Accessible to advanced undergraduate students, Physical Oceanography: A Mathematical Introduction with MATLAB^(r) demonstrates how to use the basic tenets of multivariate calculus to derive the governing equations of fluid dynamics in a rotating frame. It also explains how to use linear algebra and partial differential equations (PDEs) to solve basic initial-boundary value problems that have become the hallmark of physical oceanography. The book makes the most of MATLAB s matrix algebraic functions, differential equation solvers, and visualization...