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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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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Introduction to Observational Physical Oceanography
This note covers the following topics: rotation , earths gravity field and sea level , ekman layers friction and geostrophic flow , winddriven circulation stommels gyre and sverdrups balance , stress in the ocean , observations of the gulf stream in the n atlantic , global hydrographic climatology pdf, equatorial twists to midlatitude dynamics , the large scale thermohaline circulation some thermodynamics , the thermohaline circulation , another wrinkle on observations of the abyssal ocean geothermal heating and hydrothermal vents , tidal forces , introduction to waves and time dependent motion and internal waves
Author(s): Raffaele Ferrari, Terrence Joyce
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