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Course Name	Turkish	Oşinografinin İlkeleri
	English	Principles of Oceanography
Course Code	KBM 508E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	2	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Abdüsselam Altunkaynak Abdüsselam Altunkaynak
Course Objectives		1. Denizlerin ve okyanusların fiziksel ve kimyasal özellikleri hakkında bilgiye sahip olmak, 2. Okyanusların dinamiğine ve doğal süreçlerine hakim olmak, 3. Yukarıda ögrenilenleri kıyı bilimleri ve mühendisliğine uygulamaları konusunda fikir sahibi olmak.
Course Description		Introduction. Definition of oceanography. Historical phases of todays oceans. Classification of oceanography. Topics of physical oceanography. Study methods of physical oceanography. Chemical oceanography. Biological oceanography. Meteorological oceanography. Relations between ocean and atmosphere. Geological oceanography. General view of Sea and ocean floors. Features of different parts of sea and ocean floors. Some physical features of sea water. Salinity, heat, Sigma, Sigma-T, T-S diyagrams. Light permeability and color of the sea. Dissolved gasses and minerals. Carbon cycle and pH. Hydrostatic pressure law and its role in flow formation. Flocculation process. Effects of the wave motions on the seabed view. Big sea flow formations. Strait flows.
Course Outcomes		1. How the physics and dynamics of ocean works? 2. To know the processes of physical, chemical and biological in oceans, 3. To understand air-sea interactions in al sorts of spacial and temporal scales, 4. To know oceanic current system in terms of air –sea interactions,
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Textbook		Stewart, R., 2010: Introduction to Physical Oceanography, http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/home/course_book.htm
Other References		Kabdaşlı, S., 1992: Kıyı Mühendisliği, İ.T.Ü. - Ünsal, İ., 1984: Oseanografi, İ.T.Ü. - Duxbury, A., Duxbury, A. C., 1996: Fundamentals of Oceanography, C Brown Publishers

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