OCEA&101 Survey of Oceanography with lab: fall 2009 syllabus, Policy on missed labs

Date
Read
   Focus   Additional sources (for fun!)
W
9/30
-
 Introduction to oceanography and ocean issues  
  Natural hazards of the PNW: tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
F 10/2 lab Lab 1 - Navigation and Mapping

Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
NOAA, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Vents Program: Deep Ocean Seismicity
 Ocean Drilling Program
NOAA Center for Tsunami Research
NOAA Tsunami Warning Systems
Washington Emergency Management Division
 Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

 

M

10/5

2

 Plate tectonics

W

10/7

3

Marine provinces
F 10/9 lab Lab 2 - Plate tectonics

M

10/12

3

 Marine provinces cont.
Marine sediments
Tsunami generation
W 10/14 8 Tsunami generation cont.
F 10/16 lab Lab 3 - Waves
M 10/19 - PNW geologic history

W

10/21

-

 Discussion and Exam: Natural hazards
Due: Response paper
  Climate change and the ocean
F
10/23
lab
 Lab 4 - Water properties

UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
UW Climate Impacts Group
 Real Climate
Retreating world glaciers
USGS retreat glaciers
Ocean and Climate Change Institute
M
10/26
6.8
 Climate change
W
10/28
6
 Air-sea interaction
F
10/30
lab
 Lab 5 - Water properties II
M
11/2
7
 Ocean circulation
W
11/4
-
 Ocean circulation (cont.)
F
11/6
lab
 Lab 6 - Atmospheric circulation
M
11/9
5.5
 Climate change and the ocean
W
11/11
-
 Veteran's Day - no class
F
11/13
-
 Lab 7 - Ocean circulation
M
11/16
-
 Discussion and Exam: Climate change
Due: Response paper
  Fishing and Whaling
W
11/18
12
 Fishing and whaling

State of the Sound 2007
10 Ways To Save the Ocean
Puget Sound Partnership
Salmon Recovery Puget Sound
People for Puget Sound
 Low Impact Hydro Institute
Nisqually River Nature Center
WA Dept of Fish and Wildlife
 2009 Salmon Fishing Season Makah Tribal Council , UW The Makah Tribe
National Council for Science and the Environment: The Makah Tribe and Whaling
 Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
International Whaling Commission
Marine Mammal Institute , National Marine Mammal Laboratory, The Marine Mammal Center
Marine Mammal Commission, Whale Wars
Sound Library (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
F
11/20
lab
 Lab 8 - Marine food web
M
11/23
13
 Primary productivity
W
11/25
-
 Seafood activity (no class)
F
11/27
-
 Thanksgiving holiday (no class)
M
11/30
14
 Marine mammal conservation
W
12/2
13
 Fish farming
F
12/4
lab
 Lab 9 - Seafood Activity results
M
12/7
15
 Puget Sound natural history
W
12/9
11.4-5
 Pollutants of Puget Sound
F
12/11
lab
 Lab 10 - Water quality
M
12/14
-
 Marine conservation and outreach
W
12/16
-
 Discussion and exam: Fishing and whaling
Due: Response paper

Waves lab

Last updated: Friday, November 13, 2009