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CFA1.7:InteractionAtmosphere-OceanDateJuly9to13,2019Timetable09:30to13:30and14:30to18:00(Portuguesetime)TypeofcourseAdvancedCourse(40contacthours)

VenueUniversityofAveiroandUniversityofVigo,roomtobeannounced,withvideoconferenceconnectiontotheremainingDo*MarcampiLecturersProf.JoséM.Castanheira,UniversidadedeAveiro,PortugalProf.PauloRelvas,UniversidadedoAlgarve,PortugalDescriptionThe student will gain an understanding of the coupled nature of the processes in theatmosphericandoceanicboundarylayersatalltime’sscales,andofthecouplednatureoftheglobalatmosphericandoceaniccirculationsatlongertimescales.Bothqualitativeand quantitative description of the processes of small temporal scale important forcoastal system will be provided. Inter oceanic basin teleconnections by atmosphericbridgeswillalsoanalysed.Syllabus-Mass,energyandmomentumbalancesintheAtmosphere-Oceansystem.-TheroleoftheOceanandAtmosphereintheHydrologicalCycle.-Mass,energyandmomentuminsubsetsoftheglobalsystem.-ThedifferentscalesintheinteractionbetweentheAtmosphereandtheOcean.-TransferenceofmomentumbetweentheatmosphereandtheOcean:Winddrivencirculations.-LargescaleinteractionsbetweentheAtmosphereandtheOcean.-ClimateFeedbacksinthecoupledatmosphere-oceansystem-TrendsoftheOceanclimateatseveralspatialscales.-CasestudiesonAtmosphere-Oceaninteraction:resultsandideasfromresearchprojectsTeachingmethodology/AssessmentPresentationofprinciplesandtheoreticalmodelsintheblackboard/Computer,anddiscussionoftheapplications.Broaddiscussionofcasestudiesfromscientificpapers.Itisexpectedthatstudentsperformworksaboutthedifferenttopics,andafinalexamwillbeheldafterfinishingthecourse.

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BibliographyCsanady,G.T.,(2001)Air-SeaInteraction:LawsandMechanisms,239pp.,CambridgeUniversityPress,ISBN0521796806.Goosse,H.ClimateSystemDynamicsandModelling,CambridgeUniversityPress,2015.Marshall,J.,andPlumb,R.A.,(2008)Atmosphere,Ocean,andClimateDynamics:Anintroductorytext,319pp.,AcademicPress,ISBN:9780125586917.Wells,N.C.,(2012)TheatmosphereandOcean:Aphysicalintroduction,411pp.,Wiley,ISBN:9780470694688.LecturersProf. José M Castanheira is Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics of theUniversity of Aveiro and member of the research Associated Laboratory Center forEnvironmental andMarine Studies. Director of theMaster inMarine and AtmosphericSciences.HeteachesseveralspecializedcoursesinMeteorologyandaninterdisciplinarycourseofGlobalClimateSystemformasterstudentsinMarineandAtmosphericSciences.Hismain research interests include: general circulation of the atmosphere; Large-scaleocean-atmosphere interactions;troposphere-stratospherecoupling(dynamic interactionand radiative forcing associated with changes of minor gases in the stratosphere, e.g.water vapour and ozone); water vapour processes in the climate system; tropopausediagnosisandmodelling.Prof.PauloRelvasisAssistantProfessoratUniversityofAlgarveandresearcheratCentrefor Marine Sciences, Univ. Algarve. He was graduated in Physics from the Faculty ofSciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal, in 1985, and obtained a Ph.D. degree in inPhysicalOceanographyatUniversityofWales,UK(1999).He is responsible for several courses related to thePhysicsof theOceanat graduationandpost-graduationlevel.Hismainresearchinterestsare:EasternBoundaryCurrentSystems;Dynamicalprocessesin the Coastal Transition Zone; Coastal and shelf oceanography.; Coastal upwelling;Variability of upwelling systems; Ocean-Atmosphere interactions; Structure anddynamics of upwelling filaments; Inner shelf circulation; Sea level variations; Appliedremotesensing.