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  • Prof. Kerry Emanuel
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  • Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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Fall 2009
Level
Graduate
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  • Engineering
    Ocean Engineering
    Hydrodynamics
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    Earth Science
    Atmospheric Science
    Geophysics
    Oceanography
    Physics
    Thermodynamics
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12.803 | Fall 2009 | Graduate
Quasi-Balanced Circulations in Oceans and Atmospheres
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An example

Baroclinic Instability

Barotropic instability

Boundary conditions

Circulation

Eady edge waves

Equations of motion

Fundamental balance and conservations principles for

Higher-order balance systems

Introduction

Invertibility

Potential vorticity

Potential vorticity and invertibility in the shallow water equations

Quasi-geostrophic potential vorticity

Quasi-geostrophic Rossby waves

Quasigeostrophy and Pseudo-potential vorticity

Rossby waves

The Charney-Stern Theorem

The secondary circulation

The superposition principle

Course Info
Instructor
  • Prof. Kerry Emanuel
Departments
  • Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
As Taught In
Fall 2009
Level
Graduate
Topics
  • Engineering
    Ocean Engineering
    Hydrodynamics
  • Science
    Earth Science
    Atmospheric Science
    Geophysics
    Oceanography
    Physics
    Thermodynamics
Learning Resource Types
notes Lecture Notes

Download Course
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