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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.