GEO9901 – Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics
Course description
Course content
In this course you learn about the dynamics of time-dependent motion in the atmosphere and ocean, including surface and internal gravity waves, planetary waves and low/high-pressure systems; storm development in a simplified model, with application to weather systems.?
Learning outcome
After taking this course, you will be able to
- understand the equations of motion governing the atmosphere and ocean
- master basic dynamical balances applicable at weather scales
- explain wave motion in the atmosphere and ocean
- interpret a simplified model of instability
- understand the life cycle of storms
- apply simplified models to explain observed phenomena
Admission to the course
PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through?Studentweb.
If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.
PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must?apply for a position as a visiting student?within a given deadline.
Recommended previous knowledge
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with GEO4901 – Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics.
- 10 credits overlap with GEO3900 – Atmosphere Ocean Dynamics (discontinued).
- 10 credits overlap with GEO4900 – Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics (continued).
- 10 credits overlap with GEF3450 – Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (continued).
- 10 credits overlap with GEF4450 – Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (continued).
Teaching
The course includes 2 x 2 hours of lectures?and up to 2 hours of exercise?per?week. There are 4-5 mandatory problem sets, which must be approved prior to the final exam.
Attendance at the first lecture is compulsory. Students who fail to meet are considered to have withdrawn from the course unless they have previously given notice to the Student administration (studieinfo@geo.uio.no).
We reserve the right to change the teaching?form and examination of the course in semesters where 5 or fewer students have been admitted.
Examination
- All mandatory problem sets have to be approved before you can sit the final exam.
- A written midterm examination counts 30% towards the final grade.
- A final written examination counts 70% towards the final grade.
- Both the written midterm- and the final exam need to be passed separately in order to pass the course.
Mandatory assignments are valid for 5 semesters starting from the semester they were approved the first time.
It is possible to take the exam up to 3 times. If you?withdraw from the exam?after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.
It will also be counted as 1 of the 3 attempts to sit the exam for this course if you sit the exam for one of the following courses:
- GEO3900 – Atmosphere Ocean Dynamics (discontinued)
- GEO4900 – Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics (continued)
- GEO4901 – Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics
- GEF3450 – Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (continued)
- GEF4450 – Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (continued)
Examination support material
- Approved calculator and Rottmann's mathematical formula collection
Language of examination
The examination text is given in English. You may submit your response in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about?the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.
Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass, the original examination.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.