<p>Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 200A. Recommended: course 201A. Turbulent flows that occur on relatively small scales (&lt;~10 km) in both atmosphere and ocean. Classical homogeneous, shear, convective, and boundary-layer turbulence and its geophysical modification due to stratification, Earth’s rotation, and water phase changes. S/U or letter grading.</p>

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Atmospheric and Oceanic Turbulence

A&O SCI 201C

4 units