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 |
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. |