2017-2018 Graduate Catalogue Archived Catalogue
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PHY 578 - Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Credits: 3
Prerequisite: PHY 550 . Corequisite: PHY 475 or PHY 575 . The fundamental principles governing the flow of a density-stratified fluid on a rotating planet, with applications to the motions of the ocean and atmosphere. Equations of state, compressibility, Boussinesq approximation. Geostrophic balance, Rossby number. Poincare, Kelvin, Rossby waves, geostrophic adjustment.
Repeat Policy:
Course may only be taken once for credit
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