School of Science
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.