SCHEDULE

Week 1

• January 6:  Introduction. Chemistry, physics, and biology in the ocean. (Gille and Andersson)
• January 8:  Physical properties of sea water: Temperature, salinity, density. (Gille)
• January 10: The ocean energy budget: Measuring changes in ocean heat content (Gille)

• January 13:  Air-sea fluxes and water mass transformation. (Gille)
• January 15:  Moving the ocean: Rotation and the Coriolis effect. (Gille)
• January 17:  Moving the ocean: Winds and wind-driven circulation. (Gille - homework 1 due)

• January 20:  Holiday
• January 22:  Moving the ocean: Geostrophic balance, large-scale circulation (Gille)
• January 24:  Rising and falling seas: Tides and tide pools (Gille)

• January 27:  Vertical motions: Water mass formation and a changing climate (Gille)
• January 29:  Southern Ocean or El Niño, the blob, and the California Current + review (Gille)
• January 31:  Midterm #1: physical oceanography (Gille)

• February 3:  Origin of universe, earth, oceans and life (Andersson)
• February 5:  Salinity and the composition of seawater (Andersson)
• February 7:  Gases in seawater (Andersson)

• February 10:  Marine carbonic acid system. (Andersson)
• February 12:  Biogeochemical processes effect on marine CO₂ system. (Andersson)}
• February 14:  C and CaCO₃ cycles (Andersson)

• February 17:  Holiday
• February 19:  N and P cycles. (Andersson)
• February 21:  Anaerobic metabolic pathways and deoxygenation. (Andersson)

• February 24:  Eutrophication, deoxygenation, acidification. (Andersson)
• February 26:  Radioactivity. (Andersson)
• February 28:  Midterm #2: chemical oceanography (Andersson)

• March 2:  Poster presentations: Discussion of expectations and format. Case study 1: Iron fertilization.
• March 4:  Case study 1: Iron fertilization.
• March 6:  Case study 1: Iron fertilization.

• March 9:  Case study 2.
• March 11:  Case study 2.
• March 13:  Case study 2. Class wrap up. Q&A for posters

• March 20:  Poster session during scheduled final exam (Sumner Auditorium)