OC4331 Ocean Variability, Winter 2006
(last updated: 20 December 05)
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VITAL STATISTICS
INSTRUCTOR: Prof. Jeffrey D. Paduan (Code OC/Pd)
OFFICE: Spanagel 348
PHONE: 656-3350
OFFICE HOURS: Afternoons, by phone, by email
QUARTER: Winter 06
LECTURE
WHERE: Spanagel TBD
WHEN: Mon, Tues, Wed, (some) Thur TBD
PROPOSED GRADING
Journal Notebooks and Lab Excercise(s) 10%
Exams (2) 60%
Project Presentation 30%
(Student Presentations during week 10)
SPECIAL DATES
Monday, 16 Jan: MLK Holiday-No Class
Thursday, 2 Feb: CeNCOOS Council-No Class
Monday, 20 Feb: Pres Day Holiday-No Class
Tuesday, 21 Feb: Exam (Tentative)
Wed-Thur, 22-23 Feb: AGU Mtg-No Class
Thursday, 2 Mar: MLPA Mtg-No Class
Week 10: Student Presentations
Monday, 20 Mar: Final Exam (1300, Sp-342)
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1) To acquaint you with typical scales and behaviours of
ocean variability (e.g. oceanic eddies, fronts, and meandering jets)
2) To acquaint you with the many ways in which mesoscale features
influence ocean circulation, climate, and operational activities.
3) To encourage you to read contemporary, professional literature
critically.
4) To help you to translate the phenomenology of mesoscale features
into requirements for ocean observing systems and models.
5) To incorporate new focus on coastal regions.
Catalog Description:
OC4331 MESOSCALE OCEAN VARIABILITY ( 4 - 0 )
Contemporary knowledge of ocean mesoscale eddies, fronts, meandering currents;
baroclinic and barotropic instabilities; kinematics, dynamics and energetics
from observations, theories and models. PREREQUISITE: OC4211
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