Subject Code: CL5L203	Subject Name:   Ocean State Forecasting	L-T-P:  3-0-0	Credit: 3
Pre-requisite(s):  Nil
Numerical techniques used in marine forecasting, forecasting of tides and currents in the North Indian Ocean, real time forecasting of storm surges in India and its neighborhood. Prediction of coastal upwelling, fronts and vertical thermal structure in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, wave prediction in the North Indian Ocean, forecasting of salinity and flow structure in the Indian estuaries.
Text/Reference Books: Schott and McCreary. The monsoon circulation of the Indian Ocean, Progress in Oceanography, Science Direct W. J. Emery, Richard E. Thomson.  Data Analysis Methods in Physical Oceanography, Elsevier Science  Robert N. Miller. Numerical Modeling of Ocean Circulation, Cambridge University Press Kantha L. H. & C. A. Clayson.  Numerical Models of Oceans and Oceanic Processes, Academic Press