Environmental Fluid Dynamics

Hours

3.0 Credit, 3 Lecture, 0 Lab

Fluid dynamics of the atmosphere and oceans related to free surface, two layer, and continuously stratified flows emphasizing linear and nonlinear free-surface and internal gravity waves.

Flow Patterns and Generation

Understand basic geophysical flow patterns and their generation mechanisms.

Using Navier-Stokes Equations

Be able to simplify the Navier-Stokes equations to use in non-constant density fluids and for common geophysical and environmental flows. Be able to analyze these equations to estimate flow field dynamics.

Forms of Instabilities

Understand forms of instabilities in non-uniform density fluid motion.