Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Geophysical fluid dynamics - part 2 | |||||||||||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th, 15h Pr | |||||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Jean-Marie Beckers | |||||||||||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| English language | |||||||||||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January | |||||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | |||||||||||
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Course contents :
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| Introduction to Geophysical
Fluid Dynamics: Physical and Numerical Aspects, Benoit Cushman-Roisin, Jean-Marie Beckers,
Academic Press, 2011 »
Theory of surface waves (including nonlinearities, shear stress, stokes transport, solitons) Geostrophic turbulence, zonal structuration (18.1-18.3) Large scale waves revisited (refraction and reflection, 16.5) Shelf waves Atmospheric circulation (19.1-19.3) Atmospheric frontogenesis (15.5) Internal wave with turning points (13.4) |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Basic knowledge in GFD, analysis of observations in terms of dynamic balances | |||||||||||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| Basic knowledge in continuum mechanics, be at ease with mathematics of differential equations (ordinary and partial)
OCEA0071 should have been followed |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| face to fac | |||||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral exam based on list of questions | |||||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| JM.Beckers@ulg.ac.be | |||||||||||