Geofluid dynamics


course ID

Lecturer

CFU

9

Length

14 Weeks

Semester DD

Second


Course details

Euler and Navier Stokes equations.
Vorticity conservation.
Transition to turbulence and stability of laminar flows
Boundary layer turbulence,
Thermodynamic properties of the atmophere and geostrophic balance Primitive equation, potential vorticity and geostrophic theory. Baroclinic instabilty.
Eckmann pumping.
Hadley cell.

Objectives

tbd