Physical Oceanography
Tentative Lecture Schedule
Fall 2009
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Physical Oceanography Tentative Lecture Schedule Fall 2009
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| Content | Reading | Date | Instructor | Comments |
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| Math Review/Pre-test/Syllabus review/Grading | Sept. 2 | Chant | ||
| Properties of Seawater | Knauss Ch 1,2 / Stewart Ch 3, 6 | Sept. 3 | Chant | |
| Recitation | Sept. 8 | Zhang | ||
| T-S Diagram | Knauss Ch 2 / Stewart Ch 3, 6 | Sept. 9 | Chant | |
| Density/ Equation of State/ Stability | Knauss Ch 1,2 | Sept. 10 | Chant | |
| Recitation | Sept. 14 | Zhang | ||
| Earth heat budget/radiation | Knauss Ch 3,4 / Stewart Ch 5 | Sept 16 | Chant | |
| Ocean Heat Budget | Knauss Ch 3,4 / Stewart Ch 5 | Sept. 17 | Chant | |
| Recitation | Sept. 21 | Zhang | ||
| Exam 1 | Sept. 23 | |||
| Conservation of mass, etc. | Knauss Ch 3,4 / Stewart Ch 5 | Sept. 24 | Haidvogel | |
| Recitation | Sept. 28 | Zhang | ||
| F = ma / Pressure Gradient force and gravity | Knauss Ch 5 / Stewart Ch 7 | Setp. 30 | Haidvogel | |
| Coriolis/ Geostrophy | Knauss Ch 5 / Stewart Ch 7 | Oct. 1 | Haidvogel | |
| Recitation | Oct. 5 | Zhang | ||
| Vertical Structure/ Barotropic & Baroclinic/ Margules | Knauss Ch 6 | Oct. 7 | Haidvogel | |
| Diffusion/Friction | Knauss Ch 4,5 / Stewart Ch 7/ | Oct. 8 | Haidvogel | |
| Recitation | Oct. 12 | Zhang | ||
| Exam 2 | Oct. 14 | |||
| Waves & Tides I | Knauss Ch 9,10 / Stewart Ch 17 | Oct. 15 | Chant | |
| Recitation | Oct. 19 | Zhang | ||
| Waves & Tides II | Knauss Ch 9,10 / Stewart Ch 17 | Oct. 21 | Chant | |
| Waves & Tides III | Knauss Ch 9,10 / Stewart Ch 17 | Oct. 22 | Chant | |
| Recitation | Oct. 26 | Zhang | ||
| Vertical mixing/ T&S distribution | Knauss ch. 8 | Oct. 28 | Chant | |
| Water masses/ Thermohaline circulation | Knauss ch. 8 | Oct. 29 | Chant | |
| Recitation | Nov. 2 | Zhang | ||
| Exam 3 | Nov. 4 | |||
| Ekman transport/ Potential energy | Knauss Ch 6 / Stewart Ch 9 | Nov. 5 | Haidvogel | |
| Recitation | Nov. 9 | Zhang | ||
| Sverdrup Circulation | Knauss Ch 6,7 / Stewart Ch 11 | Nov. 11 | Haidvogel | |
| Wind driven Circulation/ Western boundary currents | Knauss Ch 6,7 / Stewart Ch 11 | Nov. 12 | Haidvogel | |
| Recitation | Nov. 16 | Zhang | ||
| Coastal upwelling | Knauss Ch 11 / Stewart Ch 17 | Nov. 18 | Haidvogel | |
| Equatorial upwelling/ equatorial currents | Knauss Ch 11 / Stewart Ch 17 | Nov. 19 | Haidvogel | |
| Recitation | Nov. 23 | Zhang | ||
| Recitation | Nov. 30 | Zhang | ||
| Semi-enclosed Seas(Arctic and Mediterranean) | Knauss Ch 11 | Dec. 2 | Haidvogel | |
| Estuaries | Knauss Ch 11 | Dec. 3 | Chant | |
| Recitation | Dec. 7 | Zhang | ||
| Exam 4 | Dec. 9 | |||
| Wrap-up and/or reports | Dec. 10 | All |