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