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Image from Siedler et al. 2001.

ATOC 5051, Spring 2010 ATOC 5051: Introduction to Physical Oceanography Or, Notions for the Motions of the Oceans. This is a core course for graduate students covering the basic tools needed for oceanography. Observational, dynamical, numerical, and descriptive methods are discussed and used to get a sense of the historical and contemporary understanding of the motions of the oceans. You can access the syllabus, proceedings, class notes, and reading.

Third Proceedings of ATOC 5051

Introduction to Physical Oceanography, 2010

Notions for the Motions of the Oceans, Volume 3

Issue 1: 3 Kinds of Lies

• DuVivier, A.: Using ocean velocities to determine the Gulf Stream location using surface drifters and subsurface floatsMcCaffrey, K.: The importance of sub-sampling sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic Gulf Stream
• Nusbaumer, J.: Indian Ocean data coverage: A statistical analysis of the spatial quality of the RAMA buoy network
• Peck, E.: Investigating SST data collection by the PIRATA buoy array and AVHRR satellite instrument

Issue 2: Inside Joke

• Hayo, K.: Examining volume and salinity fluxes through Hudson Bay
• Lindsay, C.: Seasonality in the volume and salinity budgets of the Gulf of California in the ECCO GCM
• Mabie, J.: Volume and Salt flow from the Labrador Sea

Issue 3: I Get Around

• DuVivier, A.: Seasonal Ekman transport in the Arabian Sea
• Kim, J.: Wind-driven Ekman pumping and CO₂ sink in the subtropical North Pacific
• Lindsay, C.: Ekman Driven upwelling off the Venezuelan Coast
• Rhodes, M.: Effect of Asian Monsoon Ekman pumping on SST and chlorophyll

Issue 4: Swimming Upstream

• Kim, J.: Analysis of the Kuroshio and its return current
• Kirkpatrick, J.: Velocity transport in the Mid Atlantic
• Lipinski, D.: Geostrophic and Sverdrup balances in the Northern Hemisphere Atlantic Ocean
• Nusbaumer, J.: Analysis of large-scale ocean circulation theories in the North Pacific using ECCO
• Peck, E.: A study of meridional flow and thermal wind balance at 31N in the North Atlantic Gyre
• Vanderwende, B.: A survey of oceanic processes in a North Atlantic cross-section using ECCO
• Zakem, E.: The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: Mechanisms and effects of transport

Issue 5: Smile and Wave

• Hayo, K.: A case study of the 1960 Chilean Tsunami
• Kirkpatrick, J.: Surface gravity waves and rogue waves
• Lipinski, D.: The shallow water equations: Waves approaching a beach
• Mabie, J.: A 1-D analysis of tsunami generated by Chilean Earthquake on Feb. 27, 2010
• McCaffrey, K.: Tsunamis and the Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis project
• Rhodes, M.: Acoustic propagation in the ocean
• Vanderwende, B.: Equatorial Kelvin waves and the Equatorial Undercurrent in the Pacific
• Zakem, E.: Tidal resonance and potential energy: Bristol Channel, UK

Important Note from the Editor/Instructor: These papers represent the best efforts of the students of ATOC 5051 to assimilate and use the information they were learning on the fly. These papers were written under very tight time constraints. Thus, while selected for content that is generally excellent, the reader encouraged to look at these papers as works in progress and disregard typographical or other minor errors. These papers have all been peer-reviewed by the class and revised afterward.

Some nice movies produced by Doug Lipinski for his paper, "The shallow water equations: Waves approaching a beach"

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