Atmospheric and Oceanic Modeling

Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	The Finite Difference Method
2	Spatial Discretization and Numerical Dispersion
3	Series Expansion Methods	Problem set 1 out
4	Series Expansion Methods (cont.)
5	Time-stepping	Problem set 1 due
6	Time-stepping (cont.)
7	Time-stepping (cont.) MATLAB® Script for P-N-Z Model
8	Space-time
9	Space-time (cont.)
10	Two-dimensions
11	Shallow Water Dynamics and Numerical Dispersion
12	Barotropic Models
13	Barotropic Models (cont.)
14	Quasi-geostrophic Equations
15	Quasi-geostrophic Models
16	Quasi-geostrophic Models (cont.)
17	Eddy Parameterization
18	The Primitive Equations
19	The Primitive Equations (cont.)
20	Introduction to Turbulence, Reynolds Averaging, and Turbulence and Energy	Problem set 2 out
21	[Attend 12.820 for the lecture of] Boundary Layer Turbulence and Parameterizations
22	Primitive Equations (cont.)
23	Vertical Coordinates	Problem set 2 due
24	dfParameterizing Geostrophic Eddies
25	Project Presentations
26	Overview and Summary of GCM Issues