Program Overview

Course Overview

The course TMR4230, Oceanography, is a 7.5-credit course offered at the second degree level. It commences in the autumn of 2025 and spans one semester. The language of instruction is English, and the course is located in Trondheim.

Course Content

The course covers various topics, including:

• Properties of seawater
• Conservation equations
• Equations of motion
• Coriolis effect
• Geostrophic current
• Inertial current
• Planetary boundary layer flow
• Wind-induced current
• Bottom currents
• Circulation
• Tides
• Global and local wind description
• Mean wind
• Wind gust
• Wave forecast
• Surface waves
• Wave refraction
• Non-linear waves
• Breaking waves
• Wave-current interaction

Learning Outcome

Upon completing the course, students are expected to have a good physical understanding of the phenomena contributing to the interaction between the atmosphere and the ocean. They should also have detailed knowledge of global and local descriptions of wind conditions, how waves change due to changes in water depth and interact with currents, and non-linear and breaking waves. Additionally, students should be able to make simple calculations of wind, wave, and current conditions and master the concepts and terminology used in the description of wind, waves, and currents.

Learning Methods and Activities

The course consists of lectures and exercises.

Evaluation

The course evaluation is based on a final oral exam, which accounts for 100% of the grade. The exam is assigned a letter grade.

Recommended Previous Knowledge

It is recommended that students have prior knowledge of TMR4247 Marine Technology - Hydrodynamics.

Course Materials

The course materials include "Lecture notes on Wind, Waves, Current" by Myrhaug, D.

Credit Reductions

There is a credit reduction for students who have taken the course SIN1547, as there is an academic overlap between the two courses.

Subject Areas

The course falls under the subject area of Technological subjects.

Examination

The examination arrangement for the course is an oral exam. The ordinary examination takes place in the autumn of 2025, and the re-sit examination is scheduled for the summer of 2026. The oral exam lasts 30 minutes and allows for the use of examination aids coded as E. The weighting of the exam is 100/100.