Course number: MARN-5061
Department of Marine Sciences
University of Connecticut
Instructor: Cesar B Rocha
The most up-to-date syllabus is available here.
| Date | Content | Remark/reading |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-30 | Lecture 1: Introductions and syllabus discussion | |
| 2022-09-01 | Lecture 2: Continuum hypothesis, Eulerian and Lagragian viewpoints | |
| 2022-09-08 | Lecture 3: Mass and momentum conservation | |
| 2022-09-13 | Lecture 4: Equations of motion in a rotating planet | |
| 2022-09-15 | Lecture 5: Tangent plane approximations | E 2.3 |
| 2022-09-20 | Lecture 6: Scaling and the boussinesq approximation | E 2.5, 3.1 |
| 2022-09-22 | Lecture 7: Hydrostatic and geostrophic approximations | E 3.2-3.5 |
| 2022-09-27 | Lecture 8: More on geostrophy | E 3.5 |
| 2022-09-29 | Lecture 9: Ekman dynamics and surface Ekman layer | E 5.7 |
| 2022-10-04 | Lecture 10: Ekman transport and pumping | E 5.7 |
| 2022-10-06 | Lecture 11: Introduction to ocean gyres and the Sverdrup balance | E 14.1-14.2 |
| 2022-10-11 | Lecture 12: More on Sverdrup relationship and balance | E 14.2-14.3 |
| 2022-10-13 | Lecture 13: The Stommel model | E 14.3 |
| 2022-10-18 | Lecture 14: The Munk model | E 14.3 |
| 2022-10-20 | Lecture 15: Introduction to thermocline and MOC dynamics | E 15.1-15.2 |
| 2022-10-25 | Lecture 16: Diffusive and advective scales for the thermocline | E 15.3 |
| 2022-10-27 | Lecture 17: The Stommel & Arons model of abyssal circulation | E 15.4 |
| 2022-11-01 | Lecture 18: Wind-driven interhemispheric MOC | E 15.5 |
| 2022-11-03 | Lecture 19: Shallow-water model and introduction to shallow water waves | E 4.1-4.3 |
| 2022-11-08 | Lecture 20: Shallow-water waves and shallow-water potential vorticity | E 4.2-4.3 |
| 2022-11-10 | Lecture 21: Quasi-gesotrophic scaling in shallow-water theory | E 5.1-5.2 |
| 2022-11-15 | Lecture 22: Rossby waves | E 6.1-6.3 |
| 2022-11-17 | Lecture 23: Barotropic and baroclinic instability | E 8.1-8.7 |
| 2022-11-22 | No lecture | Thanksgiving recess |
| 2022-11-24 | No lecture | Happy turkey day! |
| 2022-11-29 | Quiet day: students work on their final assignment | Cesar will be in the classroom and on Webex |
| 2022-12-01 | Quiet day: students work on their final assignment | Cesar will be in the classroom and on Webex |
| 2022-11-06 | Student presentations | 25-minute talk + 5-10 minutes for comments and questions |
| 2022-12-08 | Student presentations | 25-minute talk + 5-10 minutes for comments and questions |