The Equatorial Atmosphere and Ocean (cont.)
  • El Niño and the Southern Oscillation
  • El Niño and the Southern Oscillation (cont.)
  • Tropical Cyclones (Hurricanes, Typhoons)
  • Tropical Cyclones (Hurricanes, Typhoons) (cont.)

Readings

  • Open University Course Team. Chap. 1 in Waves, Tides and Shallow-Water Processes. The Open University: Pergamon Press, 1989. ISBN: 0080363717.
    Listed reading
  • Acheson, D. J. Elementary Fluid Dynamics . New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780198596790.
    Listed reading
  • Lighthill, James. Chap. 3 in Waves in Fluids . New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780521010450.
    Listed reading
  • SES #: 3-4 · TOPICS: Deep Water Gravity Waves · READINGS: Same as for sessions 1-2
    Reading assignment
  • Gill, A. E. Chap. 6 in Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics . San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1982. ISBN: 9780122835223.
    Listed reading
  • Lamb, H. Hydrodynamics . Cambridge University Press, 1916.
    Listed reading
  • Lindzen, R. S. Chap. 9 in Dynamics in Atmospheric Physics . New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780521361019.
    Listed reading
  • Holton, J. R. Chaps. 1 and 4 in An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology . 2nd ed. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1979. ISBN: 9780123543608.
    Listed reading
  • Holton, J. R. An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology . 2nd ed. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1979. ISBN: 9780123543608.
    Listed reading
  • Holton, J. R. An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology . 2nd ed. San Diego, CA:: Academic Press, 1979. ISBN: 9780123543608.
    Listed reading
  • James, I. N. Introduction to Circulating Atmospheres . New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780521429351.
    Listed reading
  • Wallace, J. M., and P. V. Hobbs. Atmospheric Science: An Introductory Survey . San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1977. ISBN: 9780127329505.
    Listed reading
  • Philander, S. G. El Nino, La Nina and the Southern Oscillation . San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1989. ISBN: 9780125532358. (The later chapters are at an advanced level.)
    Listed reading
  • An interesting series of articles on the large 1982-83 El Nino was published in Science on 16 Dec 1983. For discussion of the ocean and atmosphere, see the articles by Cane and by Rasmusson and Wallace.
    Listed reading
Sources