Course Description
An introduction to common, quantitative research techniques in marine sciences. The course will make extensive use of problem sets and interdisciplinary marine science data sets. The course will be a required course for all Marine Sciences graduate students.
Athena Title
Quantitative Method Marine Sci
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students taking this course will be expected to obtain a thorough understanding of quantitative methods commonly used in marine science research.
Topical Outline
Basic quantitative methods in marine sciences, mass balance, processing and analysis of large interdisciplinary data sets, descriptive statistics, rates of change, time series and spatial analysis of data, dimensional analysis, scaling, analysis of profiles in the water column and sediments, analysis of tidal signals, dilution techniques.
Syllabus