12 866 - Theory of the General Circulation of the Ocean

Institution:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Subject:

Description:

A review of wind-driven circulation, and the development of the baroclinic theory of the wind-driven circulation. Potential vorticity homohenization and the ventilated thermocline. Wind-driven circulation with continuous stratification, subduction/obduction. Equatorial thermocline and its relation to ENSO. Decadal climate variability. Thermohaline circulation and variability. Abyssal circulation. Mixing and energetics of the oceanic general circulation.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Prereq: 12.800, 12.801, 12.802

Corequisites:

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Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

web.mit.edu/student/

Phone Number:

(617) 253-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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