EAS475/EAS587: Atmospheric and Oceanic Dynamics II
Location
- ESB 1-33
Time
- 1400-1520 TR
Teaching delivery methods
- Lectures will be given in person.
Seminar/Lab
- The seminars will not be weekly.
The seminar time will be used, when appropriate, to demonstrate
aspects of theory presented in class through laboratory experiments
in CCIS 3-257. It will be announced in class a week in advance if
there will be a seminar the following week, and this will run from
11:30-12:20 on the following Thursday. A reminder will also be
given the Tuesday beforehand.
- New Seminar Announcement!
There will be a lab demonstration on Thursday, October 19
during the seminar time - though starting at 11:30am
and going to 12:20pm.
The demonstration will take place in the experimental lab:
CCIS 3-257
Grade break-down
- EAS475: Assignments 60%, Final Exam 40%
- EAS587: Assignments 40%, Oral Presentation 20%, Final Exam 40%
Assignments
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Four assignments will be given during term, each given equal weight.
(EAS475: each worth 15%; EAS587: each worth 10%)
- Assignments
Oral Presentation
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For students enrolled in EAS587 only:
In addition to assignments, students in EAS587 must additionally read
and review a recently published research paper, presenting their
findings in class on the last day of class: Tuesday, December 7.
(Worth 20% final grade for EAS587 students.)
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This grading sheet will
be used in evaluating the presentations.
Midterm
- None
Exam
- 9am-noon Wednesday, December 20 in ESB 1-33
(Worth 40% of final grade)
- The exam will have five questions based on the material covered
in Assignments 1 - 4 (chapters 1-5 of the lecture notes).
There will be no questions on Chapter 6 (instability).
- Provided tools
- Aids you can bring to the exam
- Calculator (not on a cellular device)
- One 8 1/2 X 11 ``cheat sheet''. On this you may write any
definitions, formulae or constants you like on
both sides of the page.
(Note: a sheet of
``handy constants''
will also be included on the back page of the exam).
- Preparation
Syllabus
- Much of the information here is summarized in the
syllabus, which also
points to additional university learning, support and ethics
resources/guidelines.
Extra Help
- Extra one-on-one help can be set up by appointment within
24 hours of request.
- I will also be available to answer questions during breaks in
the lectures and after the lectures.
Course Outline
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Synoptic-scale processes, the general circulation, turbulence,
oceanic mixing, wind-driven circulation, waves in the atmosphere and
ocean, baroclinic instability, tides.
Textbooks
- There is no required textbook for this course.
- The course will be taught from lecture notes, which are posted below.
Additional Resources
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You may wish to refer to the following for additional aid:
- Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics,
G.K. Vallis (Cambridge University Press, 2006)
- Atmosphere-Ocean Fluid Dynamics,
A.E. Gill (Academic Press, 1982).
- Internal Gravity Waves,
B.R. Sutherland (Cambridge University Press, 2010).
Lecture Notes, Overheads and Supplementary Handouts
- Lecture Notes
- Supplemental Slides and Links
- Supplemental Movies (the original movies with film notes
can be accessed from the MIT repository of
The National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films).
- Other Movies
Prerequisites
- EAS212 and EAS 371; or consent of the instructor.
Note EAS587 is concurrent with EAS475 and is not available to students
with credit already in EAS475.
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