MASC531 DYNAMIC OCEANOGRAPHY-I FLUID DYNAMICS
| Course Code: | 9500531 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Graduate School of Marine Sciences |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. EMİN ÖZSOY |
| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
The aim is to help students acquire an understanding of some of the basic concepts of geophysical fluid dynamics (GFD) that will be needed as a foundation for advanced courses in physical oceanography. To provide an introduction to the fundamental concepts, analysis techniques, and canonical solutions of GFD. The emphasis is on the fundamentals of fluid dynamics with a twist of atmosphere/oceans. This topics include the the equations of motions for rotating stratified flow and their application to the oceanic dynamics, Ekman layer dynamics, potential vorticity dynamics, wind driven oceanic circulation, geostrophic adjustment, and baroclinic instability.
Course Content
Basic review of calculus, physical properties of fluids, kinematics of the flow field, conservation of mass, forces and deformations in a moving fluid, stress and rate of strain tensors, derivation of the equations of motion, transformation to rotating earth, Bernoulli theorem, vorticity dynamics, viscous and irrotational flow examples for incompressible homogeneous fluids.
Course Learning Outcomes
The student will obtain a fundamental knowledge of geophysical fluid dynamics.