Geophysics: Fluids

3 credits

Introduction to geophysical fluid dynamics. An overview of fluids in geophysics with emphasis on the oceans. A nonrigorous development of the equations of motion with examples drawn from oceanography and solid earth geophysics. Prerequisite: either MATH 136, both MATH 207 and MATH 208, or both AMATH 351 and AMATH 352; and PHYS 322.