Wave Fronts and Rays Mirrors are usually close at hand. It is difficult, for example, to put on makeup, shave, or drive a car without them. We see images in mirrors because…
Slide 1 Wind-Driven Circulation in a Stratified Ocean Consider the ocean in several isopycnal layers that can be separated into two groups: Layers that outcrop at the sea…
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Slide 1 Chapter 3 Fiber Optics and Integrated Optics Gradient-index optics —the refractive index is the function of space Fiber optics —Optical wave-guide, tele-communication…
Activity 1-11: Curves of Constant Width www.carom-maths.co.uk How would you measure the width of a closed curve? Suppose you took a rectangle that is 2 cm by 1 cm: what is…
Rossby Wave Two-layer model with rigid lid η=0, ps≠0 The pressures for the upper and lower layers are The perturbations are Potential vorticity conservation in upper…