The course for a round the world regatta leads the boats through the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic, Southern Indian and South Pacific Oceans. On their voyage, the skippers come across a large variety of oceanographic situations: strong currents, floating ice, wave formations of every kind and biological diversity.


Oceanography: a key to better understand our world


Oceanography: a key to better understand our world

Instructor: Jordi Serra
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Reviewed on Aug 21, 2023
It was a resourceful and research based course. Thanks Dr. Jordi Serra and Coursera.
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I enjoyed the learning process for this course. I definitely recommend it. This course is very interactive and quite interesting :)
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Extremely insightful and enriching. I was particularly interested in the technical aspects of synoptic remote sensing and the equipment and technologies used for the same.
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