| | Introduction, ocean dimensions-shapes and bottom materials, physical properties of seawater, typical distributions of water characteristics in the oceans, water salt and heat budgets of the oceans, instruments and methods, circulation and water masses of the oceans, coastal oceanography, the basic physical laws used in oceanography, equation of motion in oceanography, Geostrophic flow, Wind-driven circulation, waves, tides | First Year 2014-2015 | | | The atmosphere and the ocean, ocean currents, gyres in oceans, the other major current systems, global fluxes and the deep circulation | Second Year 2014-2015 | | | Methods of Chemical measurements, applications of atomic absorption spectroscopy, atomic emission spectroscopy, molecular ultraviolet / visible spectroscopy, introduction to chromatography. Methods of sample collection and physical measurements. The course includes experiments dealing with the topics: Nutrient analysis, Chlorophyll a analysis, dissolved oxygen, total hydrocarbon determination, Heavy metal analysis, physical measurements including salinity, density, temperature, currents | Third Year 2014-2015 | | | Observations; instruments; physical properties of seawater; property distributions; characteristics of water masses; heat budget; kinematics; gravity pressure; hydrostatics; stability; horizontal flow; Coriolis force; geostrophy; friction; wind drift; general circulation; wave motions; tides | Fourth Year 2014-2015 |
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