Spring 2025 Earth and Environmental Sciences GU4630 section 001

AIR-SEA INTERACTION

Call Number 14863
Day & Time
Location
TR 2:40pm-3:55pm
To be announced
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Christopher J Zappa
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description Prerequisites: solid background in mathematics, physics, and chemistry. Some background in fluid mechanics (as in EESC W4925/APPH E4200) or the instructors permission. An overview of oceanic and atmospheric boundary layers including fluxes of momentum, heat, mass, (eg. moisture salt) and gases between the ocean and atmosphere; vertical distribution of energy sources and sinks at the interface including the importance of surface currents; forced upper ocean dynamics, the role of surface waves on the air-sea exchange processes and ocean mixed layer processes.
Web Site Vergil
Department Earth and Environmental Sciences
Enrollment 7 students (25 max) as of 12:05PM Monday, December 30, 2024
Subject Earth and Environmental Sciences
Number GU4630
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Section key 20251EESC4630W001