SO513 – Honors Oceanic and Atmospheric Processes
Course Syllabus – Spring 2015
Texts: Fluid Mechanics, by P. Kundu, I. Cohen, and D. Dowling (Required)
Introduction to Physical Oceanography, by R. Stewart (Free online)
Version: 01/09/2015
Week 1
(7-9 Jan)
7 Jan: Mon schedule
Week 2
(12-16 Jan)
Week 3
(19-23 Jan)
19 Jan: MLK Day
Text chapter
Kundu Cohen
Dowling: KCD
Stewart: S
KCD Ch. 1,2
-Course introduction, motivation
KCD Ch. 1,2
-Lesson 1: Index notation
KCD Ch. 4
KCD Ch. 14
Lab 1: Uses of index notation
Work on HW 1
-Lesson 2: Conservation of mass
-Lesson 3: Conservation of momentum:
strain rate tensor and Boussinesq
approximation
S Ch. 7
Week 4
(26-30 Jan)
KCD Ch. 4
KCD Ch. 14
S Ch. 7
Week 5
(2-6 Feb)
KCD Ch. 14
S Ch. 8
S Ch. 9
S Ch. 12
Week 6
(9-13 Feb)
Week 7
(16-20 Feb)
17 Feb: Presidents Day
18 Feb: 6wk grades
Week 8
(23-27 Feb)
KCD Ch. 14
S Ch. 8
S Ch. 9
S Ch. 12
KCD Ch. 14
S Ch. 11
Week 9
(2-6 Mar)
KCD Ch. 14
Lesson/Lab Topic
Work on Lab 1, HW 1
-Lesson 3: Conservation of momentum:
strain rate tensor and Boussinesq
approximation
-Lesson 3: Apparent forces,
Geostrophic balance, TaylorProudmann
Work on Lab 1, HW2
-Lesson 4: Turbulence and Reynolds
Averaging
Deliverables
Start Lab 1
Start HW 1
DUE: HW 1 Fri 23 Jan
DUE: Lab 1 Fri 30 Jan
Lab: Rotating tank
calculations
DUE: HW 2 Fri 6 Feb
Lab demo: TaylorProudmann columns
Lab 2: Equation of motion applications
Work on Lab 2, HW2
*Guest instructors*
DUE: Lab 2 Fri 13 Feb
Work on Lab 2, HW 3
Exam 1 (Lessons 1-3) Tue 17 Feb
-Lesson 4: Turbulence and Reynolds
Averaging, Turbulence energy equation
Work on HW3
-Lesson 5: Ekman solution
DUE: HW 3 Fri 27 Feb
Lab 3: Ekman
Work on Lab 3, HW3
-Lesson 6: Barotropic Instability
DUE: Lab 3 Fri 6 Mar
Work on Lab 3, HW4
Week 10
(9-13 Mar)
13-Mar early schedule
KCD Ch. 14
Week 11
(23-27 Mar)
KCD Ch. 14
Spring Break
-Lesson 7: Vorticity
S Ch. 11
Lab 4: Vorticity
Week 12
(30 Mar - 03 Apr)
Emmanuel
supplement
Work on Lab 4, HW5
-Lesson 8: Tropical cyclone energetics
Exam 2 (Lessons 5-9) 03 Apr
Week 13
(6-10 Apr)
7 Apr: 12wk grades
KCD Ch. 12
Work on Lab 4, HW5
-Lesson 9: Equation of state of ocean
Week 14
(13-17 Apr)
KCD Ch. 12
KCD Ch. 14
-Lesson 10: Ocean stability
S Ch. 8
Lab 5: Ocean density and stability
Work on Lab 5, HW6
-Lesson 10: Ocean stability
-Student project presentations
Week 15
(20-24 Apr)
Final exam (TBD)
DUE: HW4 Tue 10 Mar
*NOAA meeting*
*Chile LREC*
DUE: HW 5 Fri 10 Apr
DUE: Lab 4 Fri 10 Apr
S Ch. 6
KCD Ch. 12
KCD Ch. 14
S Ch. 8
Week 16
(27-29 Apr)
29 Apr: Last class
-Lesson 6: Baroclinic instability
Work on Lab 5, HW6
-Course catch-up, student
presentations, evaluations
Lessons 1-10
DUE: HW 6 Fri 24 Apr
DUE: Lab 5 Fri 24 Apr