MASC532 DYNAMIC OCEANOGRAPHY-II ROTATING FLUIDS
| Course Code: | 9500532 |
| 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
Course Content
Geophysical fluid dynamics, equations of motion applied to the ocean, Basic balances leading to geostrophic flow, inertial motion. Geostrophic degeneracy and closure. Shallow water equations, inertia-gravity and Kelvin waves, shelf waves, Rossby waves, quasi-geostrophic theory. Wind driven ocean circulation, examples of geophysical fluid dynamics problems.