Exploring term Fall 2023 Change
- ACAN: Arts of Canada
- ADMN: Public Administration
- AE: Art Education
- AGEI: Ageing
- AHVS: Art History and Visual Studies
- ANTH: Anthropology
- ART: Visual Arts
- ARTS: Arts
- ASL: American Sign Language
- ASTR: Astronomy
- ATWP: Academic and Technical Writing Program
- BCMB: Biochemistry and Microbiology
- BIOC: Biochemistry
- BIOL: Biology
- BME: Biomedical Engineering
- CE: Community Engagement
- CHEM: Chemistry
- CIVE: Civil Engineering
- COM: Commerce
- CS: Canadian Studies
- CSC: Computer Science
- CW: Creative Writing (En'owkin Centre)
- CYC: Child and Youth Care
- DHUM: Digital Humanities
- DSST: Disability Studies (DSS)
- ECE: Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECON: Economics
- ED-D: Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
- ED-P: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDCI: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDUC: Education
- ENGR: Engineering
- ENSH: English
- ENT: Entrepreneurship
- EOS: Earth and Ocean Sciences
- EPHE: Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
- ER: Environmental Restoration
- ES: Environmental Studies
- EUS: European Studies
- FA: Fine Arts
- FRAN: French and Francophone Studies
- GDS: Global Development Studies
- GEOG: Geography
- GMST: Germanic Studies
- GNDR: Gender Studies
- GREE: Greek
- GRS: Greek and Roman Studies
- HDCC: Human Dimensions of Climate Change
- HINF: Health Information Science
- HLTH: Health
- HS: Health and Society
- HSD: Human and Social Development
- HSTR: History
- HUMA: Humanities
- IB: International Business
- ICDG: Indigenous Community Development and Governance
- IED: Indigenous Education
- IGOV: Indigenous Governance
- INGH: Indigenous Health Studies
- INTS: International Health Studies
- IS: Indigenous Studies
- ISP: Intercultural Studies and Practice
- ITAL: Italian
- LAS: Latin American Studies
- LATI: Latin
- LAW: Law
- LING: Linguistics
- MATH: Mathematics
- MDIA: Media Studies
- MECH: Mechanical Engineering
- MEDI: Medieval Studies
- MEDS: Medical Science
- MICR: Microbiology
- MRNE: Marine Science
- MUS: Music
- NURS: Nursing
- PAAS: Pacific and Asian Studies
- PHIL: Philosophy
- PHYS: Physics
- POLI: Political Science
- PORT: Portuguese
- PSYC: Psychology
- RCS: Religion, Culture and Society
- SCIE: Science
- SENG: Software Engineering
- SJS: Social Justice Studies
- SLST: Slavic Studies
- SMGT: Service Management
- SOCI: Sociology
- SOCW: Social Work
- SOSC: Social Science
- SPAN: Spanish
- STAT: Statistics
- TCA: Transformative Climate Action
- THEA: Theatre
- TS: Technology and Society
- VIRS: Visiting International Research Studies
- VKUR: Valerie Kuehne Undergraduate Research Award
- WRIT: Writing
- EOS110: Oceans and Atmosphere
- EOS120: The Dynamic Earth
- EOS130: Climate Change
- EOS170: Natural Hazards
- EOS201: Sedimentary Geology
- EOS202: Structural Geology
- EOS205: Mineralogy
- EOS210: Introductory Geophysics
- EOS220: Weather and Climate
- EOS230: Introduction to Environmental Data Analysis
- EOS240: Geochemistry
- EOS261: The Climate System
- EOS300: Earth Science Field School
- EOS311: Biological Oceanography
- EOS312: Introductory Chemical Oceanography
- EOS313: Introductory Geological Oceanography
- EOS314: Descriptive Physical Oceanography
- EOS316: Igneous and Metamorphic Geology
- EOS321: Earth History
- EOS325: Earth System Modelling
- EOS330: Paleobiology
- EOS335: Isotopes in Natural Sciences
- EOS340: Atmospheric Physics
- EOS350: Understanding the Oceans
- EOS365: Climate and Society
- EOS400: Advanced Field Geology
- EOS401: Oceanographic Field School
- EOS403: Global Biogeochemical Cycles
- EOS408: Marine Geology
- EOS410: Global Tectonics
- EOS416: High Temperature Petrology
- EOS420: Resource Geology
- EOS423: Advanced Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
- EOS425: Aqueous Chemistry in the Earth and Ocean
- EOS427: Geophysics
- EOS431: Physical Oceanography
- EOS433: The Physics of Climate
- EOS440: Hydrogeology
- EOS450: Quaternary Geology
- EOS451: Introductory Dynamic Meteorology
- EOS460: Earth System Science
- EOS480: Applied Geophysics
- EOS490: Directed Studies in Earth and Ocean Sciences
- EOS491: Advanced Topics in Earth and Ocean Sciences
- EOS492: Advanced Laboratory Topics in Earth and Ocean Sciences
- EOS499A: Honours Thesis I
- EOS499B: Honours Thesis II
EOS431
Physical Oceanography
Observations and theories explaining the wind- and buoyancy-driven circulations of the ocean. Topics include: wind-forced currents; ocean-scale gyres; coastal circulation; conservation of dynamical tracers; mixing, potential energy and the resulting basin-scale overturning circulations; waves.
Lecture: 3h
Lab: 0h
Tutorial: 0h
Credits: 1.5