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... o Shelf sedimentation is strongly controlled by tides, waves, and currents, but their influence decreases with depth Shoreline turbulence prevents small particles from settling and transports them seaward where they are deposited in deeper water Particle size decreases seaward for recent sedimen ...
... o Shelf sedimentation is strongly controlled by tides, waves, and currents, but their influence decreases with depth Shoreline turbulence prevents small particles from settling and transports them seaward where they are deposited in deeper water Particle size decreases seaward for recent sedimen ...
Ship Observations of the Tropical Pacific Ocean along the Coast of
... reaching far into the free troposphere. The strong humidity signal of these clouds was recorded by the soundings. The 4 g kg21 contour rises more than a kilometer into the free troposphere and the stratification of the inversion and free troposphere are reduced during this stormy period. The atmosph ...
... reaching far into the free troposphere. The strong humidity signal of these clouds was recorded by the soundings. The 4 g kg21 contour rises more than a kilometer into the free troposphere and the stratification of the inversion and free troposphere are reduced during this stormy period. The atmosph ...
All You Need to Know About Gyres
... c. Which direction does this Gyre typically rotate? In the Northern Hemisphere, ocean currents are deflected to the right, in a clockwise motion. In the Southern Hemisphere, ocean currents are pushed to the left, in a counterclockwise motion. d. What can be found at the center of this Gyre? A buildu ...
... c. Which direction does this Gyre typically rotate? In the Northern Hemisphere, ocean currents are deflected to the right, in a clockwise motion. In the Southern Hemisphere, ocean currents are pushed to the left, in a counterclockwise motion. d. What can be found at the center of this Gyre? A buildu ...
Introduction – Chapter 1
... • The ocean covers 71% of the Earth’s surface • Accounts for >97% of the Earth’s water! • The average depth of the ocean is 3,800 meters (12,500 feet) and at its deepest depth is 7,000 ft greater than the highest elevation on land (Mt. Everest 29,000 ft; Mariana Trench 36,163 ft) • The average tempe ...
... • The ocean covers 71% of the Earth’s surface • Accounts for >97% of the Earth’s water! • The average depth of the ocean is 3,800 meters (12,500 feet) and at its deepest depth is 7,000 ft greater than the highest elevation on land (Mt. Everest 29,000 ft; Mariana Trench 36,163 ft) • The average tempe ...
IM_chapter9 Seafloor
... difficult due to the great distances (horizontal and vertical) and tremendous amounts of water that get in the way. Research ships travel out to sea for days to months, carrying equipment that can sample sediment, rocks, and make maps. A bathymetric map shows the 3dimensional geographic features of ...
... difficult due to the great distances (horizontal and vertical) and tremendous amounts of water that get in the way. Research ships travel out to sea for days to months, carrying equipment that can sample sediment, rocks, and make maps. A bathymetric map shows the 3dimensional geographic features of ...
EOvagle2
... suggest that the SML is stable enough to exist at typical oceanic wind conditions and that stratification plays an important role in SML formation through accumulation of surface-active organic matter above the pycnocline. We measured surface-active substances, total dissolved carbohydrates (TDC), c ...
... suggest that the SML is stable enough to exist at typical oceanic wind conditions and that stratification plays an important role in SML formation through accumulation of surface-active organic matter above the pycnocline. We measured surface-active substances, total dissolved carbohydrates (TDC), c ...
Shelfbreak circulation in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea: Mean structure and variability
... al., 1998], and the ice edge advances from north to south. In the northern Bering Sea, cold, brine-enriched water enters Bering Strait from the Gulf of Anadyr [Muench et al., 1988], which is subject to further modification in the Chukchi Sea [Weingartner et al., 1998]. Consequently, several distinct ...
... al., 1998], and the ice edge advances from north to south. In the northern Bering Sea, cold, brine-enriched water enters Bering Strait from the Gulf of Anadyr [Muench et al., 1988], which is subject to further modification in the Chukchi Sea [Weingartner et al., 1998]. Consequently, several distinct ...
