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Quasi-Balanced Circulations in Oceans and Atmospheres

Kerry Emanuel, Instructor

Course Information  (pdf)

Course Outline   (pdf)

Syllabus  (pdf)

Hoskins, McIntyre and Roberston, 1985  (Warning: 10.1 mb file)

Notes on pressure coordinates, by Masahiro Sugiyama (pdf)

Notes on pressure coordinates, by Rob Korty  (pdf)

Notes on the thermal wind relation, by Rob Korty (pdf)

Recent tropopause maps and satellite images

Problem Sets