COURSE UNIT TITLE

: STRATIFIED FLUID

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PHO 5019 STRATIFIED FLUID ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ŞÜKRÜ TURAN BEŞIKTEPE

Offered to

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY

Course Objective

This course aims to expain the currents and processes in the ocean due to the salinity and the temperature of the ocean.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to understand the dynamics of the stratification in the ocean
2   Will learn processes rresulting in mixing between layers
3   Able to explain these processes using simple models
4   able to explain observed events in the ocean through the combining data and models

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Density stratification in fluids
2 Conservation laws
3 Thermodynamics of the sea
4 Boussinesq approximation
5 Internal waves
6 Turbulence and instability
7 turbulent and laminar flow
8 Mid-term
9 Convection
10 Diffusion and double-diffisuon
11 Mixing in the ocean
12 Stratification and mixing in the straits
13 Dynamics of the Turkish Straits System
14 Presentations of the projects and discussions

Recomended or Required Reading

Benoit Cushman-Roisin ve Jean-Marie Beckers (2011) Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics: Physical and Numerical Aspects Academic Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures will be presented and students will prepare projects.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRJ * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + RST * 0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Şükrü T. Beşiktepe
Deniz Bilimleri ve Teknolojisi Enstitüsü
sukru.besiktepe@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be decided in the first week

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 5 60
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 60 60
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 183

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.1551111111511
LO.2451111111511
LO.3255451415511
LO.4555535555511

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