Subject Code:  CL3L001

Name:  Introduction to Ocean Dynamics

L-T-P: 3-0-0

Credit: 3

Introduction:

Ocean Basins, Sea Water Properties, T-S Diagram, 4-D view of oceans, Marine Instrument: CTD, ADCP, Current Meter, Stability, Ocean Current System, Eddies, Waves and Tides, wave propagation. Breaking waves, reflection and dissipation, coastal upwelling and fronts, Wave Energy, Equation of Motion, Geostrophic Flow, Wind driven Current, Ekman Theory, Sverdrup, Munk and Stommel Solution, Western boundary intensification, Indian Ocean dipole, ENSO, Ocean and Climate.

Prerequisite: NIL

Texts/Reference Books::

1. Marshall, John, and R. Alan Plumb. Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics: An Introductory Text. Boston, MA: Elsevier Academic Press, 2007
2. Pickard, George L., and William J. Emery. Descriptive Physical Oceanography an Introduction. Oxford, UK, 2011