Oceanography

Chemistry and physics of the ocean. Distributions of temperature, salinity and density. Equations of state and motion. Surface and deep-water circulation. Waves and tides. Composition of seawater: dissolved salts, gases, nutrients, pH, alkalinity and trace elements. Biological processes and the carbon dioxide system. Marine sediments.

Instructor:

Professor Philip Froelich,
Department of Oceanography
Tel: (850) 644-4331
froelich@ocean.fsu.edu

Text:

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Time and Place:

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Lectures:
Week 1:	Temperature, salinity, pressure and density. Equation of state and properties of seawater. Water masses.
Week 2:	Thermohaline circulation. Sources of deep and bottom waters. Upwelling. Vertical Advection-Diffusion
Week 3:	Wind-driven circulation. Wind stress. Equations of motions and the geostrophic approximation. Ekman drift. Coastal Upwelling. Western boundary currents.
Week 4:	Turbulence and mixing. Thermocline dynamics. Air-sea exchange. Diffusive boundary layers.
Week 5:	Wind-generated waves. Dispersion and refraction. Tides. Tsunamis.
Week 6:	Breaking waves. Near-shore circulation, along-shore drift.
Week 7:	Radiant energy transmission & heat balance. Sound transmission.
	MID-TERM EXAM
Week 8:	Circulation and water masses - chemical tracers. Isotopes and freons. Ages of water masses and time scales of mixing and renewal.
Week 9:	Composition of seawater. Major, minor and trace elements. Law of Conservation.
Week 10:	Biological interactions. Nutrients. Stable isotopes. Primary production and vertical particulate flux. The Redfield model and iron hypothesis.
Week 11:	Dissolved gases. Gas laws. Air-sea gas exchange. Oxygen. Anthropogenic gases - CFC's
Week 12:	Dissolved CO₂-carbonate system. Acid-base equilibria, pH, alkalinity.
Week 13:	Ocean sediments, characterization and distribution. Sources, sinks and residence times.
Week 14:	Dissolved and particulate organic matter. Microbial interactions.
Week 15:	Estuaries. Anoxic basins. Hydrothermal Vents. El Niño.
Week 16:	Final Exams as scheduled.

Exams:

To be announced.

Grades:

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