12.003 Physics of Atmospheres and Oceans, Fall 2007

12.003 Physics of Atmospheres and Oceans, Fall 2007

The laws of classical mechanics and thermodynamics are used to explore how the properties of fluids on a rotating Earth manifest themselves in, and help shape, the global patterns of atmospheric winds, ocean currents, and the climate of the Earth. Theoretical discussion focuses on the physical proce...

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Main Author: Marshall, John C.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Learning Object
Language:en-US
Published: 2007
Subjects:
Characteristics of the atmosphere
global energy balance
greenhouse effect
greenhouse gases
Atmospheric layers
pressure and density
Convection
adiabatic lapse rate
Humidity
Convective clouds
Temperature
Pressure and geopotential height
Winds
Fluids in motion
Hydrostatic balance
Incompressible flow
compressible flow
radial inflow
Geostrophic motion
Taylor-Proudman Theorem
Ekman layer
Coriolis force
Rossby number
Hadley circulation
ocean
seawater
salinity
geostrophic and hydrostatic balance
inhomogeneity
Abyssal circulation
thermohaline circulation
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/47288

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