A&O SCI 201BGeophysical Fluid Dynamics II
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Anelastic approximation. Small-scale gravity waves in atmosphere. Critical levels. Kelvin/Helmholtz instability. Quasi-static oscillations of planetary atmosphere. Equatorial Kelvin and mixed Rossby-gravity (Yanai) waves. Baroclinic and barotropic instabilities in continuously stratified system. General circulation of atmosphere. Jet streams, eddies, storm tracks. Propagation of planetary waves. Wave-mean flow interactions. Noninteraction theorems.
Letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisite: course 201A.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
confidence 1.00 · from textRequires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
A&O SCI 201B
- A&O SCI 201AGeophysical Fluid Dynamics I
1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
A&O SCI 201B
- A&O SCI 211Planetary Wave Dynamics and Teleconnections in Atmosphere/Ocean
- A&O SCI 212BNumerical Modeling of Atmosphere I
- A&O SCI 216BWave Motions in Tropical Atmosphere
3 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 3 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.