Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Problems Principles and laws of mechanics important to oceanography and meteorology Problems on principles and laws of mechanics Types of forces and movement in the ocean and in the atmosphere Problems about types of forces and movement

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Reynolds, Richardson, Rossby and Eckman numbers Problems on Reynolds, Richardson, Rossby and Eckman numbers

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Wave generation and types of wind waves Wave generation problems Wave prediction. Significant wave height. Wave prediction problems.

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Astronomical Tide and Meteorological Tide Astronomical and meteorological tidal problems

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Stability. Criteria. Brunt-Vaisala frequency. Application of the continuity equation of the mass. Compressibility. Application of the volume continuity equation. Application of the continuity equation.

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Eulerian equations. Analysis of terms according to time-space scales. Equations for the average movement. Reynolds efforts. Application of the Navier-Stokes equations. Application of the Navier-Stokes equations.

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The effect of the wind. Drag coefficient. Drag coefficient calculation problems. Ekman model. Ekman transport. Ekman Model Applications

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Inertial currents Inertial current problems Geostrophic currents. Geopotential and isobaric surfaces. Geostrophic calculation. Geostrophic calculation

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Vorticity. Conservation of vorticity. Sverdrup and Munk solutions for wind circulation. Mass transport function. Sverdrup and Munk solutions for wind circulation

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