APPH E4210 - Geophysical fluid dynamics

Institution:

Columbia University in the City of New York

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Description:

Prerequisites: APMA E3101, APMA E3102 (or equivalents) and APPH E4200 (or equivalent), or permission from instructor. Fundamental concepts in the dynamics of rotating, stratified flows. Geostrophic and hydrostatic balances, potential vorticity, f and beta plane approxima-tions, gravity and Rossby waves, geostrophic adjustment and quasigeostrophy, baroclinic and barotropic instabilities, Sverdrup balance, boundary currents, Ekman layers.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.columbia.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 854-1754

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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