EOS 431

Physical Oceanography

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0

Observations and theories explaining the wind- and buoyancy-driven circulations of the ocean. Topics include wind-forced currents; ocean-scale gyres; coastal circulation; conservation of dynamical tracers; mixing, potential energy and the resulting basin-scale overturning circulations; waves.

Prerequisites: 225 or two of MATH 200, 201, 205; PHYS 112 or 120; or permission of the department.

Undergraduate course in Earth and Ocean Sciences offered by the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences in the Faculty of Science.