Intro to Physical Oceanography
Introduction to Physical Oceanography
Foundations
The Boundaries of the Ocean
Thermodynamics of Seawater
Assignment: Thermodynamics of Seawater
The Water Column
Temperature, Salinity, and Stratification
Air Sea Exchange
Advection, Diffusion, and Conservation Laws
Assignment: Heat and Salt Fluxes
Dynamics
Equations of Motion
Hydrostatic and Geostrophic Balances
Wind Driven Circulation
Homework 3: Thermal Wind and Ekman Transports
Vorticity, Sverdrup Transport, and Ocean Gyres
The theory of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)
Southern Ocean Circulation
The Ocean State
Ocean State Estimation
Ocean Barotropic Volume Transport
Overturning Circulation
Heat Transport
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