UNSW Handbook Course - Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics

Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics - MATH3261


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Mathematics
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	Contact Hours per Week: 4
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: 12 units of credit in Level 2 Math courses including MATH2011 or MATH2100 or MATH2110 or MATH2111 and MATH2120 or MATH2130; Excluded: MATH3270.
	Offered: Semester 2 2005
	Fee Band: 2

Description

The dynamics underlying the circulation of the atmosphere and oceans are detailed using key concepts such as geostrophy, the deformation radius and the conservation of potential vorticity. The role of Rossby waves, shelf waves, turbulent boundary layers and stratification is discussed. The atmosphere-ocean system as a global heat engine for climate variablity is examined using models for buoyant forcing, quasi-geostrophy and baroclinic instability.

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