Turbulence in the Ocean and Atmosphere
MIT OpenCourseWare offers this advanced course on turbulence theory and modeling as it applies to Earth's oceans and atmosphere, covering motions from centimeter scale to planetary scale. Topics include homogeneous isotropic three dimensional turbulence, convection, quasi-geostrophic turbulence, shallow water turbulence, baroclinic turbulence, and macroturbulence in both oceanic and atmospheric settings. The course includes MIT's standard OpenCourseWare materials, which typically consist of lecture notes, problem sets, and readings drawn from the graduate curriculum in atmospheric and oceanic sciences. Learners work through the physical phenomena first, then the mathematical frameworks used to model them across scales. The material assumes prior grounding in fluid dynamics and is aimed at graduate-level study. As with all MIT OpenCourseWare offerings, the content is free to access with no certificate offered.