| Code |
Course Name |
Language |
Type |
| DEN 328E |
Oceanography |
English |
Compulsory |
| Local Credits |
ECTS |
Theoretical |
Tutorial |
Laboratory |
| 2 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction |
| Prerequisites |
AKM 205 MIN DD
or AKM 205E MIN DD
|
| Class Restriction |
None |
| Course Description |
| Ocean dimensions, shapes and bottom materials. Physical and chemical properties of sea water. Density calculations. Continuity
equation and its applications. Concept of stability and its application. Water, salt and heat budgets of the oceans. Conservation
of volume and salt. Marine sediment and its properties. The equation of motion. The Coriolis acceleration. Currents without
friction: Geostrophic flow. Currents with friction: Wind-driven circulation. Wave equations. Marine pollution, marine ecosystem,
biological productivity and energy transfer |
|
