August, 2009
AOSC 670 Physical Oceanography |
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OUTLINE
Week 1 IntroductionI |
Monday August 31 Introduction: ocean basins, sources of ocean sediment. |
Wednesday September 3 Physics/chemistry basics. water chemistry: equation of state, potential density and isoneutral density, pH, alkalinity. (T2) Black smoker here . |
Week 2 Physics/Chemistry |
Monday September 7 Labor Day |
Wednesday September 9 Geochemical tracers.
Seen animation of CFCs invading the
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Week 3 Instruments |
Monday September 14 In situ ocean instrumentation. Deploying mooring animation here . |
Wednesday September 16 Remote sensing of the oceans. SST in western Atlantic animation here . |
Week 4 Water masses A |
Monday September 21 Water masses I: the Atlantic
including marginal seas (T14-16) Water masses II Southern and
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Wednesday September 23 no class |
Week 5 Water masses B |
Monday September 28 Water masses II: Indian
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Wednesday September 30 Heat/freshwater budgets and surface fluxes (T18) |
Week 6 At the edges |
Monday October 5 Tides (Senya Grodsky) M2 animation near
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Wednesday October 7 Surface waves & sediment transport. Animation of surface waves here . Animation of Pacific swell here . |
Week 7 Mixing and Diffusion |
Monday October 13 Estuaries. Realtime observations from Ches. Bay here . |
Wednesday October 15 Introduction to mixed layers, entrainment, etc. Mixing and diffusion parameterizations (T3-4) |
Week 8 Dynamics A |
Monday October 19 Dynamics I: Subtropical gyre dynamics. (S4.1-2) Gulf Stream numerical animation here |
Wednesday October 21 Dynamics II: Subtropical gyre dynamics (T5) |
Week 9 Dynamics B |
Monday October 26 Dynamics III: Thermocline dynamics (T5) |
Wednesday October 28 Dynamics IV: Thermocline dynamics |
Week 10 Tropics |
Monday November 2 Tropics I: intraseasonal and seasonal circulation. |
Wednesday November 4 Tropics II: interannual and decadal variability (T19) ENSO animation here .1997-8 sea level animation here . |
Week 11 Biology |
Monday November 9 Ocean biology I Spring bloom can be viewed here .Weird vent creatures here . |
Wednesday November 11 Ocean Biology II (T global fish I,II) |
Week 12 Carbon |
Monday November 16 Carbon cycle |
Wednesday November 18 Paleo-oceanography
I: 40Myr-10Kyr (T20). Laurentide ice sheet
animation here . Antarctic ice animation here . |
Week 13 Paleo-ocean |
Monday November 23Paleo-oceanography II: 10Kyr-pres. SST animation from a global GCM here . |
Wednesday November 27 << no class -- day before Thanksgiving>> |
Week 14 Presentations |
Monday November 29 Paleo-oceanographyIII last 10,000yrs |
Wednesday December 2 not sure |
Monday December 7 student presentations |
Wednesday December 9 Last class Party! |
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