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Teaching GuideTerm 2023/24 Escola Politécnica de Enxeñaría de Ferrol |
| Mestrado Universitario en Enxeñaría Naval e Oceánica (plan 2018) |
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| Oceanography |
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| Identifying Data | 2023/24 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Oceanography | Code | 730496208 | |||||||||||
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Official Master's Degree | 1st four-month period |
First | Obligatory | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Physical oceanography | - Physical properties of water. - Characterization of the waters of the two oceans. - Denomination and distribution of the masses of water. - Circulation. - Temperature-Salinity Diagram. |
| Waves | - Wave formation. - Sea state. - Depth influence. - Coastal approach phenomena. - Regular waves. - Irregular waves. - Wave forces. |
| Dominant forces in oceanic dynamics | - Gravity. - Coriolis. - Friction. |
| Tide | - The tide cycle. - Equilibrium theory. - Disturbances of lunar tides. - Solar tides. - Dynamic theory of tides. - Types of tides. |
| Response of the oceanic surface or wind | - Inertial movement. - Ekman's cape. - Ekman Transport. - Forced wind. |
| Currents | - Characteristics. - Dynamic topography and xeostrophic currents. - Force currents. |
| Application of conservation equations to oceanic flows | - |
| Shallow waters | - |
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