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Tenth Workshop "Fluid Dynamics in Earth and Planetary Sciences"

Original documents distributed at the lectures by P. B. Rhines

• Fundamental questions about oceans and atmospheres that are currently under debate
• How do waves and eddies shape the gereral circulation, gyres and jet streams?
• Dynamics of ocean gyres and their relation with the global conveyor circulation
• Heat, fresh-water, ice: convection in oceans and atmospheres and the texture of geophysical fluids
• Teaching young students about the global evironment using the GFD laboratory
• Exploring high-latitude ocean climate with Seagliders and satellites