Courses

CAOS Core Courses (taught each year)

• Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (Fall)
• Applied Mathematics for Atmosphere Ocean Science (Fall)
• Ocean Dynamics (Spring)
• Atmospheric Dynamics (Spring)

CAOS Special Topics Courses (taught irregularly)

• Vortex Dynamics (Buhler)
• Waves and Mean Flows (Buhler)
• Ice Dynamics (Holland)
• Laboratory Experiments in Atmosphere Ocean Science (Holland)
• Computational Methods for Atmosphere-Ocean Science (Holland)
• Climate Dynamics (Kleeman)
• Information Theory (Kleeman)
• Turbulent Diffusion (Majda)
• Tropical Waves (Majda)
• Vorticity and Incompressible Flow (Majda)
• Statistical and Stochastic Models for the Atmosphere and Ocean (Majda)
• Tropical Atmospheric Dynamics (Pauluis)
• Geophysical Turbulence (Smith)
• Ocean General Circulation Modeling (Smith)

Graduate Mathematics Courses

• Fluid Dynamics I & II
• Scientific Computing
• Stochastic Calculus
• Applied Stochastic Analysis and Methods
• Finite Elements in Fluids
• Mathematical Modeling

Graduate Computer Science Courses

• Distributed Computing
• Geometric Modeling
• Advanced Database Systems

Columbia University Earth and Environmental Sciences Courses

• Atmospheric Science: Dynamics of climate, Atmospheric dynamics, Atmospheric radiation, Radiative processes of climate, Seminar in atmospheric science.
• Oceanography: Ocean-atmosphere interaction, Numerical modeling of geophysical fluids, Dynamics of ocean currents, Physical oceanography seminar.
• Other: Earth and Environmental Science Journalism, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Environmental Science, Geochemistry/Climate Studies , Geophysics (Marine/Solid Earth), Petrology/Mineralogy , Terrestrial Geology/Paleontology