ATOC-5410 (3) Fluid Instabilities, Waves, and Turbulence

Nonlinear waves and instabilities; wave-mean and wave-wave interactions, resonant triads; secondary instability and transition to turbulence; diagnosis, modeling, and parameterization of turbulent flows in geophysics and astrophysics. Department enforced prereq., ASTR 5120 or ATOC 5060 or ATOC 5400. Same as ASTR 5410. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.