| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS | LABS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | Introduction Chapter 1 | Lab experiment 0 | |
| 2 | Equilibrium T of Earth | Chapter 2 | ||
| 3 | Greenhouse effect | |||
| 4 | More complex greenhouse models | |||
| 5 | Vertical structure of atmosphere: Hydrostatic balance | Chapter 3 | Problem set 1 out | |
| 6 | Convection in water | Chapter 4 | Lab experiment II | |
| 7 | Dry convection in air: Adiabatic lapse rate | |||
| 8 | Potential temperature | Problem set 1 due Problem set 2 out | ||
| 9 | Moist convection | Lab experiment I | ||
| 10 | Moist convection (cont.) | Problem set 2 due Problem set 3 out | ||
| 11 | Meridional structure of atmosphere | Chapter 5 | ||
| 12 | Angular Momentum: Hadley circulation | |||
| 13 | Differentiation following the motion | Chapter 6 | Problem set 3 due Problem set 4 out | |
| 14 | Equations of motion applied to a fluid | |||
| 15 | Equations of motion for a rotating fluid | Lab experiment III | ||
| 16 | Equipotential surfaces | Lab experiment IV | ||
| 17 | Inertial circles | Lab experiment V | ||
| 18 | Review and recap of frames of reference | Problem set 4 due Problem set 5 out | ||
| 19 | Putting things on the sphere | Lab experiment VI | ||
| 20 | Balanced flow: Geostrophy | Chapter 7 | ||
| 21 | Taylor Proudman theorem | Lab experiment VII | Problem set 5 due | |
| 22 | Thermal wind | Mid-term take-home test out | ||
| 23 | Ageostrophic motion and Ekman layers | Lab experiment X | ||
| 24 | The Hadley circulation | Chapter 8 | Lab experiment VIII | Problem set 6/7 (combined) out |
| 25 | The general circulation of the atmosphere | Mid-term take-home test due | ||
| 26 | Atmospheric general circulation: Eddy regime | Lab experiment XI | ||
| 27 | The ocean and its circulation | Chapter 9 | ||
| 28 | Ocean circulation: Inferences from balanced dynamics | |||
| 29 | Ekman layers in the ocean | Chapter 10 | Lab experiment XII | Problem set 6/7 due Problem set 8 out |
| 30 | Taylor-Proudman on the sphere | |||
| 31 | Laboratory model of wind-driven ocean circulation | Lab experiment XIII | ||
| 32 | Theory of ocean gyres | |||
| 33 | Thermohaline circulation | Chapter 11 | ||
| 34 | Theoretical ideas on thermohaline circulation | Problem set 8 due Problem set 9 out | ||
| 35 | Laboratory model of thermohaline circulation | Lab experiment XIV | ||
| 36 | The ocean and its role in climate | Chapter 12 | ||
| 37 | Source-sink flow and western boundary currents | Lab experiment XV | Problem set 9 due | |
| 38 | Final exam |