PH5008:03
Physical Oceanography
| Townsville | HECS Band 2 |
25 hours lectures. Full year.
Staff: Professor M Heron and Dr P Ridd.
This subject emphasises coastal processes; circulation, river outflow, sediment transport, eddy diffusion and wave mixing. Instrumentation: tide gauges, current meters, conductivity-temperature-depth probes, wave measurement. Surface waves.
Learning Objectives:
- to apply the basic concepts of fluid mechanics to practical physical oceanography problems.
Assessment by a three-hour examination and assignments.