Special software is required to use some of the files in this section: .m, .mat, .loc, .ctd, .lad, .zip.
Additional files related to the lectures are available below the table.
| WEEK # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| 1 | Some Physical Properties of Sea Water (PDF) |
| 2 | Rotation 101: Some Basics (PDF) |
| 3 | Rotation 101 (cont.): Effects of Rotation on a Sphere: f- and β-planes (PDF) Earth's Gravity Field and Sea Level (PDF) |
| 4 | Ekman layers, Friction and Geostrophic Flow (PDF) |
| 5 | Wind-Driven Circulation: Stommel's Gyre and Sverdrup's Balance (PDF) |
| 6 | Stress in the Ocean (PDF) |
| 7 | Observations of the Gulf Stream in the N. Atlantic (PDF) |
| 8 | Global Hydrographic Climatology (PDF) Supporting Files atlas_test.m (M) ghc_Ni.mat (MAT - 21.1 MB) ghc_Oxkg.mat (MAT - 21.1 MB) ghc_Ph.mat (MAT - 21.1 MB) ghc_pr.mat (MAT - 63.4 MB) ghc_Sil.mat (MAT - 21.1 MB) |
| 9 | Equatorial Twists to Mid-Latitude Dynamics (PDF) |
| 10 | The Large Scale Thermohaline Circulation: Some Thermodynamics (PDF) |
| 11 | The Thermohaline Circulation (PDF) |
| 12 | Another Wrinkle on Observations of the Abyssal Ocean: Geothermal Heating and Hydrothermal Vents (PDF) |
| 13 | Tidal Forces (PDF) |
| 14 | Introduction to "Waves" and Time Dependent Motion (PDF) |
| 15 | Internal Waves (PDF) |
| 16 | Final Exam |
coriolis.m (M)
phyprop.zip (ZIP) (The ZIP file contains: 38 .m files.)