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12.307: Weather and Climate Laboratory
Jane Abbott Connor 12.307 is an undergraduate Institute Laboratory Course intended to illustrate, by means of 'hands on' projects, the basic dynamical and physical principles that govern the general circulation of the atmosphere and ocean and the day to...

12.300J Global Change Science
E. A. B. Eltahir Introduces the basic relevant principles and concepts in atmospheric physics, climate dynamics, biogeochemistry, and water and energy balance at the land-atmosphere boundary, through an examination of two current problems in the global...

12.842 Climate Physics and Chemistry
C. Wunsch, E. Boyle, K. Emanuel Introduction to climate studies, including beginnings of the solar system, time scales, and climate in human history; methods for detecting climate change, including proxies, ice cores, instrumental records, and time series...

12.824 Stability Theory for Oceanic & Atmospheric Flows
G. Flierl Basic theory of hydrodynamic instability with special application to flows of interest in oceanography and meteorology. Topics covered include general formulation of stability theory; concept of normal modes and linearization; fundamental...

12.820 Turbulence in the Atmosphere and Ocean
R. Ferrari, G. Flierl Covers phenomena, theory and modeling of turbulence in the Earth's oceans and atmosphere. The scope will range from centimeter- to planetary-scale motions. Includes homogeneous isotropic three- and two-dimensional turbulence...

12.815 Atmospheric Radiation
S. Seager, R. A. McClatchey Introduction to the physics of atmospheric radiation and remote sensing, including use of computer codes. Radiative transfer equation including emission and scattering, spectroscopy, Mie theory, and numerical solutions...

12.812 General Circulation of the Earth's Atmosphere
P. O'Gorman Explains the main features of the general circulation of the Earth's atmosphere. Final part of the course explores possible changes in the general circulation associated with climate change. No required or recommended textbooks

12.811 Tropical Meteorology
K. A. EmanuelA description of the large-scale circulation systems of the tropical atmosphere and analysis of the dynamics of such systems. Topics include: Radiative-convective equilibrium; the Hadley and walker circulation; monsoons; tropical boundary...

12.810 Dynamics of the Atmosphere
R. A. Plumb Discusses the dynamics of the atmosphere, with emphasis on the large scale. Topics include zonally symmetric circulations and the tropical Hadley circulation; internal gravity waves; balanced flows, potential vorticity conservation and Rossby...

12.806 J Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry
R. G. Prinn Introduction to the physics and chemistry of the atmosphere including experience with computer codes. Aerosols and theories of their formation, evolution, and removal. Gas and aerosol transport from urban to continental scales. Coupled models...

12.804 Large-Scale Flow Dynamics Laboratory
L. Illari, G. Flierl Laboratory component of subject 12.803. Analysis of observations of oceanic and atmospheric quasi-balanced flows, computational models, and rotating tank experiments. Illustrates the basic principles of potential vorticity...