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Dr. Geoffrey K. Vallis
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08542 USA
and
Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ, 08544 USA

Also: Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University

MAIL

phone: (609) 452-6528 or (609) 258 6176
FAX: (609) 258-2850


My publications and papers (thematically)

My publications and papers (chronologically)

Book on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics

Classic and Historical Papers in GFD and Atmospheric and Oceanic Dynamics



Former Students, Postdocs, Group Members and Collaborators.

Mat Maltrud                 Thierry Huck                 Alejandro Pares-Sierra

Ken Oetzel                   Jian Wang                   Ben Cash                 Ed Gerber

Shafer Smith               Miles Sundermeyer         Cara Henning           Piero Olla

Rong Zhang                 Rob Scott                     Pablo Zurita Gotor

Baylor Fox Kemper       Rongrong Zhao             Riccardo Farneti

Jonathan Mitchell


Research Interests

Atmospheric and oceanic fluid dynamics, including,

General circulation of the ocean and atmosphere

Turbulence theory, especially geostrophic turbulence (click here.)

Climate dynamics

Click here for more information, although it is now rather out of date.
Click here to see a movie


Teaching and Lecturing

Click here to see my notes on atmospheric and oceanic flud dynamics.

Over the years I have taught the following courses:
At Princeton:
Physical Oceanography (AOS 573)
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (AOS 572)
Advanced Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (AOS 573)
Special topics in atmospheric circulation (AOS 576).

Previously, at University of California, Santa Cruz:
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (graduate)
Fluid Dynamics (undergraduate)
Elementary Physics (freshman/sophomore)
Physics of Ocean, Atmosphere and Climate (undergraduate/graduate)
Computational Physics (undergraduate/graduate)
Dynamical Meteorology (undergraduate/graduate)
Climate Change: Fact or Fiction (undergraduate)

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