15 September 2008 MAR 110 Ocean Hazards – Syllabus - Fall 2008 1 MAR 110 “Ocean Hazards” SYLLABUS FALL 2008 Monday, Wednesday, & Friday 10:00-10:50pm DION Science & Engineering Bldg Room 110 Instructors: Professor Wendell S. Brown ([email protected]; 508-910-6395; SMAST 214) Office Hours – TBD Professor Daniel MacDonald ([email protected]; 508-910-6334; SMAST 104) Office Hours – TBD Teaching Assistant: Valerie Hall ([email protected]; 508-910-6310; SMAST 112) Office Hours – TBD COURSE FORMAT Course Webpage http://www.smast.umassd.edu/OCEANOL/courses/mar110/index.htm • Three Weekly Lectures Lecture Outlines on Website • Regular Reading Assignments Pinet, P.R. “Invitation to Oceanography”, 4th Edition, Jones & Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, MA, 2000. Grade % • Homework Exercises 25% • Examinations Examination I 15% Examination II 25% Final Examination 35% 100% • References (with codes that are used to reference the figures in the lecture outlines) Required Course Text Pinet, P.R. “Invitation to Oceanography”, 4th Edition, Jones & Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, MA, 2000. (ItO) General Oceanography References Chauffe, K.M., & M.G. Jefferies. “Laboratory Exercises to accompany Invitation to Oceanography”, 2007. (CJ) Ericson, D.B., and G. Wollin, “The Ever-Changing Sea”, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1967. (ECS) Pipkin, B.W., D.S. Gorsline, R.E. Casey, D.A. Dunn & S.A. Schellenberg, “Laboratory Exercises in Oceanography”, W.H. Freeman & Co., 2001. (LEiO) General Meteorology Reference15 September 2008 MAR 110 Ocean Hazards – Syllabus - Fall 2008 2Aguado, E. & Burt, J.E., “Understanding Weather and Climate”, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1999. (UWaC) General Geology Reference Hamblin, W.K., “The Earth’s Dynamic Systems”, Burgess Publishing, Minneapolis, MN, 1985. (tEDS) Gulf Stream References MacLeish, M., “The Blue God”, Smithsonian XXXXX (BG1) MacLeish, M., “Painting a Portrait of the Stream From Miles Above-and Below”, Smithsonian XXXXX . (BG2) Climate Change References Burroughs, W.J., “Climate Change: A Multidisciplinary Approach”, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2001. (CCaMA) Bigg, G., “The Oceans and Climate”, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2005. (tOaC) Pugh, D., “Changing Sea Levels”, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2005. (CSL) Earthquakes Reference Winchester, S., “A Crack at the Edge of the World”, Harper Collins Publishers, NY, 2005. (aCEW) Natural Hazards Reference Bryant, E., “Natural Hazards”, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2005. (NH) Volcano Reference Winchester, S., “Krakatoa”, HarperCollins Publishers, NY, 2003. (K)15 September 2008 MAR 110 Ocean Hazards – Syllabus - Fall 2008 3MAR 110: Natural Hazards and the Oceans: Fall 2008 Lectures Date Lecture Title Lec Readings Homework Due Date LEC Pinet Web 3 Sep W 1 Introduction to Natural Hazards WB Chp 1 5 F 2 Ocean Hazard Energy Sources DM HW 1 8 M 3 Ocean Earth Interior & Bathymetry (T1; HW 1-Eng-Met) WB Chp 2 10 W 4 Plate Tectonics Introduction WB Pgs 63-72 12 F 4b Plate Tectonics & Earthquakes (T2; HW 2a-Bathy Charts) WB Pgs 72-78 HW 2a 2.1-2.4 HW 1 – Eng-Met 15 M 6 Case Studies: (Hurricanes) & Earthquakes (videos) WB Pgs 78-88 17 W 5 Plate Tectonics & Quakes WB Pgs 259-261 HW 2b 2.5-2.6 19 F 8 Earthquakes & Tsunamis WB 22 M 9 CS: “America’s Tsunami” (T3; HW 3-Plate Tectonics)WB Pgs 95-104 HW 3 HW 2a Ex1– Bathy Charts24 W 10 Plate Tectonics: Volcanoes WB Pgs 104-110 26 F 11 Case Study: Krakatoa WB HW 3 – Plate Tectonics 29 M 12 Review #1 WB 1 Oct W EXAMINATION #1 3 F 13 Atmosphere/Ocean System (T4; HW 4-Graphs) DM Pgs 191-197 HW 4 6 M Exam Discussion VH Pgs 144-161 8 W 14 Intro Atmospheric Dynamics (T5a; HW 5-Ocean Props) DM Pgs 214-222 HW 5 HW 4 - Graphs 10 F 15 Ocean Conveyor Belt (T5b; HW 5-Ocean Props) DM Pgs 198-209 13 M COLUMBUS DAY - NO CLASS 14 TUES 16 The Dynamic Ocean DM Pgs 209-211 15 W 17 Case Study: The Gulf Stream (T6; HW 6-Ocean Currents)DM Pgs 235-244 HW 6 HW 5 - Ocean Properties 17 F 18 Ocean-Generated Weather DM Pgs 244-245 20 M 19 Principles of Ocean Waves DM Pgs 247-251 22 W 20 Wind-Generated Waves & Rogue Waves DM Pgs 252-255 HW 6 - Ocean Currents 24 F 21 Shallow Waves & Erosion (T7; HW 7-Ocean Waves) DM Pgs 256-261 HW 7 27 M 22 Standing Waves & Tides DM Pgs 267-277 29 W 23 Hurricanes & Storm Surge(T8; HW 8–Hurricane Damage) DM Pgs 212-213 HW 8 HW 7- Ocean Waves 31 F 24 Case Study: Hurricane of ’38 DM Pgs 416-417 3 Nov M 25 Ocean Inundation - QUIZ DM 5 W 26 Case Study: Katrina Flooding DM HW 8-Hurricane Damage 7 F 27 Exam #2 Review DM 10 M Veterans Day - NO CLASS 12 W RED TIDE – Prof Jefferson Turner (tentative) JT Pgs 542-547 14 F EXAMINATION #2 17 M Exam Discussion VH 19 W 28 Global Climate Change I (T9; HW 9-Hurricane Forecasts) WB Pgs 371-377 HW 9 21 F 29 ENSO WB Pgs 538-541 HW 9-Hurricane Forecasts24 M 30 CC Cooling (T10; HW 10-ENSO) DM Pgs 124-126 HW 10 26 W CLASS CANCELLED 28 F Thanksgiving Break - NO CLASS 1 Dec M 31 CC Cooling/Warming WB 3 W 32 Warming, Ice and Sea level WB Pgs 542-546 HW 10-ENSO 5 F 33 Anthropogenic Climate Change: Atmosphere/Oceans WB 8 M 34 “ The Inconvenient Truth” WB 10 W 35 Section #3 Review WB/DM 12 F 36 Final Exam Review WB/DM TBD FINAL