Observations of Ocean Circulation

Susan Hautala

Prerequisites: permission of instructor

The goals of this class are to provide:

(1) An introduction to the nature of what can be observed about the general circulation.

(2) Entry points into the literature for a wide range of topics.

(3) Practice at reading and synthesizing physical oceanographic papers.

(4) A forum to develop skills involved in professional presentation and discussion.

Class format

Discussion topics and schedule for Winter 2005

Discussion topics from past classes

Guidelines for preparing research summaries

Resources:

Course online reserves
Tomczak and Godfrey's online textbook Regional Oceanography: An Introduction