To introduce and provide a historical perspective of the physical insights into our earth, oceans and atmosphere. Special attention is placed on making the connections between the three components of the geophysical environment. We introduce students to the notion that the processes associated with these three components are coupled, and the underlying mathematical methods are often shared.
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By the end of this course, students will be able to: Describe and explain the physical processes that create our geophysical environments of earth, oceans and atmosphere (Capability 1) Analyse geophysical observations with simple plotting software (Capability 3) Use mathematical and/or numerical methods to explain geophysical phenomena (Capability 3)