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^   ^ Lecture ^ Topic  ^ 
^  1  | Introduction and Motivation | [[lecture1:energybudget | The Earth's energy budget]] \\ [[lecture1:heattransport | The Earth's meridional heat transport]] | 
^  2  | Equation of State, Hydrostatic \\ and Stratification | [[ lecture2:temperatures | Temperature]] \\ [[lecture2:salinity | Salinity]]  \\ [[lecture2:eos| Equation of State]] \\ [[lecture2:buoyancy| Stratification & Buoyancy Frequency]] | 
^  3  | Ocean Water Masses | [[lecture3:watermasses|Water Masses]]  \\ [[ts_diagram|T-S Diagram]] | 
^   4  | Meridional Overturning Circulation  | [[lecture4:deepwater|Deep Water Formation]] \\ [[conveyor|The Conveyorbelt]]  | 
^  5  | Mixing I: Diffusion \\ and Transport Equations  | [[lecture6:primequation|Transport Equations]] \\ [[lecture6:doppeldiffusion|Double Diffusion & Salt Fingering]] |
^   6  | Mixing II: Turbulent Transport | [[lecture7:reynoldsdecomp|Reynolds Decomposition]] \\ [[lecture7:turbdiffusion|Turbulent Diffusion]] \\ [[lecture7:lawofthewall|Law of the Wall]] \\ [[lecture7:bulkformula|Bulk Formula]] |
^   7  | Wind-driven Circulation I: \\ Momentum Equation and Geostrophy | [[momentum|Momentum Equation]] \\ [[coriolis|Coriolis Force]] \\ [[lecture5:geostrophy|Geostrophic Flow]] | 
^  8  | Wind-driven Circulation II: \\ Ekman Layer and Sverdrup Transport | [[lecture7:ekman|Ekman Transport]] \\ [[lecture7:ekman_pumping|Ekman Depth and Ekman Pumping]]  \\ [[lecture8:garbagepatch | The Great Oceanic Garbage Patch]] \\ [[lecture9:sverdrup|Sverdrup Relation]] | 
^  9  | Wind-driven Circulation II: \\ Gulf Stream and Other Wind-driven Ocean Currents  | [[lecture9:stommel|Stommel Theory of the Gulf Stream]] \\ [[lecture9:vorticity| Vorticity]] \\ [[lecture11:ebus|EBUS Regions]] \\ [[lecture11:southocean|Southern Ocean Circulation]]  |
^  10  | Water Waves | [[lecture11:tsunami|Tsunami]] \\ [[lecture12:twolayerwaves|Internal Waves (2-layer system)]] \\ [[ lecture12:seiche | Seiche]] \\ [[lecture12:kelvinwave| Kelvin Waves]] \\ [[lecture11:phasevelocities|Phase- and Group Velocity]] \\ [[lecture11:shallow_waves|Shallow and Deep Water Waves]] \\ [[lecture12:dispersion|Dispersion, Dispersion Relation]] \\ [[lecture12:internalwaves|Internal Waves]] |
^  11  | Biogeochemical Tracer in the Ocean  | [[lecture5:tracer| Ocean Tracer]] \\ [[lecture5:carboncycle|The Ocean's Carbon Cycle]] | 
^  12 | El Nino/Southern Oscillation  | [[lecture13:so | The Southern Oscillation]] \\ [[lecture13:ensotele|ENSO Teleconnections]] \\ [[lecture13:bjerknes|The Bjerknes Feedback]]   | 
^  13 | Ocean and Climate: The Past | [[lecture8:glacial| Glacial-Interglacial changes ]] \\ [[lecture8:heinrich_d-o| Heinrich and Dansgaard–Oeschger events]] \\ [[lecture8:irreversebility| Global Ocean Circulation in a Changing Climate: Learning from the Past ]] | 
^  14 | Ocean and Climate: The Future | [[lecture14:hiatus| Global Warming Hiatus & Ocean]] | 

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==== Links ====

  * [[http://secoora.net/classroom/currents/glossary|Currents Glossary]]
  * [[http://oceanmotion.org/html/background/patterns-of-circulation.htm|Ocean Motion (+Subchapters)]]
  * [[http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/ocng_textbook/contents.html|Textbook "Introduction to Physical Oceanography" by R. H. Stewart]]