AOSC 670 - Physical Oceanography

PREREQUISITES:

• AOSC 610 - Dynamics of Atmosphere and Oceans I
• - or permission of the department

DESCRIPTION: Ocean observations. Water masses, sources of deep water. Mass, heat, a nd salt transport, gochemical tracers. Western boundary currents, maintenance of the thermocline. Coastal and estuarine processes. Surface waves and tides. Ocean climate.