P3300 Term Paper

Paper should be about 15 pages in length and should include some information from recent journal publications. The topic can be of any subject of Physical Oceanography. A list of suggestions is provided below; if you want to do a paper on a subject that is not listed here, be certain to check with me that it will be suitable. Paper is due on the last lecture.

Suggested Topics

• Deep Convection
• Wind waves
• Tsunamis
• Internal waves
• Numerical modeling
• Thermohaline circulation
• Ocean mixing
• El Nino
• Ocean currents
• Estuarine circulation
• Water masses
• Turbulence
• Sea ice
• The Gulf Stream
• Eddies
• Tides

Reference Journals

• J. of Physical Oceanography
• J. of Geophysical Research C (Oceans)
• J. of Fluid Mechanics
• Deep Sea Research
• Atmosphere-Ocean
• Geophysical Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics