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Introduction |
Introduction |
Lab experiment 0:
Rotation stiffens fluids |
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Characteristics of the atmosphere |
Chapter 1 |
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Equation of state for the dry and moist air |
Chapter 1 |
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Earth's radiation budget |
Chapter 2 |
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Greenhouse effect: I |
Chapter 2 |
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Greenhouse effect: II |
Chapter 2 |
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Problem set 1 due |
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Vertical structure of the atmosphere |
Chapter 3 |
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Convection in water |
Chapter 4 |
Lab experiment 2:
Convection |
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Convection in water (cont.) |
Chapter 4 |
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Problem set 2 due |
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Convection in water (cont.) |
Chapter 4 |
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Dry convection in air |
Chapter 4 |
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Potential temperature |
Chapter 4 |
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Problem set 3 due |
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Moist convection in air: I |
Chapter 4 |
Lab experiment 1:
Cloud formation on adiabatic expansion |
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Moist convection in air: II |
Chapter 4 |
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Problem set 4 due |
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Meridional structure of the atmosphere |
Chapter 5 |
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Partial differential equations |
Chapter 6 |
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Problem set 5 due |
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Radial inflow experiment |
Chapter 6 |
Lab experiment 3:
Radial inflow |
Midterm due |
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Equations of motion for non-rotating fluids |
Chapter 6 |
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Equations of motion for rotating fluids |
Chapter 6 |
Lab experiment 4:
Parabolic table |
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Inertial motions |
Chapter 6 |
Lab experiment 5:
Inertial circles |
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Equations of motion on a sphere |
Chapter 6 |
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Presentations |
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Geostrophic balance |
Chapter 7 |
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Taylor-Proudman theorem |
Chapter 7 |
Lab experiment 6:
Perrot's bathtub experiment |
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Thermal wind |
Chapter 7 |
Lab experiment 8:
Thermal wind and Hadley circulation |
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Ekman layers |
Chapter 7 |
Lab experiment 9:
Slope of a frontal surface |
Problem set 6 due |
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The general circulation of the atmosphere |
Chapter 8 |
Lab experiment 7:
Taylor columns |
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Physical characteristics of the ocean |
Chapter 9 |
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The observed ocean circulation |
Chapter 9 |
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Problem set 7 due |
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Ekman layers in the ocean |
Chapter 10 |
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Ekman layers in the laboratory |
Chapter 10 |
Lab experiment 10:
Ekman layers |
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Taylor-Proudman on the sphere |
Chapter 10 |
Lab experiment 11:
Atmospheric general circulation |
Problem set 8 due |
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The wind driven ocean circulation |
Chapter 10 |
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The abyssal ocean circulation |
Chapter 11 |
Lab experiment 12:
Ekman pumping and suction |
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Turbulent mixing and the abyssal ocean circulation |
Chapter 12 |
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The atmospheric and oceanic energy budget |
Chapter 12 |
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The Earth's heat budget |
Chapter 12 |
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Problem set 9 due |
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Review |
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Review (cont.) |
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