Fall 2011 - Ocean and Resources Engineering
... living alone, managing time difference for skype talks, became a student again, met new people, learned new culture, got used to my new job, and even started to talk little bit of Pidgin language. In a very short time that I haven’t noticed, I have embraced my Ohana and live happily ever after. I ha ...
... living alone, managing time difference for skype talks, became a student again, met new people, learned new culture, got used to my new job, and even started to talk little bit of Pidgin language. In a very short time that I haven’t noticed, I have embraced my Ohana and live happily ever after. I ha ...
Hydrosphere Mapper Submission to NRC Decadal Review Panel
... bathymetry and conclude that global data are required with a spatial sampling of 5 km, and a slope resolution of 1 micro radian (1mm over 1 km). The forecast precision for our instrument is about 1 micro-radian with 1km spatial sampling, as shown in Figure 4. Additional systematic effects due to pla ...
... bathymetry and conclude that global data are required with a spatial sampling of 5 km, and a slope resolution of 1 micro radian (1mm over 1 km). The forecast precision for our instrument is about 1 micro-radian with 1km spatial sampling, as shown in Figure 4. Additional systematic effects due to pla ...
Decreasing intensity of open-ocean convection in the Greenland and Iceland seas LETTERS *
... the atmosphere13 . The buoyancy loss tends to be largest at the ice edge, where cold and dry Arctic air first comes into contact with the relatively warm surface waters15 . The recent retreat of wintertime sea ice (Fig. 1) has increased the distance of these two oceanic gyres from the ice edge—and, ...
... the atmosphere13 . The buoyancy loss tends to be largest at the ice edge, where cold and dry Arctic air first comes into contact with the relatively warm surface waters15 . The recent retreat of wintertime sea ice (Fig. 1) has increased the distance of these two oceanic gyres from the ice edge—and, ...
Scientist - Email lists service
... in the EU-funded EartH2Observe project (in 2017) and in the Horizon 2020 project APPLICATE (Advanced Prediction in Polar regions and beyond: Modelling, observing system design and Linkages associated with a Changing Arctic climate, in 2018–2019). The research will also contribute to the activities o ...
... in the EU-funded EartH2Observe project (in 2017) and in the Horizon 2020 project APPLICATE (Advanced Prediction in Polar regions and beyond: Modelling, observing system design and Linkages associated with a Changing Arctic climate, in 2018–2019). The research will also contribute to the activities o ...
Gerard McCarthy, Darren Rayner, Ivan Haigh, Joel Hirschi
... • RAPID will eventually provide a timeseries of overturning circulation to prove an AMOC-AMV link • For now, we need proxies. Here we use sea-level along the US east coast ...
... • RAPID will eventually provide a timeseries of overturning circulation to prove an AMOC-AMV link • For now, we need proxies. Here we use sea-level along the US east coast ...
Arctic Ocean
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The Arctic Ocean (also known as the Northern Ocean), located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region, is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceanic divisions. The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) recognizes it as an ocean, although some oceanographers call it the Arctic Mediterranean Sea or simply the Arctic Sea, classifying it a mediterranean sea or an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean. Alternatively, the Arctic Ocean can be seen as the northernmost part of the all-encompassing World Ocean.Almost completely surrounded by Eurasia and North America, the Arctic Ocean is partly covered by sea ice throughout the year (and almost completely in winter). The Arctic Ocean's surface temperature and salinity vary seasonally as the ice cover melts and freezes; its salinity is the lowest on average of the five major oceans, due to low evaporation, heavy fresh water inflow from rivers and streams, and limited connection and outflow to surrounding oceanic waters with higher salinities. The summer shrinking of the ice has been quoted at 50%. The US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) uses satellite data to provide a daily record of Arctic sea ice cover and the rate of melting compared to an average period and specific past years.