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Wave Motion in the Ocean and the Atmosphere

Resources

Assignments

Problem Set 1
Problem Set 2
Problem Set 3
Problem Set 4
Problem Set 5
Problem Set 6
Problem Set 7
Problem Set 8
Problem Set 9

Lecture Notes

Energy equation for surface gravity waves
Initial value problem - Homogeneous medium
Internal waves
Internal waves modified by rotation – unbounded fluid
Laplace tidal equations on the sphere
Shallow water equations with rotation – Poincaré waves
Slowly varying media: ray theory
Surface gravity waves
The Kelvin Wave
The oceanic waveguide – normal modes of a stratified, rotating fluid