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OCEANOGRAPHY AND MANAGEMENT OF THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

B13. DYNAMIC PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

  • Introductory principles and turbulence.
  • The effect of the Earth's rotation in ocean circulation.
  • Wind-driven circulation theory.
  • The effect of stratification in the ocean dynamics and the thermohaline circulation.
  • Equatorial ocean dynamics.
  • Quasi-geostrophy.