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SCHEDULE
Week 1
- January 9: Introduction. Chemistry, physics, and biology in the ocean. Properties of sea water (Gille and Andersson)
- January 11: Density of sea water. Heat input to the Earth and the greenhouse effect. Steric warming. Sea level rise. (Gille)
- January 13:
The Earth's energy budget, albedo, atmospheric circulation.
Air-sea exchange: heat transfer across the air-sea interface. (Gille - hw assigned)
Week 2
- January 16: Holiday
- January 18: Origins. How to build an ocean. (Andersson)
- January 20: Origins. How to build an ocean. (Andersson - hw assigned)
Week 3
- January 23: Currents (Gille)
- January 25: Tides (Gille - hw assigned)
- January 27: Carbon cycle (Andersson)
Week 4
- January 30: Carbon cycle (Andersson)
- February 1: Carbon cycle (Andersson - hw assigned)
- February 3: Review session for midterm (Gille, Andersson)
Week 5
- February 6: Midterm #1 (in class)
- February 8:
Developing hypotheses: What do we expect to find in tide pools? (Gille/Andersson) (Andersson - hw assigned)
- February 10: Field trip to La Jolla Shores tide pools (Andersson/Gille)
Week 6
- February 13: Analysis: Science from the tide pools (Andersson)
- February 15: Analysis: Science from the tide pools (Gille)
- February 17: Changing ocean circulation in a changing climate (Gille)
Week 7
- February 20: Holiday
- February 22: Coastal upwelling and the California Current (Gille)
- February 24: Upwelling and California Current processes (Andersson).
Week 8
- February 27: High-Nutrient Low Chlorophyll systems (Gille).
- March 1: High-Nutrient Low Chlorophyll systems (Gille).
Acidification (Andersson).
- March 3: High-Nutrient Low Chlorophyll systems (Gille - hw assigned).
Week 9
- March 6: Coral reefs (Andersson).
- March 8: Biological pump, macronutrients, acidification (Andersson).
- March 10: Chemistry in the tropics and coral (Andersson - hw assigned).
Week 10
- March 13: How to coordinate a group presentation (Gille/Andersson).Group presentations (Gille/Andersson).
reefs (Andersson).
- March 15: Review session, final summary (Gille/Andersson).
- March 17: Midterm #2 (in class).
Final Exam
- March 20: 3-6 pm, location TBD, group presentations.
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