Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 12.808 (Fall 2004) 
• Course Title:
• Introduction to Observational Physical Oceanography 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Raffaele Ferrari
  Dr. Terrence Joyce 
• Course Introduction:
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  12.808 Introduction to Observational Physical Oceanography
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2004

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course includes assignments and a complete set of lecture notes.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  Observational physical oceanography includes topics such as the  physical description of the sea, the physical properties of seawater, methods and measurements, wind-driven ocean circulation, abyssal ocean circulation, boundary processes, and wave motions.

  
  
  

  Technical Requirements

  
  
  

  Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .m, .mat, .loc, .ctd, .lad, .zip.

  
  

  *Some translations represent previous versions of courses.