Class Id: 8864
Days: TTh
Start Time: 11:00 AM
End Time: 12:20 PM
Building: GUYOT
Room: 220
Course Id: 3942
Departments and Numbers: GEO 202
Area: ST
Title: Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate
Description: An introduction to the ocean, atmosphere, and climate from the perspective of oceanography. Covers coastal processes including waves, beaches, tides and ecosystems; open ocean processes including atmospheric circulation and its impact on the surface ocean, the wind driven circulation, and surface ocean ecosystems; and the abyssal ocean including circulation, the cycling of chemicals, and ocean sediments and what they tell us about the climate history of the earth. The final part of the course will cover humans and the earth system, including a discussion of ocean resources and climate change.
Prerequisites: High School biology, chemistry and calculus.
Professors: Danielle M. Schmitt, Jorge L. Sarmiento
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