Atmospheric and Oceanic Turbulence

4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 200A. Recommended: course 201A. Turbulent flows that occur on relatively small scales (<~10 km) in both atmosphere and ocean. Classical homogeneous, shear, convective, and boundary-layer turbulence and its geophysical modification due to stratification, Earth’s rotation, and water phase changes. S/U or letter grading.