Completing  this course, the student will learn:

*What is physical oceanography, history

*Atmosphere and Ocean (Introductory)

*What properties we observe in the ocean and how

*Seawater property distribution in the World Ocean

*Equation of state, stability and stratification

*Air-sea heat transfer and seasonality

*Ocean heat balance & the seasonal thermocline

*Freshwater and salt balances

*Water masses and the thermohaline circulation (THC)