PART Ⅰ PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY 1.Ocean Currents 2.Hydrologic Cycle 3.Ocean Waves 4.Tides 5.Hurricanes 6.Physical Properties of Seawater 7.Turbulent Flow 8.Internal Waves 9.Ekman Transport and Pumping 10.Geostrophic Wind and Thermal Wind 11.Mesoscale Eddy 12.Submesoscale Processes 13.Thermohaline Circulation 14.Sea Ice 15.Sea Level Rise 16.Numerical Modelling 17.Langmuir Circulation 18.Estuarine Dynamics 19.Empirical Orthogonal Functions 20.Laboratory Experiments Text Sources PART Ⅱ MARINE BIOLOGY 1.Marine Biology 2.Cells and Organelles 3.Genetic Information 4.Reproduction 5.Natural Selection and Adaptation 6.Phytoplankton 7.Zooplankton 8.Diatom 9.Dinoflagellates 10.Protozoans 11.Fungi 12.Viruses 13.Bacteria 14.Archaea 15.The Microbial Loop 16.Seaweeds 17.Seagrasses 18.Salt-Marsh Plants 19.Mangroves 20.Primary Producers and Estuaries Text Sources PART Ⅲ MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS 1.Dating Rocks and Fossils Using Geologic Methods 2.Deep Carbon Cycle 3.Estuarine Delta 4.Igneous Rocks 5.Intraplate Magmatism
6.Marine Gas Hydrate Resources 7.Marine Geohazards 8.Marine Geologic Survey 9.Marine Geophysical Exploration 10.Marine Sedimentation 11.Offshore Oil and Cas Resources 12.Paleoceanography 13.Milankovitch Cycles, Paleoclimatic Change, and Hominin Evolution 14.Plate Tectonics Theory 15.Seismology 16.Subduction Zones 17.Submarine Geodynamics 18.Submarine Mineral Resources Text Sources PART Ⅳ OCEAN TECHNOLOGY 1.Marine/ocean Acoustics 2.Sound Absorption 3.Sound Scattering 4.Ocean Optics 5.The Solar Spectrum 6.Inherent and Apparent Optical Properties 7.Absorption of Light 8.Scattering of Light 9.Radiative Transfer 10.Remote Sensing in Oceanography 11.Infrared Radiometer 12.Microwave Radiometer 13.Radar Altimeter (TO?ЕX/Poseidon) 14.Radar Scatterometer 15.SAR (Synthetic-aperture Radar) 16.ATLAS Mooring (TAO array) 17.Surface Drifter Program 18.Argo 19.Underwater Glider 20.Saildrone Text Sources PART Ⅴ GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS 1.Introduction to Academic English 2.Pronunciation Tips for Chinese Speakers 3.AMS Writing Skills