物理海洋学绪论

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1、PhysicalOceanography（（物理海洋学（物理海洋学）绪论InstructedbyLÜHuaqing（吕华庆）MarineScienceSchoolofZhejiangOceanUni.Feb.,2012什么是物理海洋学：该课程旨在使学生系统地掌握物理海洋的基本理论及其发展全貌，掌握动力海洋，包括海流、海浪、潮波、内波和风暴潮的基本概念和海水运动的基本规律，学会研究海洋动力现象的基本思路和方法。•教材主要参考书•Thebookiswrittenforupper-divisionundergraduatesandnewgraduatestudentsinmeteorology,oc

2、eanengineering,andoceanography.Forstudentswhomajormarinescience,followingmaterialswillbeadded:(1)formulaeofbasicseawatermovements;(2)basicwavedistributionpatterns;(3)11mainsub-tides,constitutes;•Teachinghours:80(sameasMIT)•Credit:5•其他参考书•scorecalculation:30%exercise+70%finaltest=100Withoutmid-semest

3、erquiz.•prerequisitesmathematicalphysicsfluiddynamics学习目标Wewilltrytoanswersuchquestionsas:1.Whatisthebasisofourunderstandingofphysicsoftheocean?(a)Whatarethephysicalpropertiesofseawater?(b)Whataretheimportantthermodynamicanddynamicprocessesinfluencingtheocean?(c)Whatequationsdescribetheprocessesandh

4、owweretheyderived?(d)Whatapproximationswereusedinthederivation?(e)Dotheequationshaveusefulsolutions?(f)Howwelldothesolutionsdescribetheprocess?Thatis,whatistheexperimentalbasisforthetheories?(g)Whichprocessesarepoorlyunderstood?Whicharewellunderstood?2.Whatarethesourcesofinformationaboutphysicalvari

5、ables?(a)Whatinstrumentsareusedformeasuringeachvariable?(b)Whataretheiraccuracyandlimitations?(c)Whathistoricdataexist?(d)Whatplatformsareused?Satellites,ships,drifters,moorings?3.Whatprocessesareimportant?Someimportantprocesswewillstudyinclude:(a)Heatstorageandtransportintheoceans.(b)Theexchangeofh

6、eatwiththeatmosphereandtheroleoftheoceaninclimate.(c)Windandthermalforcingofthesurfacemixedlayer.(d)Thewind-drivencirculationincludingtheEkmancirculation,Ekmanpumpingofthedeepercirculation,andupwelling.(e)Thedynamicsofoceancurrents,includinggeostrophiccurrentsandtheroleofvorticity.(f)Theformationofw

7、atertypesandmasses.(g)Thethermohalinecirculationoftheocean.(h)EquatorialdynamicsandElNi˜no.(i)TheobservedcirculationoftheoceanplustheGulfofMexico.(j)Numericalmodelsofthecirculation.(k)Wavesintheoceani