Elements of Oceanography
This note introduces students to oceanographic processes active at the Earth's surface and their relationship to other components of the Earth's overall environment including climate variability and Global Change issues. Topics covered includes: Structure of the Earth, The Earth's Ocean Basins, Plate Tectonics, The Earth's Atmosphere and Heat Budget, Ocean Waves and Tides, Surface Ocean Circulation, he Nature and Properties of Water, Variability of Water in the World's Oceans, Deep Ocean Circulation, Weathering and Erosion, Marine Sedimentation, Coastal Environments and Beach Processes, Nutrients and Dissolved Gases in the World's Oceans, Systematics of Marine Biology, Marine Ecology - Trophic Levels and Food Webs, Marine Ecosystems, Coral Reef Ecosystems, Paleoclimate/Paleoceanography, Managing the Ocean Ocean Resources.
Author(s): Steve Lund
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Introduction to Physical Oceanography by Lisa Beal
This note explains the following topics: Applications of the laws of physics to the study of the properties and circulation of the worlds oceans, Geographical description of the oceans, physical properties of sea water, derivation of the equations of motion for steady ocean circulation on a rotating planet, Ekman layer, Stommel and Munk boundary layers, and the Sverdrup Balance, abyssal circulation, thermohaline circulation, instrumentation and observation.
Author(s): Lisa Beal
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This note covers the following topics: Properties of water and seawater, Major ions of seawater, Chemical Equilibrium, Activity scales and activity corrections, s balance - the cornerstone of chemical oceanography, Biological production, Respiration, Biolimiting elements, Gas exchange, Acids and bases, Ocean carbonate system, Particle flux, The redox sequence and sediment diagenesis, Isotope geochemistry, Radiocarbon and ocean age.
Author(s): Professor Jim Murray
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Wave Motion in the Ocean and the Atmosphere
This lecture note provides an introduction to basic ideas of geophysical wave motion in rotating, stratified, and rotating-stratified fluids. Subject begins with general wave concepts of phase and group velocity. It also covers the dynamics and kinematics of gravity waves with a focus on dispersion, energy flux, initial value problems, etc.
Author(s): Prof. Paola Rizzoli
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