Physical oceanography

Enrollment in the 3rd study year.

Completed elementary courses in mathematics and mechanics and course Introduction to meteorology.

Elements of Descriptive Oceanography and kinematics: structure of marine basins, geo- morphological properties, chemical composition of sea water, definition of salinity, equation of state of sea water, conservation of volume and mass of sea water and dissolved matter, Kelvin circulation theorem.

Dynamics: system of equation for geophysical flow, Boussinesq approximation, equation of motion for long and short waves, group speed. Waves at the interface of two liquids and internal waves in a stratified fluid, dynamic stability and Richardson number. Basic geophysical flows, Ekman bottom and surface layer, geostrophic interior and ageostrophic phenomena: inertial currents and wind-driven currents. Kelvinov val, normal modes of motion, homogeneous and stratified fluids, co- oscillation of tides in coastal waters.

Conservation of vorticity and quasi-geostrophic

motion, circulation of the Adriatic Sea.

Pond S. in G.L. Pickard, 1978. Introductory Dynamic Oceanography. Pergamon Press, 241 str.
Cushman-Roisin B., 1994. Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. Prentice Hall, 320 str.
Kundu, P. K. 1990. Fluid Mechanics, Academic Press, 638 str.

To obtain basic knowledge on dynamics of water mass on a rotating Earth, which are coupled with the phenomena in the atmosphere. They are a ground-floor for the study of marine, maritime and ecological issues in coastal waters and oceans.

Knowledge and understanding: Understanding of processes that affect the motion of water mass in oceans and seas on a rotating Earth.

Application:

Students of meteorology will gain support in studying limnology, oceanographic and ecological topics, which are linked to synoptic and climatic processes in meteorology.

Reflection:

Through exercises and seminar work students will gain critical view on their own achievements through comparison with known results.

Transferable skills:

Students transfer to the working environment gained experience in making analysis of experimental data, collected by oceanographic vessel(s) and oceanographic buoy. They will be able to apply tables and mathematical expressions, simple partial differential equations, and apply tensor and vector analysis in oceanography and other environmental sciences.

Lectures, tutorials, seminars from topics on a list of at least 25 items.

One written test between the mid-term and end-term) instead of written examination of problem solving type.
One individual seminar work instead of oral examination. The seminar work is submitted in a written form and is defended in public.
Grades: 5 (fail), 6-10 (pass) (in agreement with the Statutes of theUnivesity of Ljubljana)

RAICICH, F., MALAČIČ, V., CELIO M., GIAIOTTI D., CANTONI C., COLUCCI R. R., ČERMELJ B. and
PUCILLO A.,2013. Extreme air-sea interactions in the Gulf of Trieste (North Adriatic) during the strong bora event in winter 2012. J. Geophys. Res. (C). Accepted for publication.

RAMŠAK, V., MALAČIČ, V., LIČER, M., KOTNIK, J., HORVAT, M., ŽAGAR, D.. High-resolution pollutant
dispersion modelling in contaminated coastal sites. Environ. Res. (N.Y.), avg. 2013, št. 125, str. 103-112, ilustr., doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.12.013 [COBISS-SI-ID 6203745. Kategorija: 1A1 (Z1, A'); uvrstitev: SCI, Scopus, MBP; tipologija ni verificirana

PETELIN, B., KONONENKO, I., MALAČIČ, V., KUKAR, M.. Multi-level association rules and directed graphs for spatial data analysis. Expert syst. appl.. [Print ed.], 2013, vol. 40, issue 12, str. 4957-4970. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2013.03.004, doi: 10.1016/j.eswa.2013.03.004 [COBISS-SI-ID 2761807], kategorija: 1A1 (Z1, A'); uvrstitev: SCI, Scopus, MBP; tipologijo je verificiral OSICN točke: 27.03, št. avtorjev: 4.

MALAČIČ, V., PETELIN, B., VODOPIVEC, M.. Topographic control of wind-driven circulation in the northern Adriatic. J. Geophys. Res., 2012, vol. 117, št. C06032, str. 1-16, doi: 10.1029/2012JC008063 [COBISS-SI-ID
2595663], kategorija: 1A1 (Z1, A'); uvrstitev: SCI, Scopus, MBP; tipologijo je verificiral OSICN točke: 39.81, št. avtorjev: 3