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Lecture 1 >> Review of PO - Coggle Diagram
Lecture 1 >> Review of PO
The Coordinate System
Global
Local
Seawater Properties
Density
Typically Low at surface and higher at bottom >> stable ocean
Picnocline
Temperature
Thermocline
Salinity
Halocline
Equation of State
Eulerian & Langragian despription of fluid flow
Eularian = fixed location view
Following the particle
Beta Oceans Vs Alpha Oceans
Beta = salinity driven >> eg: Polar oceans
Alpha ocean >> Temperature driven density profile
Conservation of Mass
Conservation of Momentum
Hydrostatic Balance
Equation of motion
F-plane vs Beta-plane
Geostrophy
Rossby Number
Rossby radius
Thermal Wind
Ekman Layer