Lecture notes for the first twenty sessions are provided below.
| LEC # | TOPICS | FILES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | (PDF) |
| 2 | Fundamental balance and conservations principles for quasi-balanced flow | (PDF) |
| 3 | Equations of motion | (PDF) |
| 4 | Circulation | (PDF) |
| 5 | Potential vorticity | (PDF) |
| 6 | Invertibility | (PDF) |
| 7 | Potential vorticity and invertibility in the shallow water equations | (PDF) |
| 8 | Quasigeostrophy and Pseudo-potential vorticity | (PDF) |
| 9 | Quasi-geostrophic potential vorticity | (PDF) |
| 10 | An example of the application of “potential vorticity” | (PDF) |
| 11 | Boundary conditions | (PDF) |
| 12 | Eady edge waves | (PDF) |
| 13 | The superposition principle | (PDF) |
| 14 | The secondary circulation | (PDF) |
| 15 | Higher-order balance systems | (PDF) |
| 16 | Rossby waves | (PDF) |
| 17 | Quasi-geostrophic Rossby waves | (PDF) |
| 18 | Barotropic instability | (PDF) |
| 19 | Barotropic instability (cont.) | (PDF) |
| 20 | The Charney-Stern theorem | (PDF) |
