Week
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Reading
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1
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1/24:
Syllabus
Exploration
Where it all began: MODE-I (1970-1976)
Quicktime
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2
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1/29:
What & How to Observe
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1/31:
Equations, Scaling, Nondimensionals, Eulerian vs. Lagrangian
HW #1 Due
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DPO Chps 1-2, 6
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3
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2/5: Seawater Properties: Heat Capacity, Maritime vs. Continental, Thermodynamics, Potential T & Density, Chemistry
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2/7: Typical Distributions
HW #2 Due
Paper #1 Plans Due
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DPO Chps 3,4
OC, Chps 1,2.
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4
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2/12: Integrated Budgets: Estuaries, Finite Volumes, Boussinesq Equations
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2/14: Global Budgets, Monsoon
HW #3 Due
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DPO 4,5
OC, Chps 1,2.
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5
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2/19:
NO CLASS--Brown Holiday
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2/21:
Coriolis, Rossby Number, Taylor-Proudman, and Inertial Oscillations
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DPO Chps 7, (S7 for more detail)
OC, Chps 3.
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6
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2/26:
Coriolis and Friction: The Ekman Layer
Paper #1 First Submission Due
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2/28:
Coriolis and Pressure: Geostrophy
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DPO Chps 7, (S7 for more detail)
OC, Chps 3.
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7
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3/5:
Shallow Water Equations
Paper #1 Reviews Due
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3/7: Vortex Stretching and Sverdrup
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DPO Chps 7, (S7 for more detail)
OC, Chps 4.
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8
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3/12: Gyres by Pressure, WBC
Paper #1 Revisions Due
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3/14:
Thermal Wind
HW #4 Due
Paper #2 Plans Due
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DPO Chps 7, (S7 for more detail)
OC, Chps 4.
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9
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3/19: A. Lynch Lectures
Ekman Upwelling: Coastal & Tropical, Bjerknes Feedback
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3/21: A. Lynch Lectures
Eastern Boundary Currents
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DPO Chps 7, (S7 for more detail)
OC, Chps 4,5.1-5.2.
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10
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SPRING BREAK
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SPRING BREAK
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SPRING BREAK
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SPRING BREAK
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11
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4/2: Intro to the MOC
Paper #2 First Submission Due
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4/4: Thermocline
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DPO Chps 14
OC, Chps 6.
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12
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Baylor at EGU--No Class
Paper #2 First Reviews Due
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Baylor at EGU--No Class
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Baylor at EGU--No Class
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Baylor at EGU--No Class
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13
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4/16: A Summary: The Ocean Climate
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4/18: Wave Basics and Geostrophic Adjustment
Paper #2 Revisions Due
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DPO Chps 8
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14
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4/23: Surface and Internal Gravity Waves
HW #5 Due
Paper #3 Plans Due
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4/25: Kelvin Waves and Tides
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DPO Chps 8
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15
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4/30: Reading Period Rossby Waves and Eddies
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Reading Period
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5/2: Reading Period ENSO
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Reading Period
OC, Chps 5.3-5.4.
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16
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5/7: Reading Period
Paper #3 First Submission Due
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EXAMS
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EXAMS
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EXAMS
Paper #3 Reviews Due (by Sunday 5pm)
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EXAMS
Paper #3 Revisions Due (by Friday 5pm)
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