Preparation (before class)
Please prepare two figures from the last lab, and put add it to the shared_figures folder in the course repository. You can do this on your local computer, or via the web here.
Name the figure Ex<A>-<Lastname>.png where you replace <A> with the exercise number (or letter) and <Lastname> with your last name.
2. Scientific basis#
We will introduce 2 (maybe 3) projects which have a field component. These will be used as case studies during the course to help focus the topics.
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (RAPID and EPOC projects)
Mesoscale eddy dissipation at topography
Convection in the Labrador Sea
Lab topic - introduction
We will also introduce the lab topic of time series. In the lab you’ll be calculating basic statistics like mean, histogram, median, standard deviation. For a review of these concepts, see
[Talley et al., 2011] chapter 6 “Data analysis concepts and observational methods”, especially sections 6.3 “Observational error”, and 6.3 “Basic statistical concepts”, and 6.5.3 “Spectral analysis” and 6.5.4 “Filtering”.
[Emery and Thomson, 2004] chapter 3 - note that earlier and later editions are also fine to use.