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Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate Dynamics

Currently teaching:


Some important landmarks (fun class videos and photos!):
The wave (APM115, 2008) VIDEO
The wave (APM115, 2008)
Vibrating memb- rane (APM105b, 2010) VIDEO
Vibrating memb- rane (APM105b, 2010)
zeta-xi winner
zeta-xi winner (EPS131, 2010)
A hard day's work (APM120)
A hard day's work (APM120)
Hurricake
Hurricake (EPS134, 2012)
Hurricake creators
Hurricake creators (EPS134, 2012)
Strogatz's Romeo and Juliet (APM105, 2012) VIDEO
Strogatz's Romeo and Juliet (APM105, 2012)
Sturm-Liouville (APM105, 2012) VIDEO
Sturm-Liouville (APM105, 2012)
Multi-lingual Sturm-Liouville
Multi-lingual Sturm-Liouville (APM105, 2012)
zeta-xi winners
zeta-xi winners (EPS131, 2012)
Ekman spiral dance (EPS131, 2016) VIDEO
Ekman spiral dance (EPS131, 2016)
Housing-day
Housing-day (APM120, 2018)

Previous years: courses taught by subject: Earth and Planetary Sciences:
EPS 101: Global Warming Science (undergrad, open course site)
EPS 131: Introduction to physical oceanography and climate (undergrad, open course site)
EPS 134: Global warming debates: the reading course (undergrad, open course site)
EPS 231: Climate dynamics (graduate, open course site)
EPS 281r: Great papers in the Earth sciences (graduate, open course site)
FS 221: Freshman seminar: global change debates (undergraduate)

Applied Math:
APM 105: (aka APM 105b) Ordinary and partial differential equations (undergraduate)
APM 111: Introduction to scientific computing (undergraduate)
APM 115: Mathematical modeling (undergraduate)
APM 120: Applied linear algebra and big data (undergraduate)
APM 147: (aka APM 108) Nonlinear dynamics and chaos (undergraduate)
APM 202: Physical Mathematics II (graduate)
APM 203: Nonlinear dynamics and chaos (graduate)


EPS 101 at work
EPS 101 at work
At the beach (EPS 131, 2014)
At the beach (EPS 131, 2014)
WHOI field trip! (EPS 131)
WHOI field trip! (EPS 131)
zeta-xi winner (EPS 131, 2024)
zeta-xi winner (EPS 131, 2024)
Matthew Cappucci's waves in WashPost (EPS131, 2018)
Matthew Cappucci's waves in WashPost (EPS131, 2018)
Final TF breakfast
Final TF breakfast (APM120, 2019)

Courses taught by year:
2026 Spring: APM 120 (syllabus), EPS 131 (syllabus), EPS 101 (syllabus);
2025 Spring: APM 120 (syllabus), EPS 231 (syllabus), EPS 101 (syllabus);
2024 Spring: APM 120 (syllabus), EPS 131 (syllabus), EPS 101 (syllabus);
2023 Spring: APM 120 (syllabus), EPS 231 (syllabus), EPS 101 (syllabus);
2022 Spring: APM 120 (syllabus), EPS 131 (syllabus), EPS 101 (syllabus);
2021 Spring: APM 120 (syllabus), EPS 231, EPS 101 (syllabus);
2020 Spring: APM 120 (syllabus), EPS 131, EPS 101 (syllabus);
2019 Spring: APM 120 (syllabus), EPS 231, EPS 134 (readings);
2018 Spring: APM 120 (syllabus), EPS 131, EPS 134 (readings);
2017 Spring: APM 120 (syllabus), EPS 231, EPS 281 (readings);
2016 Spring: APM 120 (syllabus), EPS 131, EPS 134 (readings);
2015 Spring: APM 202, EPS 231, EPS 281;
2014 Spring: APM 202, EPS 131, EPS 134;
2013 Spring: APM 202, EPS 231, EPS 281r;
2012 Spring: APM 105, EPS 131, EPS 134;
2011 Spring: APM 105b, EPS 231, EPS 281r;
2010 Spring: APM 105b, EPS 131, EPS 134;
2009 Spring: APM 115, EPS 231, EPS 281r;
2008 Spring: APM 115, EPS 131, FS 221;
2007 Spring: APM 115, EPS 231;
2006 Spring: APM 111;
2005 Fall: APM 203, EPS 131; Spring: EPS 231;
2004 Fall: APM 147; Spring: EPS 131;
2003 Fall: APM 203;


Self-portrait of a student thinking independently during quiz
Thinking independently during quiz (APM120, 2019)
attending lecture during Covid times
attending lecture during Covid times (APM120, 2020)
Arielle's cereal entry to xi-zeta competition
Arielle's cereal xi-zeta entry (EPS131, 2020)
Winner of xi-zeta competition, Covid semester (EPS131, 2020)
xi-zeta Covid Winner (EPS131, 2020)
APM120 Bingo, Kristine Falk
Bingo, Kristine Falk (APM120, 2020)
VIDEO
Strogatz's Romeo and Juliet - TF version (APM120, 2021)
VIDEO
TFs celebrating Luke's 22 and 2/3 Bday (APM120, 2021)
student-coaches at work
student-coaches at work (EPS101, 2022)
with freshmen, last day of semester
with freshmen, last day of semester (APM120, 2022)
VIDEO
Aurora making waves! (EPS131, 2024)
VIDEO
Sophie-An making waves! (EPS131, 2024)
A well-documented HW extension request
A well-documented HW extension request (APM120, 2025)
Classroom to table
Classroom to table (APM120, 2025)
standing waves
standing waves (EPS131, 2026)

See also:
Harvard Oceanography Committee webpage, with opportunities for undergraduate research in oceanography.
Graduate climate courses at MIT and Harvard and a suggested curriculum for climate dynamics graduate students.