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: MATH1010 Calculus and Linear Algebra or MATH1020 Calculus, Statistics and Probability or MATH1040 Calculus B or MATH1701 Introductory Mathematics Foundations (formerly MATH1050 Introductory Calculus) or WACE Mathematics 3C/3D or TEE Applicable Mathematics