Kayo Ide | ide (at) umd.edu |
Kelsey Malloy | kmalloy (at) umd.edu | [ATL 4365] |
Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics: An Introductory Text by John Marshall and R. Alan Plumb | |
Mid-Latitude Atmospheric Dynamics. A First Course by Jonathan E. Martin. |
Prerequisite: AOSC431. Corequisite: MATH246. | |
3 semester hours. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: AOSC432, METO432, or AOSC632. |
9:30am-10:45am | TuTh | [ATL 2416] | Class | |
9:30am-10:30am | W | [ATL 3403] | Office hour, except | |
11:00am-12:00pm | Tu | for the first 3 weeks of April | ||
1:00pm-2:30pm | W | [ATL 3425] | TA hour by Kelsey Malloy | |
Students are also encourated to participate in AOSC tutoring session: | ||||
4:30pm-6:00pm | M | [ATL 3400] | by AOSC graduate students |
16 March 2017 | Th | [ATL 2416] | In class (closed book, closed notes) | |
25 (or 27) April 2017 | Tu (or Th) | [ATL 2416] | In class (closed book, closed notes) |
15 May 2017 | M | [ATL 2416] | 8:00-10:00am: accoridng to the UMD final exam schedule |
Based on: In-Class Quiz 10% + Homework 30%+ Exams 60% |
No late homework will be accepted without prior arrangement. | |
Late homework may be accepted with reduced points up to 2 times at reduced points [Same day by 5pm - 70% ; Next day by 5pm - 30%] |
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Use of external references should be cited. | |
Students may study together and discuss problems in a general way to improve understanding, but they are | |
individually responsible for their homework. No copying is allowed. |
Students who require special examination conditions must register with the Office of the Disabled | ||
Stidents Service (DSS). | ||
Documentation must be provoded to me and discussed within the first week of classes. | ||
Paper forms must be filled and provided before every exam. |
Students must provide an official letter/paperwork and get approval by the instructor in one week advance for absense or lateness from official reasons. |
1. | Introduction | |
2. | Background: Earth System | |
3. | Review: Mathematical Concepts and Techniques | |
4. | System of Fluid Motion | |
5. | Vorticity and Circulation of Fluids | |
6. | System of Geophysical Fluid Motion | |
7. | Balance Relation I. Diagnostics in the Geometrical Coordinate | |
8. | Balance Relation II. Diagnostics in the Isobaric Coordinate | |
9. | Vorticity and Circulation of Geophysical Fluids | |
10. | Large-Scale Circulation of Atmosphere | |
11. | Large-Scale Circulation of Ocean |
Kayo Ide at UMD | AOSC 432 | 2017 Spring |