Introduction to Earth System Sciences
(4- Credit, 40 hours)
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- 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
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Offerred to Trainee
Scientists
and MRFP JRFs
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Ocean General Circulation
(4- Credit, 40 hours)
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- 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
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Offerred to JRFs
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Large Scale Air-Sea Interaction
(4- Credit, 40 hours)
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- 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
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Offerred to JRFs
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Ocean Biogeochemical Cycles
(2- Credit, 20 hours)
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- Chemical composition of the ocean
- Conservation of tracers in the ocean
- Organic Matter Production
- Phytoplankton, Zoo plankton and bacteria
- Ecosystem processes and role of Light
- Ecosystem models, N-P, N-P-Z and N-P-Z-D models
- 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
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Offerred to M.Sc.
students of
SP Pune University
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