Danelle
6th May 2005, 10:41 AM
Hi there I'm a 21 year-old student from South Africa. I'm finishing my Bachelors in Science (Meteorology) this year and would like to know if anyone out there is involved with meteorologic oceanography or could tell me more about it. Perhaps someone knows of a university that offers that specific course? This is something I might want to study in the future so I would really appreciate it if anyone could help me out! Thank you!
rocksea
8th May 2005, 06:25 AM
Meteorological Oceanography mainly will be dealing with Ocean- Atmosphere
Interaction.
Some of the studies will include, starting from the structure of atmosphere and
oceans, then to the equations of motion, mixed layers and modeling including sst,
surface fluxes etc, then ocean dynamics and adjustments including the winds,
atmospheric circulation, variability studies etc. and then you can go through
specific topics like enso or others.
Since you have finished your Bachelors, you want to do Masters, right?
Most of the courses in Physical Oceanography would be having a special course
on air sea interaction. I am not sure how deep you would have gone into
Oceanography in your Bachelors course. If you are fairly well equipped with
the science, may be you want to specialise in ocean atmosphere interaction.
This can be accompolished by doing a thesis in this area while you are in Masters.
So the best deal is to find an institute and professors who are working on
related areas and to do your Masters there.
Where do you wish to do your masters? In US you would need GRE (general)
in most of the universities. It would also be good to contact a Professor
whose research area interests you. Many of the European Institutes provide
courses through NERC fellowship which provides funds for students from
European countries. For Japan, you can apply for the Monbusho fellowship
but Masters students would have to go through 6 month language classes
and would have to attend the course in Japanese. You can write exams and thesis
in English though.
Anyways the best way is to find a suitable Professor and
contact them, sending a study proposal and resume. If you can get them
interested in you, may be they would be able to take you in without much
formalities. Yeah usually the professor can be a deciding factor in your enrollment.