GEOG 249

Earth System Science: Ocean-Atmosphere Dynamics

University of California Santa Barbara · UGRD · Fall 2026

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Present basic and modified equations of motion for rotating fluids to explain large-scale ocean and atmosphere motions. Topics include: geostrophic approximation; conservation of potential vorticity; Ekman transport and pumping; quasi-geostrophic approximation baroclinic instability; Rossby and Kelvin waves.

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