Teaching
On this page I post relevant material (e.g. lecture notes, problem sets) for the courses that I teach.
Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics (M2 ENS Lyon)
Outline
- Introduction to the General Circulation of the Atmosphere and Ocean
- Fundamental Equations and Phenomena: Boussinesq approximation, primitive equations, shallow water equations, quasi-geostrophic approximation, Rossby waves, gravity waves, barotropic instability
- Atmospheric dynamics: baroclinic instability and mid-latitude dynamics; tropical dynamics: Hadley cell, convection and tropical waves
- Oceanic dynamics: wind-driven circulation, meridional overturning circulation
- Predictability
Documents
- Problem set: Fundamental concepts
- Problem set: Equatorial waves
- Problem set: Ekman layers
- Computer lab: Ocean box models and millenial climate variability
- Computer lab: ENSO dynamics
Advanced Fluid Mechanics and Turbulence (M2 ENS Lyon)
Course taught jointly by Mickael Bourgoin and myself.
Outline
- What is turbulence?
- The Euler and Navier-Stokes equations
- Empirical approaches to turbulence
- Kolmogorov Theory
- Beyond Kolmogorov Theory: selected topics
Documents
- Lecture notes
- Problem set: Passive scalar turbulence
- Problem set: Intermittency and multifractal model
- Problem set: Velocity profile in a turbulent channel flow
- Problem set for hands-on computer session: hotwire data analysis.
Climate Physics, Climate Change and the Energy Transition (M1 ENS Lyon)
Course taught with Freddy Bouchet and Antoine Venaille.
Documents
- Problem set: Stommel model
Past courses
- LM101: Topics in analysis and algebra I (Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI, Mathematics Department)
- LM115: Tutorials in real analysis (Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI, Mathematics Department)
- LM201: Topics in analysis and algebra II (Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI, Mathematics Department)
- LM250: Real analysis (Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris VI, Mathematics Department)