This is a web site for material related to the module Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean (ECMM719).
It may be used in conjunction with the ELE site, which is only available to University of Exeter students.
Credit value: 15
Pre-requisites: Undergraduate maths, physics or engineering, including vector calculus and fluid dynamics. Ideally classes equivalent to ECM2706 and ECM3707. Or permission of the instructor.
Assessment:
Written exam (closed book) 80%
Course work. 20%. 2 assessed problem sets, various unassessed sets.
Lectures times:
Tuesday 12.30pm, Harrison 203
Tuesday 5.30 pm, Harrison 101
Tuesday 8.30 am, Harrison 203
Office Hours:
Friday 1.30 pm and by appointment
Harrison 318
Ph.D. students and postdocs are welcome.
Approximate Course Content
The following may change as the course progresses.
Equations in a rotating frame. Boussinesq and anelastic equations. Conservation properties.
Hydrostatic and geostrophic balance. Static stability.
Shallow water equations. Surface waves. Potential vorticity. Geostrophic adjustment.
Geostrophic Theory, Quasi-geostrophic and planetary geostrophic equations,
An introduction to waves. Group velocity. Rossby waves.
Generation of jets and mean flows. General circulation of the atmosphere
Extended notes here.
The extended notes are provided as a reference. (Some aspects of the notes go beyond the syllabus for this class, which is approximately defined by the lecture note above.) The basic material on waves may be especially useful.