Spring 2025 Earth and Environmental Sciences GU4210 section 001

GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS

GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMIC

Call Number 17430
Day & Time
Location
TR 8:40am-9:55am
To be announced
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Dhruv Balwada
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description Prerequisites: APMA E3101, APMA E3201 or equivalents and APPH E4200 or equivalent or the instructors permission. Fundamental concepts in the dynamics of rotating stratified flows. Geostrophic and hydrostatic balances, potential vorticity, f and beta plane approximations, gravity and Rossby waves, geostrophic adjustment and quasigeostrophy, baroclinic and barotropic instabilities.
Web Site Vergil
Department Earth and Environmental Sciences
Enrollment 12 students (25 max) as of 12:05PM Monday, December 30, 2024
Subject Earth and Environmental Sciences
Number GU4210
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Section key 20251EESC4210W001