A&O SCI 201B
Geophysical 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.
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Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisite: course 201A.
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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.
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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.