DEN 314 - Oceanography

Course Objectives

To study the physical and dynamical processes in seas and ocean.

Course Description

Physical properties of sea water: salinity, temperature, pressure and density relations. Heat and salt budgets. Currents induced by density variations. Coriolis force, geostrophic motions, large scale currents. Wave motions: wind waves, deep and shallow water waves, surface cuurents, Ekman spiral and Ekman transport.