Earth Sciences
EART 272 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Introduces fluid motion influenced by rotation. Topics include the Coriolis force, geostrophic flow, potential vorticity, the shallow water model, quasigeostrophic approximation, planetary waves, Ekman theory, thermal wind, models of the large-scale oceanic and atmospheric circulation, and equatorial dynamics. Students cannot receive credit for this course and EART 172.
Instructor
Christopher Edwards
Also offered as
OCEA 272
Requirements
Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.