This unit covers an introduction to the physics of the ocean; physical properties of sea water; global distribution of temperature and salinity; dynamics governing motion in the ocean; barotropic and baroclinic ocean circulation; heat and salt budgets; water mass formation; ocean acoustics; and estuarine hydrodynamics. -- Course Website
Instructor: Winthrop Professor Charitha Pattiaratchi
Prerequisites: SCIE2204 Marine Systems; for pre-2012 courses: SCIE2204 Introduction to Marine Science