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Projects

Convection in air (a compressible fluid)

Convection in water (an almost-incompressible fluid)

Geostrophic balance

Guidelines on Oral Presentations and Project Reports

Rubric for Student Reports

The relationship between pressure and density: hydrostatic balance

Thermal wind

Thermal Wind

Project 1: Mass and Wind - Geostrophic / Ageostrophic Flow

Project 1: Radial Inflow Experiment

Project 2: Fronts

Project 3: Convection

Project 4: General Circulation

Course Info

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Departments

Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

As Taught In

Spring 2009

Level

Undergraduate

Course Info

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Departments

Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

As Taught In

Spring 2009

Level

Undergraduate

Topics

Science
- Earth Science

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