It covers the principles of in situ instruments, such as CTD, current-meters, acoustic Doppler current profilers, and tidal gauges, field applications, design of field surveys, and hand-on  fieldwork experience in nearby rivers, harbors and bays.

Observations of marine physical processes (ECOS 697)

Meng Zhou, Associate Professor

 

Teaching

This special topics session is designed for senior and graduate students interested in physical processes in estuaries and coastal oceans. 

Estuarine and coastal physical processes (ECOS 655)

An introduction to advanced mathematical methods solving equations of fluid dynamics, transports of materials, ecosystem processes, and numerical methods for processing data collected in field by designing numerical filters, conducting error analysis in statistics, and interpolating data based on objective analysis techniques.

Mathematical methods and models in environmental sciences (ECOS 697)

waters of the earth, their occurrence, distribution, and circulation, their chemical and physical properties, their interaction with the environment, and their basic processes such as precipitation, evapotranspiration, runoff, soil water, and groundwater.

Hydrology (EG&S 295)

· ECOS 655:  Estuarine & coastal physical processes

· ECOS 697:  Observations of marine physical processes

· ECOS 697:  Mathematical methods and models in environmental sciences

· EG&S 295:  Hydrology

University of Massachusetts Boston

Department of Environment, Earth and Ocean Sciences