Courses of Study 2021-2022 
    
    Apr 23, 2024  
Courses of Study 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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EAS 3530 - Physical Oceanography


(OPHLS-AG, PBS-AS, PHS-AS)      
Spring. 3 credits. Student option grading.

Prerequisite: BIOEE 1540 /EAS 1540  or BIOEE 1560 /EAS 1560  or equivalent, MATH 1120  or MATH 1920 , and PHYS 1112  or PHYS 2207 , or permission of instructor. 

B. Monger.

Covers thermohaline and wind-driven circulation and surface-ocean boundary-layer dynamics. Mathematical expressions for describing conservation of momentum, mass, and heat in a fluid are used to explain the ocean’s responses to wind and buoyancy forcing.



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