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Oceanic Fluid Dynamics CEE/EESS 363F :: Spring 2009 Instructor: Leif Thomas leift_at_stanford.edu TA: Matthew Long mclong_at_stanford.edu 2009 Syllabus |
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Course description The fundamental dynamics of rotating stratified fluids with application to oceanic flows. Topics include inertia-gravity waves, geostrophic and cyclogeostrophic balance, vorticity and potential vorticity dynamics, quasi-geostrophic motions, planetary and topographic Rossby waves, inertial, symmetric, barotropic, and baroclinic instability, Ekman layers, and the frictional spin-down of geostrophic flows. Prerequisite: CEE 262A or a graduate class in fluid mechanics. |
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Class Hours and Location Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 2:15pm - 3:05pm. Yang and Yamazaki Environment and Energy Bldg. Room 155 |
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Primary text Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Physical and Numerical Aspects, by B. Cushman-Roisin and J-M Beckers. Academic Press. Recommended text Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics, Fundamentals and Large-scale Circulation, by G. Vallis, Cambridge University Press, 2006. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, 2nd Edition, by J. Pedlosky, Springer 1986. |