Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Oşinografi
	English	Oceanography
Course Code	DUI 472	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	8	-	1	1	-
Course Language		Turkish
Course Coordinator		Ayşe Nak
Course Objectives		1. To teach weather forecasting and interpreting synoptic maps, 2. To teach tropical cyclones, 3. To teach ocean waves and current systems, 4. To teach sea ice formation and types.
Course Description		Synoptic maps and weather systems. Tropical cyclones. Ocean current system. Waves. Tides and current systems. Sea ice and effects on navigation.
Course Outcomes		Students who pass the course will be able to: I. Be able to understand synoptic maps and to forecast weather, II. Learn tropical cyclones and sea waves, III. Learn ocean and sea current systems, IV. Learn sea ice, V. Learn usage of routing charts and pilot cards by knowledge of meteorology and oceanography.
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Textbook		Öney, S. ve Yılmaz. A., Denizcilik Meteorolojisi, Görsel Sanatlar Matbaacılık, 2000.
Other References		1. Garbe, Suzanne, The Science behind wonders of the weather: exploding lakes, ice circles, and brinicles, Raintree, [2017]. 2. Frampton, R.M., Meteorology for seafarers, Brown, Son & Ferguson, 2015. 3. Tang, Dan Ling, Typhoon iImpact and Crisis Management, Springer, 2016. 4. Gerold Siedler, Stephen M. Griffies, W. J. Gould, John Church, Ocean Circulation and Climate, Acedemic Press, 2013. 5. Cornish, Maurice M., Reeds Maritime Meteorology, Adlard Coles Nautical, 2006. 6. Ahrens, C.D., Meteorology Today, 9th Ed., Cengage Learning, 2008.

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