1. Physical Oceanography I
March 3, 2015
Physical Oceanography I
Young-Heon Jo
Spring 2016

2. 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 :
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   
Required Textbooks
Introduction to Physical Oceanography by Robert Stewart (free)
Basic Physical Oceanography ($$)
Requirement & Grading
Mid-term:30
Final:30
Assignments:30
Attendance: 10

3. 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

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

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

6. Two assignments
1. Find two good resources for any universities, institutions, companies (domestic and international), which are not listed in the web-site (
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?

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8. Questions for physical oceanographers
Why do we care Physical Oceanography?

9. 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