MASC541 MIXING AND DIFFUSION PROCESSES
| Course Code: |
9500541 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Graduate School Of Marine Sciences |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. EMÝN ÖZSOY |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Convection, diffusion and dispersion of conservative and non-conservative substances in the ocean and the atmosphere. Turbulent diffusion of momentum, and scalar properties, convection in stratified fluids, and mixing length theories. Surface mixed layers in the atmosphere and the ocean, entrainment and mixing layer development, radiative and turbulent transfer of heat, momentum, buoyancy and moisture at the surface.
