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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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This course is a laboratory accompaniment to 12.803, Quasi-balanced Circulations in Oceans and Atmospheres. The subject includes analysis of observations of oceanic and atmospheric quasi-balanced flows, computational models, and rotating tank experiments. Student projects illustrate the basic principles of potential vorticity conservation a
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- earth atmospheric and planetary sciences
- geostrophic adjustment
- potential vorticity
- rossby waves
- frontal waves
- baroclinic instability
- isolated vortices
- ageostrophic motion
- flow dynamics
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