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Courses - Fall 2024
AOSC
Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
Open Seats as of
12/08/2024 at 10:30 PM
AOSC670
Physical Oceanography
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, Aud
Prerequisite: Permission of CMNS-Atmospheric & Oceanic Science department; or permission of CMNS-Geology department.
Cross-listed with: GEOL670.
Credit only granted for: GEOL670, AOSC670 or AOSC420.
Ocean observations. Water masses, sources of deep water. Mass, heat, and salt transport, geochemical tracers. Western boundary currents, maintenance of the thermocline. Coastal and estuarine processes. Surface waves and tides. Ocean climate.