Class Meetings and Notes

All meetings will be in CHEM 140, 4-4:50PM on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, unless noted below.

Prof. Fox-Kemper's office hours are Tuesdays 11:30-12:30 and Wednesdays 12:30-1:30 in Ekeley S250B or by appointment (bfk@colorado.edu). TA Chris Conrad's office hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays 5-7PM in STAD 136C or by appointment (christopher.j.conrad@colorado.edu). The LAs for this class hold a Study Center on Mondays through Thursdays from 5 to 7PM in STAD 136C, the Hart Lab, in the Stadium between gates 5 and 6, through the door labeled "ATOC Weather Lab" on the left.

Homework should be submitted by 4:00PM (before class) on Desire2Learn. There you can also ask questions and post comments to a discussion board; questions emailed to the instructors will repost there as well. The calendar of lectures with slides and links is below. It is also available as a Google public calendar called "ATOC/GEOL3070: Intro to Oceanography".

Week Monday Wednesday Friday Reading & Homework
1 8/27: Ocean World 8/29: Earth Structure, Plate Tectonics 8/31: Units, Sig. Figs, Sci. Mthd (Practicum) Due 9/5: Garrison1-3, HW #1
2 Labor Day, No Class 9/5: Continents and Basins 9/7: Sediments Due 9/14: Garrison4-5, HW #2
3 9/10: Paleoceanography 9/12: Water Basics 9/14: Isostasy, Seawater (Practicum) Due 9/21: Garrison6-7, HW #3
4 9/17: Atmospheric Chemistry & Circulation 9/19: Air-Sea-Ice Interactions 9/21: Atm. Gen. Circ. (Lab Expts), Another webpage Due 9/28: Garrison7-8, HW #4
5 9/24: Surface Currents: Ekman 9/26: Deep Currents: Geostrophy 9/28: Deep Currents: Wind Gyre (Practicum) Due 10/5: Garrison9, HW #5
Tomczak & Godfrey Chps 1, 2, 3, 4
6 10/1: Deep Currents: Boundary & ACC 10/3: Deep Currents: Overturning, Water Masses 10/5: Ocean Gen. Circ. (Lab Expt) Due 10/12: Garrison9, HW #6
Tomczak & Godfrey Chps 2, 3, 5
7 10/8: What is a wave? 10/10: Other Waves, El Nino 10/12: El Nino (Practicum) Due 10/19: Garrison10, HW #7
Tomczak & Godfrey Chp: 3
8 10/15: Tides 10/17: Eddies 10/19: Waves & Tides (Practicum) Due 10/26: Garrison11-12, HW #8
Tomczak & Godfrey Chp. 19
9 10/22: Coastal 10/24: Estuaries 10/26: Exam Review Garrison1-12 Due 10/29: Garrison12, No Homework
10 Midterm on Garrison 1-12
Midterm Answer Key 		10/31: Ocean Life Energy & Nutrients 11/2: Ocean Life Zones (Practicum) Due 11/9: Garrison13, HW #9
11 11/5: Phytoplankton & Producers 11/7: Zooplankton & Corals, 11/9: Plankton Categorization (Practicum) Due 11/16: Garrison14, HW #10
12 11/12: Marine Invertebrates 11/14: Marine Vertebrates, 11/16: Nekton Categorization (Practicum) Due 11/30: Garrison15, HW #11
13 Fall Break Fall Break Fall Break Fall Break
14 11/26: Marine Communities 11/28: Marine Communities 11/30: Community Mapping (Practicum) Due 12/7: Garrison16, HW #12
15 12/3: Marine Resources & Pollution 12/5: Climate Change Basics 12/7: Debate: Exploitation, Pollution, Ethics (Practicum) Due 12/14: Garrison17-18, HW #13
IPCC2007: Synthesis, Physical Science Summary, Oceanic Climate Change
16 12/10: Climate Change: Ocean Carbon Sink, Ocean Acidification 12/12: Climate Change: Ocean Warming, Ice Melt, MOC Shutdown, and Sea Level Rise Exam Review IPCC2007: Synthesis, Physical Science Summary, Oceanic Climate Change.
Exams: W12/19 (7:30-10:00 AM)
FINAL EXAM