MR2020 Computer Computations in Air-Ocean Sciences

Introduction to the programming languages, operating systems, and computing facilities which METOC students use in MR and OC courses. Laboratory assignments are elementary problems in oceanography and meteorology.

Prerequisite

Calculus and college physics

Lecture Hours

2

Lab Hours

2

Course Learning Outcomes

• Students will learn to use and navigate UNIX based systems (e.g., Mac, Linux).
• Familiarization with Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) such as Visual Studio Code and development platforms such as GitHub/GitLab.
• Students will learn to team with generative AI to develop code.
• Learn fundamentals of using computer logic to translate an outline of desired operations into computer code.
• Familiarization with developing code to accomplish common tasks in meteorology and oceanography such as and reading/writing data, executing computations on that data, and plotting one-dimensional and multi-dimensional data.