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)