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Dr. Carlos Torres
Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexico
Modeling Coastal Circulation in Curvilinear Coordinates
Course Description
In this course we will outline the hydrodynamics and numerical foundations upon which the current ocean models rest, as well as to provide the initial tools for beginners to simulate the oceanic environment using the GCOM model. There will be exercises using GCOM with simpler and complex geometries. Applications to the Gulf of California and Bahía de Todos los Santos in Ensenada, Lake Valencia in Venezuela and Monterey Bay in California will be presented.

 

Course Outline

Lecture 1:
Introduction

Lecture 2:
Classification of Ocean Models

Lecture 3:
Cartesian and Curvilinear Ocean Models

Lecture 4:
GCOM: A General Curvilinear Ocean Model

Lecture 5:
Computational Techniques

 

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