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Week	Lecture	Topic
1	Introduction and Motivation	The Earth's energy budget The Earth's meridional heat transport
2	Equation of State, Hydrostatic and Stratification	Temperature Salinity Equation of State Stratification & Buoyancy Frequency
3	Ocean Water Masses	Water Masses T-S Diagram
4	Meridional Overturning Circulation	Deep Water Formation The Conveyorbelt
5	Biogeochemical Tracer in the Ocean	Ocean Tracer The Ocean's Carbon Cycle
6	Mixing I: Diffusion and Transport Equations	Transport Equations Double Diffusion & Salt Fingering
7	Mixing II: Turbulent Transport	Reynolds Decomposition Turbulent Diffusion Law of the Wall Bulk Formula
8	Wind-driven Circulation I: Momentum Equation and Geostrophy	Momentum Equation Coriolis Force Geostrophic Flow
9	Wind-driven Circulation II: Ekman Layer and Sverdrup Transport	Ekman Transport Ekman Depth and Ekman Pumping The Great Oceanic Garbage Patch Sverdrup Relation
10	Wind-driven Circulation II: Gulf Stream and Other Wind-driven Ocean Currents	Stommel Theory of the Gulf Stream Vorticity EBUS Regions Southern Ocean Circulation
11	Water Waves	Tsunami Internal Waves (2-layer system) Seiche Kelvin Waves Phase- and Group Velocity Shallow and Deep Water Waves Dispersion, Dispersion Relation Internal Waves
12	El Nino/Southern Oscillation	The Southern Oscillation ENSO Teleconnections The Bjerknes Feedback
13	Ocean and Climate: The Past	Glacial-Interglacial changes Heinrich and Dansgaard–Oeschger events Global Ocean Circulation in a Changing Climate: Learning from the Past
14	Ocean and Climate: The Future	Global Warming Hiatus & Ocean

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