Ebook: Lectures on Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, Pavel Berloff. — 72 p.
Idea of the lectures is to provide a relatively advanced-level course that builds up on the existing introductory-level fluid dynamics.
courses. The lectures target an audience of upper-level undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdocs.Main topics:
Introduction.
Governing equations.
Geostrophic dynamics.
Quasigeostrophic theory.
Ekman layer.
Rossby waves.
Linear instabilities.
Ageostrophic motions.
Transport phenomena.
Nonlinear dynamics and wave-mean flow interactions.