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Oct 31, 2024
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2019-2020 UMass Dartmouth Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]
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MNE 557 - Geophysical Fluid DynamicsCredits 3 Lecture Dynamics of rotating stratified fluid flow in the ocean/atmosphere and laboratory. Compressibility, Boussinesq approximation. Geostrophic balance and vorticity. Poincare, Kelvin, Rossby waves, Geostrophic Adjustment. Ekman layers, spin-up. Continuously stratified dynamics: inertia gravity waves, potential vorticity, Quasigeostrophic dynamics. EAS 557, MAR 557, PHY 557 Graded
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