Educational guide 2023_24 Facultade de Ciencias do Mar

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Equation of state of seawater Continuity equation Navier-Stokes equations Ocean vorticity Waves in the ocean	Seawater physical properties. EOS-80 and TEOS-10 conventions. Boussinesq approximation, geostrophic balance, Ekman balance and transport. Understanding potential and total vorticity. Effects Main concept of wind waves. Classification of the oceanic waves. Tide origin. Tidal harmonic components Gravity waves in fluids. Deep and shallow water waves
CLIMATOLOGY	Electromagnetic radiation Simple heat balance in a water reservoir
HYDROGRAPHY	Surface distribution of salt and temperature Thermal and salt profiles in the water column Water masses. TS diagrams. Static and dynamic stability. The Richardson number
CURRENTS	Surface currents and the wind system. systems of winds. Western intensification. Geostrophic flow. Barotropic and baroclinic regimes. Dynamic topography. Ekman pumping. Convergences and divergences. Upwelling and downwelling.