Raffaele Ferrari
12.003 Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics
This undergraduate class is designed to introduce students to the physics that govern the circulation of the ocean and atmosphere. The focus of the course is on the processes that control the climate of the planet.
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Multivariable Calculus (18.02) and Physics I: Classical Mechanics (8.01), or consent of the instructor.
12.820/823 Modeling Biology in a Turbulent Ocean
This graduate course presents the phenomena, theory, and modeling of biological systems in a turbulent ocean. The focus is on biological problems that are shaped by the oceanic turbulent environment.
Prerequisites: the mathematics and fluid dynamics required as part of the first year graduate curriculum in the MIT Program in Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate, or consent of the instructor.
12.820 Turbulent Motions in the Atmosphere and Oceans
Spring 2003 Spring 2006 Spring 2009
Spring 2004 Spring 2007 Spring 2010
Spring 2005 Spring 2008 Spring 2012
This graduate course presents the phenomena, theory, and modeling of turbulence in the Earth's oceans and atmosphere. The scope ranges from the fine structure to planetary scale motions. The regimes of turbulence include homogeneous flows in two and three dimensions, geostrophic motions, shear flows, convection, boundary layers, stably stratified flows, and internal waves.
Prerequisites: the mathematics and fluid dynamics required as part of the first year graduate curriculum in the MIT Program in Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate, or consent of the instructor.
12.808 Introduction to Observational Oceanography
This graduate course introduces the students to the physical description of the sea; physical properties of seawater, methods and measurements, boundary processes, regional oceanography.
Prerequisites: the mathematics and physics required for admission to the graduate curriculum in the WHOI/MIT Joint Program, or consent of the instructor.
12.803 Quasi-Balanced Circulations in Oceans and Atmospheres
This graduate course presents the fundamental conservation and balance principles for large-scale flows, generation of quasi-balanced eddies, and the implications for macroturbulence in the ocean and atmosphere.
Prerequisites: the mathematics and physics required for admission to the graduate curriculum in the WHOI/MIT Joint Program, or consent of the instructor.
12.951 The Meridional Overturning Circulation of the Atlantic Ocean: A Reading Course
This course serves as an introduction to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and its role in the climate system, through a survey of classic papers on the subject.
Prerequisites: 12.800 and 12.801, or consent of the instructor.