Department of Physics

19402  Geophysical Fluid Dynamics  

Course Webpage: https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS317/  

Course Content

• Introduction to fluid dynamics and geophysical fluid dynamics.
• Fluid kinematics.
• Conservation equations in fluids and geophysical fluids (primitive equations).
• Ideal fluids.
• Introduction to turbulence and its role in geophysical fluid dynamics.
• Approximations and scale analysis of the primitive equations in geophysical fluids.
• Vorticity conservation in geophysical fluids.
• Effects of rotation and stratification on geophysical fluid dynamics (circulation and waves in geophysical fluids).
• Dynamics of the quasi-geostrophic approximation in the presence of continuous stratification.
• Baroclinic instability.