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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS CZM 5009 ENVIRONMENTAL OCEANOGRAPHY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

This course has been intendent as an introduction of coastal waters, and thus may prove useful to students in engineering, physics and mathematics before they commence more rigorous courses that provide the analytical background to the phenomena described in lecture

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Able to have general approach to coastal oceanography 2   Will be aware of shore processes 3   To have knowledge about the wave and tide classification 4   To understand the dynamics of the general oceanic circulation 5   To learn physical description of the sea and the physical properties of the sea

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction Coastal waters Fishing and biology Economics and geology Units and dimensions 2 SHORE PROCESSES Introduction Wave refraction Breakers Beach processes Coastal engineering Coastal zone management 3 WAVES Surface waves Energy propagation Wave set-up Wave spectra Trapped waves Long wavelength waves Internal waves 4 TIDES Astronomical tides Dynamical theory Tidal prediction Tidal power Long period tides Internal tides The littoral zone 5 WATER COMPOSITION Introduction Temperature, salinity and density Dissolved gases Nutrients Rivers Water quality 6 WATER CIRCULATION Introduction Pressure forces Coriolis force Diffusion and viscosity 7 MIDTERM 8 BOUNDARY LAYERS Introduction Ekman layers Benthic boundary layers Coastal boundary layers 9 MIXING Turbulence Convection Turbulent entrainment Dispersion Oceanic fronts Large-scale mixing 10 COASTAL METEOROLOGY Introduction Hydrological cycle Winds Aerosols Oil spills Coastal lows 11 ESTUARIES AND REEFS Introduction Geomorphological classification of estuaries Estuarine hydrology Estuarine pollution Coral reefs 12 DIRECT AND REMOTE SENSING Instruments and methods Remote sensing Acoustics Electromagnetic radiation Marine optics Radar Satellites 13 DATA ANALYSIS Data presentation Data analysis and statistics Time series analysis Modelling Ecosystem analysis 14 COASTAL ASSESSMENT Introduction Cost-benefit analysis Aquatic ecosystems Pollution

Recomended or Required Reading

Beer, Tom: Environmental Oceanography,1983

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures will be held conventionally. The students prepare their homeworks to discuss in the classroom.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 ASG ASSIGNMENT 3 FIN FINAL EXAM 4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.40 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.40 + RST * 0.40 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Erdem SAYIN Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology erdem.sayin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

will be announce at the first lecture

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 13 2 26 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparation for final exam 1 20 20 Preparing presentations 1 10 10 Reading 5 2 10 Preparing assignments 1 40 40 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 146

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 LO.1 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 LO.2 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 LO.3 4 4 5 5 5 5 3 4 5 4 LO.4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 LO.5 5 4 4 4 5 5 4 3 5 4