PH5008 - Physical Oceanography
Credit points: | 03 |
Year: | 2005 |
Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
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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 Outcomes
- to apply the basic concepts of fluid mechanics to practical physical oceanography problems.
Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | PH4001 |
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Census Date 06-May-2005 | |
Coordinator: | Professor Mal Heron |
Lecturers: | Professor Mal Heron, phpvr. |
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Assessment: | (50%); (50%). |
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