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Department of Physics

19412

19412  Physical Oceanography 

Course Webpage: https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS355/ 

Course Content

  • Introduction to physical oceanography: Physical characteristics of sea water, the main questions and goals.
  • The conservation laws in physical oceanography and the dynamical frame of the oceanic system.
  • The theory of oceanic wind-driven gyres and the western boundary intensification.
  • The theory of buoyancy-driven and abyssal circulation of the ocean.
  • Wave solutions and instabilities in the ocean: Barotropic and baroclinic waves in the ocean and the adjustment of the ocean circulation.
  • Equatorial dynamics and the El Niño system.