The Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) hosted from January 23 to February 3 the second edition of two specialization courses in Dynamical Oceanography organized by Barcelona Ocean. Graduate students and researchers from several countries met in order to gain knowledge that sets the bases of physical oceanography.
The Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) hosted from January 23 to February 3 the second edition of two specialization courses in Dynamical Oceanography organized by Barcelona Ocean. Graduate students and researchers from several countries met in order to gain knowledge that sets the bases of physical oceanography.
The two 5-day courses are offered independently but they complement each other: Ocean Dynamics: steady circulation, and Ocean Dynamics: propagating anomalies. Both courses are taught by Josep Lluís Pelegrí and Marc Gasser. During the first week, attendants gain expertise in the steady circulation of the ocean. The equations of conservations of mass, momentum, heat and salt, its solutions, as well as the vorticity and energy equations. During the second week, students learn concepts related to anomalies in the ocean such as surface, internal and planetary waves. Both courses have theoretical sessions, where basic concepts are explained, and practical sessions where attendants put in practice learned concepts using Matlab programming.
Barcelona Ocean is a joint program created by InvestigAdHoc, a company that provides marine-related educational and scientific services, and researchers at ICM. They offer courses on marine sciences to professionals and researchers, graduate students and the general public.