12.812 | Fall 2005 | Graduate

General Circulation of the Earth's Atmosphere

Calendar

WEEK # TOPICS
1 Introduction
1-2 Analysis Techniques
3-4 The Angular Momentum and Kinetic Energy Budgets
5 The Water Vapor Budget
6-8 The Heat Budget
9 Spectral Analysis
10 Forcing of the Zonal Mean Circulations
11 The Energy Cycle
12 Numerical Models