EAS4300
Introduction and overview (week 1)
Topic 1 (August 20): Manu
Introduction to Oceanography
(ocean and climate, ocean's resources, ocean and humans)
Topic 2 (August 22): Manu (assign homework #1, ocean explortation Manu/Taka)
What is the best way to observe the ocean?
(observing programs and technology) - [ PPT ]
References: Chapter 1 of Textbook.
Topic 3 (August 24): Cobb
Early Earth, Oceans, & Life
(discovering the origin of life on earth) - [ PPT ]
References: Chapter 1-2 of Textbook
Marine geology and geophysics (week 2-3)
Topic 4 (August 27): Manu
Ocean floor physiography
(The inner shells of the Earth and Seismograpy) - [ PPT | EarthScope.ppt ]
References: Book: chapter 3-4 , Isostacy-Buoyancy-notes.doc
Topic #5 (August 29): Manu (assign homework #2, plate tectonics and marine sedimentation - Manu)
Plate Tectonic and the origin of ocean basins - [ PPT ]
References: Book: chapter 3-4
Topic #6 (August 31) :
Bathymetry from space and its relevance to oceanography - [ PPT ]
References: Book: chapter 3-4
Topic #7 (September 5): Taka
Sea Level Changes and Paleoceanography - [ PPT ]
Reading assignments:
* Palaeoceanography and sea-level changes, Chap. 6;
Topic #8 (September 7): Taka (assign homework #3, sea level change - Taka)
20th century sea level changes - [ PPT ]
Physical oceanography and climate dynamics (week 4-8)
Topic #10 (September 10,12, 14): Taka x3
Tank demonstration examples:
The Atmospheric Circulation - [ PPT ]
The effect of rotation (T-P theorem)
The Atmospheric Circulation PART 2 - [ PPT ]
Differentially heated annulus (Hadley)
The Atmospheric Circulation PART 3 - [ PPT ] Differentially heated annulus (Eddy)
(Sept 14 assign homework #4 atmospheric circulation – Taka/Manu)
Special Topic Lecture #11 (September 17): (Bracco guest lecture)
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico - [ PPT ]
Topic #12 (September 19, 21): Taka
The Ocean General Circulation Theory PART I -II (Book: chapter 8) - [ PPT ]
(assign homework #5 ocean circulation – Taka/Manu)
Topic #13 (September 24, 26 Taka introduce the concept of the water mass age
The Thermohaline Circulation in the ocean (
Book: chapter 8) - [ PPT ]
Topic #14 (September 28): Manu (assign homework #5 thermoaline/ENSO – Taka/Manu)
Equatorial Circulation, ENSO and Indian Moonsoon (
Book: chapter 8) - [ PPT]
Topic # 16 (October 1):
Manu
Ocean Waves - [ PPT ]
Rossby and Kelvin Waves - [ PPT ]
(Book: chapter 9)
Topic #17 (October 3):
Ocean Tides
(Book: chapter 9) - [ PPT ]
Manu
Topic #18 (special) (October 5): Cobb (assign homework #6 waves – Manu)
Energy from ocean waves - [ PPT ]
Topic (special) #15 (October 8): Manu
Midterm review
MIDTERM EXAM (covering material through Friday, October 10) : Yisen
Midterm Exam October 12, 2011 (material will cover until wave excluded)
Topic (special) #15 (October 12): (Cobb)
Global Warming and IPCC - [ PPT | IPCC Summary ]
Additional Material: 40yr_OceansWarming.pdf
Chemical oceanography and geochemistry (week 9-11)
Topic #19-20 (October 17, 19): Taka (Oct 19 assign homework #7– Taka)
Ocean carbon cycle and climate
Part I: CO2 thermostat, oxygen homeostat and carbonate pH-stat
Topic #21 (October 22): Taka
Ocean carbon cycle and climate
Part II: Stable geologic carbon cycle: O(millions of years and longer)
Faint young sun paradox
Volcanism, weathering and carbon burial
Topic #22 (October 24): Taka
Ocean carbon cycle and climate
Part III: Unstable glacial carbon cycle: O(10,000 to 100,000 years)
Paleo records
Ocean carbon pumps
Topic #23 (October 26): Taka (Oct 26 assign homework #8– Taka)
Present ocean carbon cycle and global warming: O(100 years)
Stable or unstable?
Topic #9 (September 29): Taka
Marine Sedimentation and Gas Hydrates - [ PDF1 | PPT2 ]
References: Book: chapter 5
(This could potentially be moved to the chemistry section)
Topic #24-25 (October 31, Nov 2): Taka (Oct 26 assign homework #9 – chemistry - Taka)
Human impacts on ocean chemistry
Pollution, acidification and deoxygenation
Biological oceanography (week 12-15)
Topic #26 (November 5) Manu
Marine Ecology, Habitats and Organisms (Book: chapter 13,15,16)
Topic #27-28 (November 7, 9): Manu (Nov 9 assign homework #10– climate and ecosystems - Manu)
Oceanic Short Term Climate Variability and Marine Ecosystem
Topic #29-30 (November 12, 14): Manu
The Open Ocean and Deep Sea Floor Ecosystems
Shallow and Coastal Ecosystems
(Book: chapter 13 and 15/16) - [ PPT ]
Topic #31-32 (November 16): Manu/ Taka assign homework #11– short essay on human impacts - Manu)
Human impacts on marine ecosystem
Overfishing, habitat destruction or sustainable fishery
Topic #33-34 (November 19, 21) : Manu
Marine Life Observing System- [ PDF ]
Topic #35-36 (November 26) : Guest x 2
Coral in Crisis (Guest Lecture by M. Hay) - [ PPT ]
Article from The Scientist - [ PDF ]
Topic #: 37 (November 28) Manu
Shallow Water and Coastal processes (Book: chapter 11-12) - [ PPT ]
Topic #: 38 (November 30) Manu (essay is due) assign homework #12– coastal transports - Manu
Shorelines and Alongshore Transport (Book: chapter 11-12) - [ PPT | Lab PPT ]
Topic #: 39 (December 3,5, 7) Manu,
Review and Final preparation
Physcial Ocean., Chemical Ocean., Biological Ocean. , Marine Geology et al.
FINAL EXAM REVIEW : December 14