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2011-2012 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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2011-2012 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

PHY 515 - Physics of Ocean Boundary Layers

3 credits
Prerequisites: PHY 315 and MNE 332 or equivalent; or exposure to PDEs or undergraduate fluid mechanics
Tools and the physical concepts needed to understand the physics of ocean boundary layers. This course considers tensor analysis, motion relative to a point, Bousinessq approximation, vorticity dynamics in geophysical fluid flows and the physical processes pertaining to oceanic boundary layers, surface gravity waves, and oceanic turbulence. Also discussed is surface energy exchange at the ocean-atmosphere interface.