Subject Code: : CL6L102	Name: Dynamics of Atmosphere And Ocean	L-T-P: 4-0-0	Credit: 4
Pre-requisite(s): None
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. S. Pond and G L Pickard: Introductory Dynamical Oceanography, Butterworth-Heinemann 3. John A. Knauss. Introduction to physical oceanography,Waveland PrInc 4. Joseph Pedlosky. Waves in the Ocean and Atmosphere: Introduction to Wave Dynamics, Springer 5. Neumann and Pierson, Introduction to principles of dynamic oceanography