Introduction to Physical Oceanography Lisa Beal by Lisa
Beal
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Description Application of the laws of physics to the study of the properties and
circulation of the world’s oceans. Physical description of the sea; physical
properties of sea water; forcing and the equations of motion; boundary
processes; waves; thermohaline circulation; variability; instrumentation and
observation. Prerequisites: the mathematics and physics required for
admission to the graduate curriculum at RSMAS, or consent of the instructor. It
will be assumed that you know Newton’s 3 Laws, linear and angular momentum
conservation, derivatives and partial derivatives, integrals, scalars and
vectors, gradient, divergence, and curl.
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