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education and research in the earth, atmospheric, oceanographic, and climate sciences. The phenomena under study are exceedingly complex and involve many scientific
disciplines - geophysics, geochemistry, physical and chemical oceanography, meteorology,
atmospheric chemistry, and planetary science. Instruction is given in all these principal
areas.
Perhaps more than any other program in the world, PAOC offers its
students unique opportunities for interdisciplinary study and research.
In all areas we emphasize a combination of theoretical,
observational and modeling approaches.
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The atmospheric and oceanic sciences
and the study of climate are founded on the basic principles of physics, mathematics, and
chemistry, with special emphasis on the fundamentals of fluid mechanics. The basic physics
of the atmosphere and of the oceans are the same, and the interactions of the two fluids
across their interface are of fundamental importance.
For these reasons our
graduate programs in atmospheric science, oceanography, and climate physics and chemistry
are not rigid structures - students can easily switch between programs - but
serve to guide students through an organized body of study and research. |
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