Subject Code: CL5L104 Subject Name: Dynamics of Atmosphere and Ocean L-T-P:  3-0-0 Credit: 3
Pre-requisite(s):  Nil
Fundamentals of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Equations of motion in rotating frame; potential  vorticity conservation, Simplified equations for ocean and atmosphere; Instabilities and Waves, Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation Equatorial dynamics, heat-induced tropical circulations; Mid-latitude circulation; planetary waves and stratosphere; Ocean Dynamics: Ekman layers, Sverdrup transport, western boundary currents; Large-scale ocean circulation; Response of ocean to a moving storm or hurricane; oceanic mixed layer.
Text/Reference Books:
  1. Gill A. Dynamics of Ocean and Atmosphere, Academic Press
  2. Pond and Pickard. Introductory Dynamical Oceanography, Butterworth-Heinemann
  3. John A. Knauss. Introduction to physical oceanography,  Waveland Pr Inc 
  4. Joseph Pedlosky. Waves in the Ocean and Atmosphere: Introduction to Wave Dynamics,  Springer