《海洋模型》短期课程报名通知

受近海海洋环境科学国家重点实验室邀请，来自缅因大学的薛惠洁教授与柴扉教授将于12月中旬访问厦门大学，并于19-29日开设短期课程《海洋模型》，讲授海洋模型的概念，以及从早期箱式模型到先进的物理-生物地球化学耦合模型等常用模型的应用，授课方式主要是讲座及现场操作相结合。

详细的课程介绍及时间安排请见以下，欢迎研究生及高年级本科生报名参加课程。已有MATLAB或其他计算机语言知识背景为佳，也欢迎学生带着其他相关问题前来上课。课程完成后，研究生可获得1个选修学分。

时间：12月19日-29日，周一至周四晚7:00-9:30，共八次课。

地点：（本部）嘉五606机房

人数：人数50人

因机房座位有限，请即与助教报名：

助教：刘勇 ahunanren@gmail.com，15859248395

Introduction to Ocean Modeling

A Short-Term Course at Xiamen University

December 19^th to December 29^th, 2011

Profs. Huijie Xue (薛惠洁) & Fei Chai (柴扉)

hxue@maine.edu

University of Maine

This course will introduce key concepts in ocean modeling as well as widely used ocean models from simple box models to state-of-the-art coupled physical-biogeochemical models. Each session includes a lecture and a lab except for the last one, which will be entirely lectures on forecast systems, applications, and database/visualization. The lectures begin with theory, followed by model construction and then application(s), focusing on abilities and limitations of the models. The labs use simple models in MATLAB (the FORTRAN version is also available in most cases) to illustrate the approaches discussed in the companion lecture. The focus is on the good practice of dos and don’ts in ocean modeling. The target audience of this course includes upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in Oceanography. Literacy in MATLAB or other computer languages can be helpful. More experienced students are also encouraged to bring their own modeling problems and questions to the labs.

1.      (Dec. 19) Introduction

a.       Philosophy of ocean modeling

b.      Goals of this course

c.       Ocean models by discipline/process, region, discretization

d.      General terminology

e.       Lab: Seawater - GSW toolbox.

2.      (Dec. 20) Box Models

a.       Initial value problem

b.      Numerical integration

c.       Thermohaline circulation

d.      Lab: ODE solver; Stommel’s box models

3.      (Dec. 21) Box Models

a.       NPZD model

b.      Phytoplankton spring bloom

c.       Lab: A food chain box model

4.      (Dec. 22) Box Models

a.       Multiple nutrients and plankton model

b.      Carbon cycle model

c.       Lab: Air-sea CO2 flux and anthropogenic carbon

5.      (Dec. 26) Spatially Explicit Ocean Models

a.       Domains and meshes

b.      Boundary conditions

                                                                                       i.      Surface, sea bed, coast

                                                                                     ii.      Open boundaries

c.       Lab: Seagrid; Air-sea fluxes

6.      (Dec. 27) Barotropic Models

a.       Geostrophic adjustment

b.      Storm surge

c.       Tides in the open ocean & coastal seas

d.      Wetting-and-Drying

e.       Lab: geoadjPE; 2D POM

7.      (Dec. 28) Mixed Layer models

a.       Ekman theory

b.      Wind-driven and convective mixing

c.       Turbulence closure

                                                                                       i.      Ri dependent, KPP, Mellor-Yamada

                                                                                       ii.    GOTM (http://www.gotm.net/index.php)

d.      Lab: Ekman layer; 1D mixed layer model using MY

8.      (Dec. 29) Ocean modeling and forecast

a.       Comprehensive ocean circulation models

b.      Examples of forecast systems: RTOFS, GoMFS

c.       Data assimilation and skill assessment

d.      Applications (oil spill model, Individual Based Models)

e.       Database and visualization