EN 683 Coastal Oceanography for Environmental Engineers

This course deals with processes in the coastal ocean and in estuaries that affect the transport and dispersion of materials floating on the surface, dissolved in the water or in suspension. Topics include: fundamentals of surface wave mechanics, wind-generated surface waves, wind-generated currents, Ekman transport and upwelling, estuarine characteristics and buoyancy-driven circulation, and estuarine-coastal ocean exchange processes.

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

OE 683