PHYS 431 - Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (3 credits)

(Prereq: PHYS 212 or PHYS 213, and MATH 161 or MATH 161B) Development of the fundamental fluid dynamics used in analyzing and interpreting flows in the ocean and atmosphere. Fundamentals of vorticity dynamics and geostrophy, wave dynamics at various scales, general circulation, vorticity, numerical modeling, and dynamics of other planets. F, alternate years.