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PHYS441: Physical Oceanography

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PHYS441 course__PHYS102A Physics I course__PHYS102B Physics II course__PHYS102A->course__PHYS102B course__MATH204 MATH204 course__EOS325 EOS325 course__MATH204->course__EOS325 choice_EOS431_0_0 1 of course__MATH204->choice_EOS431_0_0 course__PHYS102B->course__EOS325 course__EOS431 EOS431 / PHYS441 Physical Oceanography course__PHYS102B->course__EOS431 course__EOS325->choice_EOS431_0_0 course__EOS312 EOS312 course__EOS431->course__EOS312 course__PHYS411 PHYS411 course__EOS431->course__PHYS411 choice_EOS401_0 3 of course__EOS431->choice_EOS401_0 course__EOS312->choice_EOS401_0 course__EOS401 EOS401 choice_EOS401_0->course__EOS401 choice_EOS431_0_0->course__EOS431

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Physics

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400-level

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Observations and theories explaining the wind- and buoyancy-driven circulations of the ocean. Topics include: wind-forced currents; ocean-scale gyres; coastal circulation; conservation of dynamical tracers; mixing, potential energy and the resulting basin-scale overturning circulations; waves.

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  • Credit will be granted for only one of PHYS 441, EOS 431.