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12.003 Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics | Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

12.003 Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics | Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

This undergraduate class is designed to introduce students to the physics that govern the circulation of the ocean and atmosphere. The focus of the course is on the processes that control the climate of the planet.AcknowledgmentsProf. Ferrari wishes to acknowledge that this course was originally designed and taught by Prof. John Marshall.
Keywords:
salinity, Coriolis force, Geophysics, pressure and density, compressible flow, Rossby number, Hydrodynamics, Incompressible flow, Ekman layer, Winds, Fluids in motion, ocean, Taylor-Proudman Theorem, Hadley circulation, inhomogeneity, Abyssal circulation, Atmospheric Science, Atmospheric layers, Convective clouds, Hydrostatic balance, greenhouse effect, adiabatic lapse rate, Climate Studies, Temperature, greenhouse gases, Environmental Science, Characteristics of the atmosphere, global energy balance, Oceanography, Convection, radial inflow, 1. Characteristics of the atmosphere, Pressure and geopotential height, Humidity, Geostrophic motion, thermohaline circulation, seawater, geostrophic and hydrostatic balance
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Material Type:
Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:
May 12, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
September 9, 2019
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Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
College General Ed, College Lower Division, College Upper Division
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Language:
English
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