Introduction
The role of the oceans and inland seas in the climate system
The shelf seas
Physical forcing of the shelf seas (energy sources, the seasonal cycle of heting and cooling, fresh water exchange, wind stress and pressure gradient, tides)
Response to forcing: the governing equations and some basic solutions (Kinematics, Newtonn's laws, Geostrophic flow, Turbulent stresses and Ekman dynamics, Long waves and tidal motions)
Estuarine circulation (Freshwater buoyancy and estuarine circulation, Density-driven circulation in a ROFI: rotation and coastal currents, Residual flows in a ROFI)
The shelf edge system (Contrasting regimes, Bathymetric steering and slope currents, Cross-slope transport mechanisms)
Hydrology and circulation of the Mediterranean Sea and inland seas.
Sampling strategies and methodologies, design of an oceanographic campaign
Oceanographic instruments (hydrological measurements, lagrangian and eulerian current measurements, remote sensing measurements, unmanned systems)
Representation, analysis and interpretation of hydrological and current measurements (Ocean Data View, Optimun Multiparameter Analysis, Wavelet analysis, analysis of tidal components)