Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions

  • Type: Lecture (V)
  • Chair: KIT-Fakultäten - KIT-Fakultät für Physik
  • Semester: WS 24/25
  • Time: Mon 2024-10-28
    08:00 - 09:30
    30.23 Raum 13/2
    30.23 Physik-Hochhaus


    Mon 2024-11-11
    08:00 - 09:30
    30.23 Raum 13/2
    30.23 Physik-Hochhaus

    Mon 2024-11-25
    08:00 - 09:30
    30.23 Raum 13/2
    30.23 Physik-Hochhaus

    Mon 2024-12-09
    08:00 - 09:30
    30.23 Raum 13/2
    30.23 Physik-Hochhaus

    Mon 2024-12-23
    08:00 - 09:30
    30.23 Raum 13/2
    30.23 Physik-Hochhaus

    Mon 2025-01-20
    08:00 - 09:30
    30.23 Raum 13/2
    30.23 Physik-Hochhaus

    Mon 2025-02-03
    08:00 - 09:30
    30.23 Raum 13/2
    30.23 Physik-Hochhaus


  • Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Andreas Fink
  • SWS: 2
  • Lv-No.: 4052121
  • Information: Blended (On-Site/Online)
Content
  •  Literature
  • Learning goals
  • Physical and chemical properties of the upper ocean layers
    • Properties of ocean waters
    • Salinity content and density
    • Temperature distribution in the ocean
    • Horizontal salinity distribution in the ocean
    • Vertical salinity distribution
    • Horizontal and vertical density distribution
    • Characteristic water masses in the oceans
    • Dissolved gases in the ocean
    • Molecular transport
    • Properties of humid air
    • Ocean surface and its immediate environment
  • Wind-driven ocean surface currents
    • Equation of motion
    • Ekman‘ s solution of the equation of motion
    • Mass transport associated with the Ekman current
    • Up-welling in the ocean
    • Sverdrup regime
    • Westerly boundary current: Stommel‘ s contribution
    • Munk’s solution
  • Ocean waves
    • Generation of ocean waves by wind
    • Description of ocean waves
    • Global view on ocean wave climates
    • Ocean wave modeling
    • Ocean wave measurements
  • Summary
Language of instructionEnglish
Organisational issues

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