https://oceanwiki.ethz.ch/ 2026-05-25T16:49:26+00:00 https://oceanwiki.ethz.ch/ https://oceanwiki.ethz.ch/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2015-03-10T11:54:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://oceanwiki.ethz.ch/doku.php?id=conveyor&rev=1425988449&do=diff The Conveyorbelt Author: Seraina Klaus Thermohaline Circulation The oceans are mostly composed of warm salty water near the surface over cold, less salty water in the ocean depths. These two regions don't mix except in certain special areas. The ocean currents, the movement of the ocean in the surface layer, are driven mostly by the wind. In certain areas near the polar oceans, the colder surface water also gets saltier due to evaporation or sea ice formation. In these regions, the surface wa… text/html 2019-08-08T14:10:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://oceanwiki.ethz.ch/doku.php?id=coriolis&rev=1565273419&do=diff Coriolis Force Author: Laura Arnold What is the coriolis force? The coriolis force is a fictitious force which only occurs from the reference point of a rotating framework. On the rotating Earth, we are on such a reference framework and the coriolis force has important effects on large scale motions ($\cdot$\begin{equation*} 2 \vec{\Omega} \times \vec{u} \end{equation*}$\vec{u}$$\begin{equation*}\vec{u}=(u,v,w)\end{equation*}$\vec{\Omega}$$\begin{equation*}\Omega = \frac{2\pi}{24 hours} \cong… text/html 2015-02-25T10:43:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://oceanwiki.ethz.ch/doku.php?id=help&rev=1424861039&do=diff Wiki Help --- Alexander Haumann 2014/03/05 Here you can find some basic help for creating and editing of Wiki pages. For any other questions please contact the assistant of the lecture. 1. Create a new page Some of the topics only exist as a link to a page that does not exist yet (red dashed underline). Such a link to a new page can be created by opening the editor of the current page ($\rho$\begin{equation*} N^2 = -\frac{g}{\rho} \frac{\partial{\sigma_{\vartheta}}}{\partial{z}}, \end{equa… text/html 2026-05-13T09:42:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://oceanwiki.ethz.ch/doku.php?id=lectures2026&rev=1778665332&do=diff Spring 2026 Lectures Recordings Lecture Topic Recording 1 Introduction [ Lecture 1 ] 3 Water Masses [ Lecture 3 ] 5 Diffusion [Lecture 5] 8 Ekman [Lecture 8] 9. Ocean Gyres. [Lecture 9] 10. Waves, ENSO [Lecture 10] 11. Biocheochemical Tracers [Lecture 11]} 12. Ocean and Climate: The Past text/html 2015-02-28T21:01:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://oceanwiki.ethz.ch/doku.php?id=momentum&rev=1425157282&do=diff Momentum Equation Author: Rebecca Ritter Considering Newtons's 2nd Law: \begin{equation*} {m} \vec{a} = \vec{F} \end{equation*} We get for the Mass: \begin{equation*} {M} = \rho \delta{x}\delta{y}\delta{z} \end{equation*} And the material derivative stands for the acceleration: \begin{equation*} \frac{D\vec{u}}{Dt}\end{equation*} Therefore the momentum equation looks like: \begin{equation*} \rho \delta{x}\delta{y}\delta{z}\frac{D\vec{u}}{Dt} = \vec{F} \end{equation*} $ \vec{F} $ = net force… text/html 2026-03-25T06:18:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://oceanwiki.ethz.ch/doku.php?id=start&rev=1774419499&do=diff About The content of this Wiki is based on the Bachelor course Introduction to Physical Oceanography. All entries were prepared by students of the course. A major purpose of this Wiki is to help you prepare for the finals. Please write/amend the Wiki articles with this in mind and be succinct. text/html 2020-10-13T22:36:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://oceanwiki.ethz.ch/doku.php?id=ts_diagram&rev=1602628564&do=diff T-S Diagram Author: Deyan Poffet, Romina Rulli Definition T-S diagrams are graphic representations of two main properties of water masses: Temperature and salinity. Usually, the salinity is plotted on the X-axis and the temperature on the Y-axis. Those two properties are the main factors of a third one, the