# Wave Motion in the Ocean and the Atmosphere

A Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) buoy being deployed in the Pacific Ocean from the NOAA ship Ronald H. Brown. (Image courtesy of NOAA.)

### Instructor(s)

Prof. Paola Rizzoli

### MIT Course Number

12.802

### As Taught In

Spring 2008

### Level

Graduate

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Some Description
Instructor(s) | Prof.
As Taught In | Spring 2002
Course Number | 2.24
Level | Undergraduate/Graduate
Features | Lecture Notes, Student Work

## Course Description

## Course Features

- Lecture notes
- Assignments: problem sets (no solutions)

## Course Description

This course is an introduction to basic ideas of geophysical wave motion in rotating, stratified, and rotating-stratified fluids. Subject begins with general wave concepts of phase and group velocity. It also covers the dynamics and kinematics of gravity waves with a focus on dispersion, energy flux, initial value problems, etc.

## Other Versions

## Other OCW Versions

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- 12.802 Wave Motions in the Ocean and Atmosphere (Spring 2004)

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Paola Rizzoli. 12.802 Wave Motion in the Ocean and the Atmosphere. Spring 2008. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

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