Review from Last Lecture. Global Wind Patterns ... Keeps climate relatively mild in British Isles (London is over 300 miles north of Caribou Maine) ...
Major currents, gyres, rings, and eddies (basin scale) Winds and wind-driven basin circulation Meanders, rings, eddies and gyres The thermohaline circulation
Class 24/25 -- The Oceans SURFACE CURRENTS Major surface currents Ekman transport Rotary motion - gyres -- Western boundary currents Upwelling and downwelling
GYRE MOVEMENT. A Gyre is formed of three ocean currents. Water moves clockwise in the Northern ... Gyres can be further subdivided into distinct currents. ...
... with opposite effects (i.e., sub-polar is enhanced, sub-tropical is depressed). Sub-tropical gyres have more light on average, but subpolar gets it longer light ...
Yeats s Poems ENGL 203 Dr. Fike Y s Gyres http://www.yeatsvision.com/Geometry.html http://www.crystalinks.com/gyresyeats.html Yeats s Poems about Art: Lapis ...
2) Drake Passage, Hobart-AA, Greenwich meridian XBT repeat temperature time series ... Ross Gyres: e.g. Greenwich meridian current meter based estimates of transport ...
Increased overall nutrient levels affect nutrient-poor regions (e.g., gyres). Shifts in phytoplankton from carbonate-producing to non-carbonate producing ...
Surface currents closely follow global wind belt pattern ... Geostrophic flow and western intensification. Geostrophic flow causes a hill to form in subtropical gyres ...
Important contributor to poleward heat transport & the climate of Europe ... Gulf Stream & Eel Life Cycles. Benjamin Franklin's Map. Dead Reckoning. Sverdrup's Map ...
Affect surface water within and above the pycnocline (10% of ocean water) ... Doppler flow meter. Fig. 7.1a. Measuring surface currents. Direct methods. Float meters ...
As the Earth's surface is heated, air is warmed, expands and rises (Low P) ... 1: 60,000 shoes spilled, May 1990. 2-8: 1990-'91. 9: 1993. 10: 1994. Marine ...
Ocean Circulation 16.1 16.1 Ocean Circulation Ocean current is the mass of ocean water that flows from one place to another. Two types of ocean currents: Surface ...
Currents Oceans 11 The Gulf Stream is a powerful, warm, and swift Atlantic ocean current it originates at the tip of Florida, and follows the eastern coastlines of ...
Ocean circulation and coupling with the atmosphere Arnaud Czaja 1. Ocean heat storage & transport 2. Key observations 3. Ocean heat uptake and global warming
... water below pycnocline (90% of ocean water...I think it is more ... all together to understand what drives our ocean currents! ... (one in each ocean basin) ...
Canary Current. South Equatorial Current. Atlantic Equatorial Counter Current ... Canary Current cools North Africa coast. Summer temperatures. Winter temperatures ...
Currents influence climate and living conditions for plants and animals, in water and on land. ... Release studies which use drift bottles or drift sensors ...
Movements of the Ocean Ocean Currents Types of Currents Surface Currents currents that move on or near the surface of the ocean Global Wind Belts Location of ...
Surface Water & Deep Water CIRCULATION NOTES Turn in Homework -2 Pick Up Homework 1 Homework 3 Assigned Due Next Wednesday MIDTERM Get 2 GREEN SCANTRONS from ...
Ocean water circulates in currents. ... In the 1960's scientists were confused about magnesium (Mg2 ) in the ocean. ... THE RESIDENCE TIME OF Mg2 IN THE OCEAN? ...
... SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY MASS TRANSPORT One sverdrup = 1,000,000 cubic meters/sec Wellborn road to Texas Ave to University to George Bush Drive to the height of the O&M ...
Biomes in satellite ocean color data Mike Hiscock, Stephanie ... The distribution of characteristic marine ecosystems is predictable from a few ecological ...
Chapter 15 Photo: L.Koziol Currents Upwelling waters bring nutrients to the ocean s surface. 15.3 Open Ocean Forces The force of surface currents cause floating ...
75% of the ocean has a salinity of 34-35 ppt and a temperature of 0-6 deg C. ... As the ocean is in hydrostatic equilibrium, the redistribution of the buoyant ...
Driven by the force of gravity - dense water sinks and less ... Langmuir Circulation (page 222 fig 9.16) Langmuir Circulation. El Nino. Thermohaline Circulation ...
How does chlorophyll, primary production change over time within provinces? ... Combined Tropical Seas. Jan 1998 Dec 2006. More Information. Andrew Irwin: ...
Canary Current. South Equatorial Current. Atlantic Equatorial Counter ... Canary Current cools North Africa coast. North Pacific subtropical gyre. Kuroshio ...
Chapter 16 The Dynamic Ocean Section 16.1 Ocean Circulation 16.1 The Composition of Seawater Ocean current is the mass of ocean water that flows from one place to ...
Chapter 8 Circulation of the Atmosphere Solar Radiation - initial source of energy to the Earth. It can be absorbed, reflected and reradiated. The redistribution of ...
As the world turns. Atlantic Ocean surface currents Fig. 7.16 p 222 Look again at Box 7.3 p 233 Salt lenses Subsurface equivalent to rings and eddies Studied ...
Title: Slide 1 Author: Jennifer Benton Last modified by: Humphrey, Brian Created Date: 9/26/2005 4:33:18 PM Document presentation format: On-screen Show (4:3)
What causes Earth s climate and climate change? The Ocean Recall that the ocean is a natural thermostat annual sea surface temperature variation 2 C in tropics, 8 C ...
Movements of masses of water in the ocean Formation of Surface Currents The forces that move water to produce ocean currents are caused by: Rotation of the earth ...
Friction caused by wind blowing across the ocean pushes surface currents ... Cold ocean currents (eastern currents) usually cause cooler, dryer weather ...
Oceanic Circulation I. How oceans work II. Surface currents III. Deep Currents IV: The Air-Sea Interactions (ENSO) The Role of Oceans in Global Climate Variability ...
Macro-Nutrient Transport Pathways and Interactions with the Iron Cycle. Mick Follows, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Payal Parekh: MIT Taka Ito: University of Washington