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Lecture 1: Advection/diffusion
What is advection 1,
What is volume flux 2,
What is the equation for volume f...
8
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Lecture 2: The stratified ocean
What layer lies between the ocean...,
Why is ocean stratification impor...,
What does stronger stratification...
14
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Lecture 3: Ocean Circulation forces
What is a force and what are its ...,
What is a gradient 2,
What is newton s second law 3
15
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Lecture 4: equations of motion
An ro 1 means coriolis force is 1,
An ro 1 means coriolis force is 2,
What is the equation for ro 3
8
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Lecture 5: Estuary circulation
What is an estuary 1,
Why are estuaries important 2,
What are some major threats estua...
12
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Lecture 6: Estuary circulation 2
The pattern of stratification and...,
Describe a typical circulation in...,
Are fjords good carbon sinks 3
7
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Lecture 7: Coastal Oceanography
Global ocean bathymetry 1,
Are coastal regions more or less ...,
Describe the anatomy of the coast...
10
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Lecture 8: Wave energy flux
What is a crest of a wave 1,
Is energy flux in waves conserved 2,
Explain wave shoaling 3
7
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Lecture 9: Surfzone Circulation
Is energy flux conserved in a sur...,
Do waves effect water level in an...,
What is wave set up 3
8
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Lecture 10: Stratification in the coastal ocean
How can we change stratification ...,
Is the nearby coastal ocean typic...,
What are implications of strong s...
12
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Lecture 11: Vertical Mixing in the Coastal Ocean
What are the two types of turbule...,
What is velocity shear what drive...,
What is convection turbulence wha...
10
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Lecture 12 - The Oceanic Mixed Layer
What is the mixed layer in the oc...,
How is the depth of the mixed lay...,
What causes the mixed layer to de...
10
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Lecture 13 - Geostrophic Balance
What is geostrophic balance 1,
In geostrophic balance how do cur...,
What two forces are in balance in...
10
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Lecture 14 - Ekman transport
What is ekman transport 1,
In which direction does ekman tra...,
What causes ekman transport 3
10
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Lecture 15 - Eastern Boundary Current Systems
What are eastern boundary current...,
Why are ebc regions important for...,
What causes coastal upwelling in ...
11
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Lecture 16 - Wind-driven Gyres
What is a subtropical ocean gyre 1,
What wind patterns drive subtropi...,
What is ekman downwelling 3
11
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Lecture 17 - Carbon in the Ocean
What is the largest carbon reserv...,
How much co does the ocean absorb...,
What law describes gas dissolutio...
23
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Lecture 18 - Tracers in the Ocean
What is an ocean tracer 1,
What are the three types of ocean...,
What are conventional tracers 3
15
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Lecture 19: Southern Ocean, formation of the ACC
What is the physical definition o...,
What is the political definition ...,
What is the antarctic circumpolar...
14
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Lecture 20: Southern ocean dynamics
What major current dominates the ...,
What causes divergence and conver...,
What are isopycnals 3
13
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Lecture 21: Southern Ocean processes & water properties
What are key processes in polar o...,
What happens to the mixed layer i...,
What is buoyancy flux and how is ...
10
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Lecture 22: Southern Ocean closing the global overturning circulation
What is water mass transformation...,
What is the mixed layer depth mld 2,
How does mld in the southern hemi...
9
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