# Calendar

Course calendar.
SES # | TOPICS | READINGS | LABS | KEY DATES
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1 | Introduction | Introduction | Lab experiment 0: Rotation stiffens fluids |
2 | Characteristics of the atmosphere | Chapter 1 |  |
3 | Equation of state for the dry and moist air | Chapter 1 |  |
4 | Earth's radiation budget | Chapter 2 |  |
5 | Greenhouse effect: I | Chapter 2 |  |
6 | Greenhouse effect: II | Chapter 2 |  | Problem set 1 due
7 | Vertical structure of the atmosphere | Chapter 3 |  |
8 | Convection in water | Chapter 4 | Lab experiment 2: Convection |
9 | Convection in water (cont.) | Chapter 4 |  | Problem set 2 due
10 | Convection in water (cont.) | Chapter 4 |  |
11 | Dry convection in air | Chapter 4 |  |
12 | Potential temperature | Chapter 4 |  | Problem set 3 due
13 | Moist convection in air: I | Chapter 4 | Lab experiment 1: Cloud formation on adiabatic expansion |
14 | Moist convection in air: II | Chapter 4 |  | Problem set 4 due
15 | Meridional structure of the atmosphere | Chapter 5 |  |
16 | Partial differential equations | Chapter 6 |  | Problem set 5 due
17 | Radial inflow experiment | Chapter 6 | Lab experiment 3: Radial inflow | Midterm due
18 | Equations of motion for non-rotating fluids | Chapter 6 |  |
19 | Equations of motion for rotating fluids | Chapter 6 | Lab experiment 4: Parabolic table |
20 | Inertial motions | Chapter 6 | Lab experiment 5: Inertial circles |
21 | Equations of motion on a sphere | Chapter 6 |  | Presentations
22 | Geostrophic balance | Chapter 7 |  |
23 | Taylor-Proudman theorem | Chapter 7 | Lab experiment 6: Perrot's bathtub experiment |
24 | Thermal wind | Chapter 7 | Lab experiment 8: Thermal wind and Hadley circulation |
25 | Ekman layers | Chapter 7 | Lab experiment 9: Slope of a frontal surface | Problem set 6 due
26 | The general circulation of the atmosphere | Chapter 8 | Lab experiment 7: Taylor columns |
27 | Physical characteristics of the ocean | Chapter 9 |  |
28 | The observed ocean circulation | Chapter 9 |  | Problem set 7 due
29 | Ekman layers in the ocean | Chapter 10 |  |
30 | Ekman layers in the laboratory | Chapter 10 | Lab experiment 10: Ekman layers |
31 | Taylor-Proudman on the sphere | Chapter 10 | Lab experiment 11: Atmospheric general circulation | Problem set 8 due
32 | The wind driven ocean circulation | Chapter 10 |  |
33 | The abyssal ocean circulation | Chapter 11 | Lab experiment 12: Ekman pumping and suction |
34 | Turbulent mixing and the abyssal ocean circulation | Chapter 12 |  |
35 | The atmospheric and oceanic energy budget | Chapter 12 |  |
36 | The Earth's heat budget | Chapter 12 |  | Problem set 9 due
37 | Review |  |  |
38 | Review (cont.) |  |  |