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Notes Part II Linear Classification: Strogatz5. Chaotic Pendulum: Shinbrot92 Stommel: Vallis15.3, Stommel61 | 8/22: Oscillators and Chaos: The Double Pendulum | 8/24: Linear and Nonlinear Perturbations: Stommel Box Model | 8/26 (90min), Hands on: SHO Model, Double/Chaotic Pendulum Model, Stommel Box Model | Due 9/7: Assignment 1 |
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Wilcox2 Notes Part I Vallis 2.1-2.4 | 8/29 (90min): Stommel Box Model; Dimensional Analysis, Nondimensional Equations. | 8/31: Boussinesq, incompressible approximations. | 9/2: NO CLASS | Due 9/7: Assignment 1 |
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Vallis 2.1-2.4 McWilliams84 | 9/5: Labor Day Holiday | 9/7: Eqtns for Rotating, Stratified Turbulence | 9/9 (90min): Eqtns for Rotating, Stratified Turbulence; Inertial Oscillator hands on | Due 9/19: Assignment 2 |
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Vallis 8.1-8.2, 2.7-2.9;
Thorpe 1 Kolmogorov 41 | 9/12 (90min): Basics of Turbulence | 9/14: Basics of Rotating, Stratified Flow | 9/16 (90min): Examples of Ocean Turbulence | Due 9/19: Assignment 2 |
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Notes Chp. 7 Chapman & Rizzoli 3.1-3.3 Drazin & Reid 1.1-1.4 Vallis 6.1-6.3; | 9/19 (90min): Waves on a density interface | 9/21: Instabilities on a shear & density interface | 9/23 (90min): Necessary Conditions for Instability 1 | Due 10/3: Assignment 3 |
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Drazin & Reid 1.1-1.4 Drazin & Reid 4.21-4.23 Vallis 6.1-6.3; | 9/26 (90min): Parallel shear flow | 9/28: NO CLASS | 9/30: NO CLASS | Due 10/3: Assignment 3 |
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Vallis 6.3, 5.1, 5.4, 5.6-5.8 McWilliams84 | 10/3 (90min): Scale Analysis of Instabilities on a Density & Shear Interface | 10/5: QG | 10/7 (90min): Waves in QG | Due 10/17: Assignment 4 |
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Vallis 6.4-6.8 Nakamura 93 | 10/10 (90min): Baroclinic instability, Necessary conditions 2 | 10/12: The Eady Problem | 10/14 (90min): The Nakamura Problem | Due 10/17: Assignment 4 |
| 9 | Vallis 3.7-3.8, 5.1-5.3 Pedlosky 3 | 10/17 (90min): Waves & Instabilities in SWE | 10/19: PG | 10/21: (90min): Waves and instabilities in PG | Due 10/31: Assignment 5 |
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10/24: WCRP Meeting NO CLASS |
10/26: WCRP Meeting NO CLASS |
10/28: WCRP Meeting NO CLASS | Due 10/31: Assignment 5 | |
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Vallis 8 Salmon 4 Fox-Kemper & Menemenlis | 10/31 (90min): Back to Turbulence: Vorticity | 11/2: 2d turbulence | 11/4 (90min): Tracer and energy Spectra | Due 11/28: Assignment 6 |
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Vallis 9 Salmon 6 Fox-Kemper & Menemenlis | 11/7 (90min): Geostrophic turbulence | 11/9: QG Energy and tracer spectra; PV Homogenization | 11/11 (90min): Nonlinear transfers; EDQNM | Due 11/28: Assignment 6 |
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Thorpe 3 Salmon 5.1-5.3 | 11/14: Boundary layer turbulence | 11/16: BLT | 11/18: BLT meets QG: the Submesoscale | Due 11/28: Assignment 6 |
| 14 | Fall Break | Fall Break | Fall Break | Fall Break | Fall Break |
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Vallis 10 Thorpe 5 Fox-Kemper & Menemenlis | 11/28: Turbulent diffusion | 11/30: Turbulence diffusion | 12/2: Turbulence parameterizations | Due 12/14: Assignment 7 |
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12/5: AGU Meeting NO CLASS |
12/7: AGU Meeting NO CLASS |
12/9: AGU Meeting NO CLASS | Due 12/14: Assignment 7 | |
| 17 | Exam Week | Exam Week | Exam Week | Exam Week | Due 12/14: Assignment 7 |