Courses - Fall 2025
AOSC
Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
AOSC670
Physical Oceanography
Credits:
3
Grad Meth:
Reg, Aud
Cross-listed with: GEOL670.
Credit only granted for: GEOL670, AOSC670 or AOSC420.
Additional information: Students should have background knowledge in partial differential equations. See MATH462 for equivalent content.
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.
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University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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