PHY 580 - Coastal and Estuarine Systems

Course Description: An introduction to the physical processes operating within coastal and estuarine systems. The focus of the course will be on the dynamical description of topics such as gravity waves, surf zone hydrodynamics, storm surge, tides, estuarine hydraulics, sediment transport and morphodynamics.

Credit Hours: 3

Corequisite Courses: None
Prerequisite Courses: PHY 475 (min grade C) or PHY 575
Additional Restrictions/ Requirements: None
Course Repeatability Course may not be repeated

ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

Equivalent Courses: None
Undergraduate Crosslisting: PHY 480
Additional Course Fees: None
Course Attribute: None

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