Department of Physics

10ΕΚ302 Physical Oceanography

Course webpage:   https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS130

Course outline

Course content

• Seawater properties. Surface and vertical distribution of physical oceanography parameters in the world ocean.
• Equations of motion in the ocean. Conservation laws.
• Currents without friction, shallow ocean equations and the concept of vorticity.
• Currents with friction: Wind-driven circulation, Ekman theory and the westward intesification of ocean circulation.
• Waves at the surface of the ocean. Internal waves. Tides. Ocean waves in the presence of Earth's rotation.
• Thermohaline circulation.