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September 17, 2022
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This course includes:
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Description
Observational physical oceanography includes topics such as the physical description of the sea,
the physical properties of seawater, methods and measurements, wind-driven ocean circulation, abyssal ocean circulation, boundary processes, and wave motions.
Course Curriculum
- Some Physical Properties of Sea Water Unlimited
- Rotation 101: Some Basics Unlimited
- Rotation 101 (cont.): Effects of Rotation on a Sphere: f- and β-planes Unlimited
- Earth’s Gravity Field and Sea Level Unlimited
- Ekman layers, Friction and Geostrophic Flow Unlimited
- Wind-Driven Circulation: Stommel’s Gyre and Sverdrup’s Balance Unlimited
- Stress in the Ocean Unlimited
- Observations of the Gulf Stream in the N. Atlantic Unlimited
- Global Hydrographic Climatology Unlimited
- Equatorial Twists to Mid-Latitude Dynamics Unlimited
- The Large Scale Thermohaline Circulation: Some Thermodynamics Unlimited
- The Thermohaline Circulation Unlimited
- Another Wrinkle on Observations of the Abyssal Ocean: Geothermal Heating and Hydrothermal Vents Unlimited
- Tidal Forces Unlimited
- Introduction to “Waves” and Time Dependent Motion Unlimited
- Internal Waves Unlimited
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