Group Head
Introduction to Earth System Sciences   
(4- Credit, 40 hours)                            
  • Earth System Science and Global Change  
  • Daisy world: An introduction to systems.                                          
  • Global Energy Balance  
  • Water Cycle (atmosphere and ocean)  
  • Oceans and Atmosphere Dynamics (Introduc tion)  
  • Global Carbon Cycle-I  
  • Recycling of Elements; C, N, O2, O3 depletion  
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycle- oceans  
  • Short/Long term Climate regulations  
  • Short-term Climate variability, Global Warming 
Offerred to Trainee
Scientists
and MRFP JRFs

Ocean General Circulation
(4- Credit, 40 hours)                                               

  • Properties of Sea Water
  • Temperature, Salinity, Density, Pressure
  • Dynamic Topography, Sterric Height
  • General Circulation of Indian Ocean
  • General Circulation of Pacific Ocean
  • El Nino-La Nina, Indian Ocean Dipole Mode
Offerred to JRFs
Large Scale Air-Sea Interaction
(4- Credit, 40 hours)

  • Turbulence Theory
  • Micro and Macro Length and Time Scales of Turbulence
  • Universal Law of Wall and Monin Obukhopf Similarity Theory
  • Planetary Boundary Layer and Ocean Mixed Layer
  • Bulk approximation to momentum and heat fluxes
  • Response of the Ocean to large scale wind forcing; The Tropics
  • Response of the Atmosphere to large scale ocean heating: The Tropics
  • Convectively Coupled Waves in the Tropical Belt
  • El Nino-La Nina, Indian Ocean DIpole Mode
Offerred to JRFs                        
Ocean Biogeochemical Cycles             
(2- Credit, 20 hours)
  • Chemical composition of the ocean          
  • Conservation of tracers in the ocean       
  • Organic Matter Production                            
  • Phytoplankton, Zoo plankton and bact                 
  • Ecosystem processes and role of Lig      
  • Ecosystem models, N-P, N-P-Z and N-P-Z-        
  • Export production, regenerated production                  
  • New production, e-ratio, f-ratio and remineralization                                                        
  • Carbon Cycle, Solubility pump, biological pump    
  • Alkalinity of ocean and ocean acidification             
  • Air-sea gas exchange and oceanic pCO2
  • Calcium Carbonate cycle and global climate:                                                                          
  • Carbonate-silicate geochemical cycle

Offerred to M.Sc.
students of 
SP Pune University