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Additional files related to the lectures are available below the table.
| 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 |
Additional Files
coriolis.m (M)
phyprop.zip (ZIP) (The ZIP file contains: 38 .m files.)