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ATOC 3070, Fall 2009

ATOC 3070: Introduction to Oceanography
Or, Lunch by the Sea
This is an upper-division undergraduate course roughly divided amongst the four interrelated disciplines of oceanography: marine geology, marine chemistry, physical oceanography (i.e. circulation), and marine biology.

You can access the syllabus, class notes and calendar, reading, and class files.

Web Resources and Texts

Course Specific

  1. Syllabus
  2. Reading assignment guidelines
  3. Significant Digits & Units

Textbooks

  1. Garrison, Oceanography, An Invitation to Marine Science
  2. IPCC AR4, 2007: Synthesis Summary, Physical Science Summary, and Chp5: Oceanic Climate Change
  3. Tomczak & Godfrey, Regional Oceanography
  4. Robert H. Stewart, Introduction to Physical Oceanography
  5. Tchernia's Descriptive Regional Oceanography.
  6. Goosse H., P.Y. Barriat, W. Lefebvre, M.F. Loutre and V. Zunz. Introduction to climate dynamics and climate modeling.
  7. Daniel J. Jacob, Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry

Websites

  1. To What Degree? NSF Climate Change Report
  2. MBARI (Seafood Watch Cards and Info)
  3. UN Ocean Atlas
  4. Alvin
  5. NextGen Alvin
  6. WHOI Dive & Discover
  7. NOAA Interactive Global Bathymmetry
  8. JPL GPS Plate Motion
  9. LDEO Deep-Sea Sample Repository
  10. Dynamic Periodic Table
  11. Cleon Teunissen's Rotation Physics
  12. GISS Temperature Trends
  13. IPCC Home Site
  14. NOAA/NWS Climate Prediction Center
  15. IRI ENSO Page
  16. NOAA/PMEL ENSO Page
  17. NOAA Tsunami Page
  18. MBARI Seafood Watch
  19. Nautilus Minerals Seafloor Mining
  20. National Geographic Animals
  21. Killers of Eden
  22. Grad. Schools: CU-ATOC, Scripps, WHOI, LDEO, UW, OSU, Hawaii, FSU, URI, RSMAS, Find One, Others

CU Specific Guidelines

  1. Disability Accomodations
  2. Religious Observance
  3. Classroom Behavior, *Note* Prof. Fox-Kemper regards inappropriate cellphone and laptop use as disruptive behavior.
  4. Student Code
  5. Discrimination & Harrassment
  6. Honor Code: here and here.

Additional Fun Reading

Nonfiction

  1. Cook, The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World, Vol. 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3.
  2. Maury, 1860: The Physical Geography of the Sea and Its Meteorology
  3. Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle
  4. Darwin, The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs
  5. Sverdrup, New Land: Four Years in the Arctic Region
  6. Nansen, Farthest North, Vol 1 and Vol 2.
  7. M'Clintock, The Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas
  8. Philander, Our Affair with El Nino
  9. Emanuel, Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes

Fiction

  1. Dana, Two Years Before the Mast
  2. Defoe, Robinson Crusoe
  3. Homer, The Odyssey
  4. London, The Sea Wolf
  5. Melville, Moby Dick
  6. Stevenson, Treasure Island
  7. Verne, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea