Physical Oceanography I March 3, 2015 Physical Oceanography I Young-Heon Jo joyoung@pusan.ac.kr Spring 2016

Physical Oceanography 4-038 Instructor Year Semester Course Number Course Title Section Young-Heon Jo 2015 1 MS23386 Physical Oceanography 4-038 Instructor’s contact information : joyoung@pusan.ac.kr Office Hours: Appointment   Course Objectives & Description 1) Course objectives To introduce the physical oceanography. To understand physical and dynamical processes through various numerical and laboratory experiments (hands-on-experiments). 2) Course Description Students will learn how ocean changes in response to the physical forcing in the Nature. Students will have many practical problems to understand physical-biogeochemcial interactions. This class is designed for juniors and seniors and will be taught in English    2. Required Textbooks Introduction to Physical Oceanography by Robert Stewart (free) Basic Physical Oceanography ($$) 3. Requirement & Grading Mid-term:30 Final:30 Assignments:30 Attendance: 10

Schedule Week 1 Why do we care ocean? HW 1   Week 2 Voyage of discovery Week 3 Historical setting HW 2 Week 4 Physical setting Week 5 Atmospheric influences HW 3 Week 6 Ocean heat budget I Week 7 Ocean heat budget II Week 8 Mid Week 9 Ocean Climate Change HW 4 Week 10 Temperature and Salinity and Density I Week 11 Temperature and Salinity and Density II HW 5 Week 12 Equation of Motion I Week 13 Equation of Motion II HW 6 Week 14 Response of the upper ocean to winds I Week 15 Response of the upper ocean to winds II Week 16 Final

Most of all I see and I forget. I hear and I remember I do and I understand. Confucius

Oceanography and physical oceanography Oceanographers do What! Any jobs? (crs.pusan.ac.kr) Most of all, is it fun to you?

Two assignments 1. Find two good resources for any universities, institutions, companies (domestic and international), which are not listed in the web-site (www.crs.pnu.ac.kr). Submit your findings (website and short description). Any of you will be asked to present what you found. 2. Suppose where will you be after graduated with a oceanography major?

Intentionally Blank

Questions for physical oceanographers Why do we care Physical Oceanography?

Class Project (4 people max for a team, about 5-6 teams ) Data analysis/visualization Instruments based on Raspberry PI 3. Laboratory experiments Idea Competition To be decided by March 10