LaTeX Instructions
- LaTeX Handout (.pdf)
- LaTeX Template (.tex)
- compiled LaTeX Template (.pdf)
- Mathematical Concepts handout LaTeX example (.tex)
Other's' Notes
- Professor Wayne Schubert's lecture notes: W. Schubert's lecture notes, chapters 1-10
Highly Recommended Texts
- Vallis, G. K., 2017: Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, (Chapters 1-4); (also see http://empslocal.ex.ac.uk/people/staff/gv219/aofd/index.html )
- Vallis, G. K., 2017: Essentials of Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics; (condensed version of his book): http://empslocal.ex.ac.uk/people/staff/gv219/essence/)
- Holton, J. R., 2004: An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology, 4th Edition, Academic Press (or 5th Edition by Holton and Hakim, 2012)
- Marshall, J. and R. A. Plumb, 2008: Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics, An Introductory Text, Academic Press (Chapter 6-7)
Online Resources/Demonstrations/Examples
- Videos and explanations of the experiments discussed in the Marshall and Plumb (2008) textbook: http://www-paoc.mit.edu/labweb/experiments.htm
Scans from Textbooks
- Reynolds number: Notes on Reynolds number from Vallis (p44-45)
- Vorticity equation: Full derivation of the vertical vorticity equation
Coriolis Resources
- Stull: Stull on the Coriolis Force (good diagrams)
- Anders Persson has written many papers on the Coriolis force and its interpretation. Here are two: How do we understand the Coriolis Force?
- Persson again: The Coriolis Effect: Four centuries of conflict between common sense and mathematics
- Lisa Simpson is wrong: Lisa misunderstands the Coriolis effect
- An experiment you could try at home (although it's hard to do it right): Shapiro's 1962 bathtub experiment
- How insects use their antennae to sense and exploit Coriolis forces: Antennal mechasensors mediate flight control in moths
Gravity Wave Videos and Resources
- YouTube video of gravity waves (remember, k > 0 and m > 0)
- Idealized internal gravity waves in a Boussinesq fluid (from Dale Durran's website)
- Gravity waves generated by a simulated squall line (from Dale Durran's website)
- Thomas Birner's webpage about Sudden Stratospheric Warmings (including PV animations)