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12.950

Seminar in Physical Oceanography at MIT

Units arranged [P/D/F] · Graduate

Topics in physical and dynamical oceanography. Content varying from term to term. 12.950 is letter-graded.

January IAP 2010 · Parallel Programming for Multicore Machines Using OpenMP and MPI

This course introduces fundamentals of shared and distributed memory programming, teaches you how to code using openMP and MPI respectively, and provides hands-on experience of parallel computing geared towards numerical applications.

Readings

Spring 2004 · Atmospheric and Oceanic Modeling

Topics

  • The Finite Difference Method
  • Spatial Discretization and Numerical Dispersion
  • Series Expansion Methods
  • Series Expansion Methods (cont.)
  • Time-stepping
  • Time-stepping (cont.)
  • Space-time
  • Space-time (cont.)
  • Two-dimensions
  • Shallow Water Dynamics and Numerical Dispersion
  • Barotropic Models
  • Barotropic Models (cont.)
  • Quasi-geostrophic Equations
  • Quasi-geostrophic Models
  • Quasi-geostrophic Models (cont.)
  • Eddy Parameterization
  • The Primitive Equations
  • The Primitive Equations (cont.)
  • Introduction to Turbulence, Reynolds Averaging, and Turbulence and Energy
  • [Attend 12.820 for the lecture of] Boundary Layer Turbulence and Parameterizations
  • Primitive Equations (cont.)
  • Vertical Coordinates
  • dfParameterizing Geostrophic Eddies
  • Project Presentations
  • Overview and Summary of GCM Issues

Readings

  • There is no course textbook but some useful and relevant texts are listed below.
    Listed reading
  • Durran, Dale R. Numerical Methods for Wave Equations in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (Texts in Applied Mathematics Series, Vol. 32). New York, NY: Springer, 1998. ISBN: 9780387983769.
    Listed reading
  • Haidvogel, Dale B. and Aike Beckmann. Numerical Ocean Circulation Modeling. River Edge, NJ: World Scientific Publishing Co., 1999. ISBN: 9781860941146.
    Listed reading
  • Haltiner, George J., and Roger T. Williams. Numerical Prediction and Dynamic Meteorology, 2nd Ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 1980. ISBN: 9780471059714.
    Listed reading
  • Jacobson, Mark Z. Fundamentals of Atmospheric Modeling. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780521637176.
    Listed reading
  • Kantha, Lakshmi H. Numerical Models of Oceans and Oceanic Processes. Academic Press; 1 edition, 2000. ISBN: 9780124340688.
    Listed reading
  • Pedlosky, Joseph. Ocean Circulation Theory. New York, NY: Springer; 1st ed. Corr. 2nd printing edition, 2004. ISBN: 9783540604891.
    Listed reading

Prerequisites & course information

Prereq: Permission of instructor Acad Year 2027-2028: G (Fall, Spring) Acad Year 2028-2029: Not offered Units arranged [P/D/F] Can be repeated for credit.

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