— Atmospheric Dynamics

Prerequisites & course information

Course Description: Dynamics of fluid motion in geophysical systems; quasi-geostrophic theory; fundamentals of wave propagation in fluids; Rossby waves; gravity waves; fundamentals of hydrodynamic instability; two-level model; baroclinic instability and cyclogenesis. Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s), Extensive Problem Solving. Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Quantitative Literacy (QL). Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s), Extensive Problem Solving. Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Quantitative Literacy (QL).