Synopsis: A quantitative introduction to the field of physical oceanography, with special emphasis on the ocean’s interaction with the atmosphere and role in the global climate system. Topics include ...

Eddy activity in the high-latitude Southern Ocean is closely linked to large-scale circulation features, and the presence of sea ice both decreases eddy population and increases anticyclone ...

ATOC faculty, graduate students, and research staff work together on a wide range of oceanographic research topics: large-scale dynamics ... Students wishing to specialize in the Oceanography track ...

Rip currents are a leading cause of near-shore drownings, but there are effective ways to survive one. And these phenomena also play important ecological roles that are an emerging research area.

Her group uses observations, numerical models and theory to study the processes leading to ocean mixing. Topics include internal tides, near inertial waves and their interaction with the mesoscale and ...

More accurate maps based on data from the SWOT mission can improve underwater navigation and result in greater knowledge of ...

Devastating floods reshaped southern Brazil's landscape in May 2024. Rio Grande do Sul—the fifth most populous state in ...

Boundary currents in the ocean impact our climate on a wide range of scales. The Gulf Stream, for example, being one of the prominent western boundary ...

CASPO scientists engage in a wide variety of scientific topics involving mainly the physical ocean-atmosphere system ... with numerous Scripps Institution of Oceanography and UC San Diego colleagues ...

Biological Oceanography (BO) Two years of chemistry, including general and organic chemistry, and a year of general biology are required. Physical chemistry requiring calculus may be substituted for ...