LARGE-SCALE OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE COUPLING

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze the observed spatio-temporal structure of some coupled modes of variability in the climate system. Audience: Graduate 2. Apply a wave perspective to explain dynamical adjustment to equilibrium. Audience: Graduate 3. Understand how coupled dynamical and thermodynamic interactions between the atmosphere and ocean give rise to spatial and temporal structure of coupled climate variability. Audience: Graduate 4. Understand and apply appropriate statistical analyses to ocean and atmosphere data sets to diagnose specific coupled dynamical processes and modes of variability. Audience: Graduate 5. Review and synthesize existing literature to explore how coupled ocean atmosphere interactions are used to understand and model coupled climate variations. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze the observed spatio-temporal structure of some coupled modes of variability in the climate system. Audience: Graduate 2. Apply a wave perspective to explain dynamical adjustment to equilibrium. Audience: Graduate 3. Understand how coupled dynamical and thermodynamic interactions between the atmosphere and ocean give rise to spatial and temporal structure of coupled climate variability. Audience: Graduate 4. Understand and apply appropriate statistical analyses to ocean and atmosphere data sets to diagnose specific coupled dynamical processes and modes of variability. Audience: Graduate 5. Review and synthesize existing literature to explore how coupled ocean atmosphere interactions are used to understand and model coupled climate variations. Audience: Graduate