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Instructor:
Prof. Katja Fennel (katja.fennel@dal.ca)
Office: LSC Oceanography #2635
Phone: 902 494 4526
Office hours: Mondays 12:30 to 1:30 (e-mail for appointment)
Teaching Assistant:
Fabian Grosse (fabian.grosse@dal.ca)
Office: LSC Oceanography #2621
Office hours: By appointment
Course Times and Locations:
- Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:35pm – 4:25pm in LSC Oceanography #3652 (Riley room)
- Labs: Mondays 11:35am – 12:25pm in Kenneth Rowe Mgmt Bldg, computer lab 3080
Course Objectives: This course is designed to introduce a variety of modeling techniques useful in oceanography and the natural sciences in general. The main objective is to provide an overview of a range of techniques, rather than exhaustive and in depth discussion of any particular technique. The approach is to introduce techniques, discuss their assumptions and limitations, and apply them to simple problems in oceanography and earth sciences. This is accomplished by a combination of lectures and labs. At the end of this course, students should have an understanding of various modeling approaches and their applicability; as a result, they will be better placed to both carry out their own research, and to critically evaluate the literature. A series of more or less independent modules will be presented, each of which will include an introduction to a particular technique, some examples, and an assignment in which the student will have the opportunity to apply the techniques to simple problems.
Course Assessment: Grades for the course will be assigned based on performance on 2 assignments (15% each), two quizzes (20%), a term project, which will be presented orally and in written form (40%), and class participation (10%).
Schedule:
| Day | Date | Time | Location | Lecture/Lab | Instructor |
| Monday | 07-Jan | 11:35am – 12:25pm | Kenneth Rowe 3080 | Introduction |
Fennel |
| Tuesday | 08-Jan | 3:35pm – 4:25pm | Riley room | Measurement Theory & Errors
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Fennel |
| Thursday | 10-Jan | 3:35pm – 4:25pm | Riley room | Errors continued |
Fennel |
| Monday | 14-Jan | 11:35am – 12:25pm | Kenneth Rowe 3080 | Lab | Grosse |
| Tuesday | 15-Jan | 3:35pm – 4:25pm | Kenneth Rowe 3080 | Lab | Grosse |
| Thursday | 17-Jan | no lecture | |||
| Monday | 21-Jan | 11:35am – 12:25pm | Kenneth Rowe 3080 | Lab | Grosse |
| Tuesday | 22-Jan | 3:35pm – 4:25pm | Riley room | Linear Algebra Refresher, Population Dynamics | Fennel |
| Thursday | 24-Jan | 2:35pm – 4:25pm (!) double lecture | Riley room | Population Dynamics continued |
Fennel |
| Monday | 28-Jan | 11:35am – 12:25pm | Kenneth Rowe 3080 | Lab | Grosse |
| Tuesday | 29-Jan | 3:35pm – 4:25pm | Riley room | More Linear Algebra & Population Dynamics | Fennel |
| Thursday | 31-Jan | 3:35pm – 4:25pm | Riley room | Eigenanalysis & Population Dynamics |
Fennel |
| Monday | 4-Feb | 11:35am – 12:25pm | Kenneth Rowe 3080 | Lab | Grosse |
| Tuesday | 5-Feb | 3:35pm – 4:25pm | Riley room | Linear Regression | Fennel |
| Thursday | 7-Feb | 3:35pm – 4:25pm | Riley room | More Linear Regression |
Fennel |
| Monday | 11-Feb | 11:35am – 12:25pm | Kenneth Rowe 3080 | Lab | Grosse |
| Tuesday | 12-Feb | 3:35pm – 4:25pm | Riley room | General Linear Regression |
Fennel |
| Thursday | 14-Feb | 3:35pm – 4:25pm | Riley room | SVD | Fennel |
| Monday | 25-Feb | 11:35am – 12:25pm | Kenneth Rowe 3080 | Lab | Grosse |
| Tuesday | 26-Feb | 3:35pm – 4:25pm | Riley room | General Linear Regression |
Fennel |
| Thursday | 28-Feb | 3:35pm – 4:25pm | Riley room | Recap | Fennel |
| Monday | 4-Mar | 11:35am – 12:25pm | Kenneth Rowe 3080 | Snow closure | |
| Tuesday | 5-Mar | 3:35pm – 4:25pm | Riley room | Multivariate data |
Fennel |
| Thursday | 7-Mar | 3:35pm – 4:25pm | Riley room | Cluster Analysis | Fennel |
| Monday | 11-Mar | 11:35am – 12:25pm | Kenneth Rowe 3080 | Lab | Grosse |
| Tuesday | 12-Mar | 3:35pm – 4:25pm | Riley room | PCA and EOF analysis |
Fennel |
| Thursday | 14-Mar | 3:35pm – 4:25pm | Riley room | PCA and EOF analysis | Fennel |
| Monday | 18-Mar | 11:35am – 12:25pm | Kenneth Rowe 3080 | Lab | Grosse |
| Tuesday | 19-Mar | 3:35pm – 4:25pm | Riley room | EOF discussion | Fennel |
| Thursday | 21-Mar | 3:35pm – 4:25pm | Riley room | Error Propagation |
Fennel |
| Monday | 25-Mar | 11:35am – 12:25pm | Kenneth Rowe 3080 | Lab | Grosse |
| Tuesday | 26-Mar | 3:35pm – 4:25pm | Riley room | Finite Difference Techniques |
Fennel |
| Thursday | 28-Mar | 3:35pm – 4:25pm | Riley room | Finite Difference Techniques continued |
Fennel |
| Monday | 1-Apr | 11:35am – 12:25pm | Kenneth Rowe 3080 | Lab | Grosse |
| Monday | 15-Apr | 3:00pm – 4:30pm | Riley room | Final project presentations | Fennel/Grosse |
Lecture and Lab Materials (password protected):
Lecture materials are located: here
Lab materials are located: here