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Here are som checkpoints for the reading and two examples of earlier exercises for the exam. The final lectures will be on Tuesday May 22.

Here are data from the cruise. CTD data are offered both as txt and xls files.

The story behind Random Walk

Ordinary lectures are cancelled on Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th of April, but on Tuesday at 14:15 there will a meeting for the interested where questions related to the mid-term exam, the field reports, the oblig and other topics can be asked.

Description on how to find online sea maps.

The third and final field cruise takes place on Friday April 20th. FF Trygve Braarud leaves Oslo Harbour at 09:00. The program is found here , and Oblig. 2 here .

Lectures on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 27-28, are cancelled due to the mid-term exam on Friday, March 30. On Tuesday April 10 there will be no lectures.

Here are today's recordings. CTD stations are presented both in txt format (3 files) and xls format (1 file). Other data are shown as jpg figures. When the irradiance just beneath the surface is determined, the recordings from the marine instrument should be used.

Program for the field cruise on Friday March 16 and a map showing Pier 3 or 4 where the ship leaves at 09:00 hrs. New participants have to fill out a form and give it to the lecturer or his post box no later than Thursday. Former participants can give their names to the lecturer.

For students interested in the application of mathematics in oceanography, this example of the effect of compressibility may be fun.

A revised tentative schedule for the lectures is presented here .

Oblig.1 is found here . Deadline is Wednesday 14 March.

Reports from the field cruise will be discussed on Tuesday 28. The lecture on Wednesday 29 is cancelled.

Data and results from the cruise are presented here .

Here is a map of the meeting place for the field cruise on Friday, as well as a program for the work.

Participants in the field cruise on Friday, February 17th, have to fill out a form and deliver it at the lectures or in the mail box of Aas in the Post room of the Geology building, no later than Wednesday 15.

A tentative schedule for the lectures is presented here .

Syllabus for the 6th edition of the textbook and for the lecture notes is found here . Syllabus for the 5th edition can be found at the message page for 2011.

Syllabus in GEF2610 is (1) Talley et al. : Descriptive Physical Oceanography, 6th edition (or the 5th edition by Pickard and Emery), (2) S?len and Aas: Lecture Notes. The notes will be handed out during the lectures.