SYLLABUS IN GEF1600 Set book: Pickard and Emery, "Descriptive Physical Oceanography", 5th edition or later editions
Chapter 1. Introduction The entire chapter is prescribed, 4 pages.
Chapter 2. Ocean Dimensions, Shapes and Bottom Materials The entire chapter is prescribed, 7 pages.
Chapter 3. Physical Properties of Sea-Water The text from page 21 to section 3.55 is omitted. The rest is prescribed, 19.5 pages. Chapter 4. Typical Distributions of Water Characteristics in the Oceans The entire section 4.43 and the mathematical formulas are not required, but the student should know the meaning of the concept of static stability. The rest is prescribed, 28 pages.
Chapter 5. Water, Salt and Heat Budgets of the Oceans The sections 5.332, 5.35, 5.363, 5.37, 5.381 and 5.384 can be omitted. The rest is prescribed, 14.5 pages.
Chapter 6. Instruments and Methods The entire section 6.255 is not required, but the student should know the forces balancing each other in a geostrophic current, and know the angles between current direction, pressure force and Coriolis force. The sections 6.256, 6.32, 6.53 and 6.544 are omitted. The rest is prescribed, 38.5 pages.
Chapter 7. Circulation and Water Masses of the Oceans The entire section 7.12 is not required, but the student should know the forces balancing each other in an Ekman spiral, and know the angles between the wind direction, the surface velocity, and the total Ekman transport in the surface layer. The sections 7.13, 7.341, 7.344, 7.353, 7.42, 7.45, 7.53, 7.6 and 7.7 are omitted. The rest is prescribed, 51.5 pages.
Chapter 8. Coastal Oceanography Omitted.
Chapter 9. Some Directions for Future Work Omitted.
The total syllabus contains about 163 pages.
During the fall term of 2004 we have 10-11 weeks at our disposal (2 weeks are lost to the mid-term exam). This implies a progression of 15-17 pages per week. An appropriate plan will look like this:
8. September: To section 3.6, page 23. 15. September: To section 4.22, page 40. 22. September: To section 4.43, page 54. 29. September: To section 5.332, page 72. 6. October: To section 6.24, page 102. 13. October: No lectures, reading for the mid-term exam. 20. October: Mid-term exam. 27. October: To section 6.31, page 127. 3. November: To Chapter 7, page 154. 10. November: To section 7.3, page 180. 17. November: To section 7.42, page 211. 24. November: To section 7.6, page 235.
Final exam: A day in the period 1-18. December.
Odd H. S?len og Eyvind Aas: Forelesningsnotater i fysisk oseanografi, 1984. Institutt for geofysikk. Kompendium, 130 sider.