The amplitude and phasing of climate change during the last
... deglacial warming. Whereas SST appears to rise synchronously with the Northern Hemisphere Bølling warming in the South China Sea [Kienast et al., 2001], the timing of warming in the open tropical Pacific is more ambiguous. Post LGM surface water warming in the Sulu Sea began at 20 ky B.P., about 3.5 ...
... deglacial warming. Whereas SST appears to rise synchronously with the Northern Hemisphere Bølling warming in the South China Sea [Kienast et al., 2001], the timing of warming in the open tropical Pacific is more ambiguous. Post LGM surface water warming in the Sulu Sea began at 20 ky B.P., about 3.5 ...
RADIOCARBON IN PARTICULATE MATTER FROM THE Woods
... saline, nutrient-rich and oxygen-poor water, largely of southern origin. Sea surface temperature reaches a maximum of 13-14°C in late August and a minimum of 4-6°C in late March. The depth of the mixed layer is 30 to 40m from August to October and 100 to 140m from February to April. Three permanent ...
... saline, nutrient-rich and oxygen-poor water, largely of southern origin. Sea surface temperature reaches a maximum of 13-14°C in late August and a minimum of 4-6°C in late March. The depth of the mixed layer is 30 to 40m from August to October and 100 to 140m from February to April. Three permanent ...
Ocean Foldable
... Draw and label diagram of SONAR method. (pg. C82) Tab 7 – YELLOW – Ocean Currents Label this tab Ocean Currents What is an ocean current? What causes surface currents? What 2 factors affect the paths of surface currents? Explain how deep currents are driven by differences in water densit ...
... Draw and label diagram of SONAR method. (pg. C82) Tab 7 – YELLOW – Ocean Currents Label this tab Ocean Currents What is an ocean current? What causes surface currents? What 2 factors affect the paths of surface currents? Explain how deep currents are driven by differences in water densit ...
The Ocean
... Through time, abyssal hills near continental margins can be covered with hundreds of layers of sediment. Turbidity currents can also extend for hundreds of kilometers across the bottom, leaving large flat areas called abyssal plains (roviny). Most of them make up the deeper parts of the major ocean ...
... Through time, abyssal hills near continental margins can be covered with hundreds of layers of sediment. Turbidity currents can also extend for hundreds of kilometers across the bottom, leaving large flat areas called abyssal plains (roviny). Most of them make up the deeper parts of the major ocean ...
chapter 8
... Water and the colder-than-normal surface water temperatures would not have warmed northern Europe. A recently developed ocean current model for the North Pacific indicates the presence of a north-south oscillation of currents in the northeast Pacific (see fig. 8.14). These changes in current directi ...
... Water and the colder-than-normal surface water temperatures would not have warmed northern Europe. A recently developed ocean current model for the North Pacific indicates the presence of a north-south oscillation of currents in the northeast Pacific (see fig. 8.14). These changes in current directi ...
Reducing ocean model imbalances in the equatorial region caused
... • The single observation experiments also suggest that the new scheme improves the persistence of T increments. • The scheme has been applied along side the bias pressure correction in an 17 month reanalysis experiment. • The re-analysis results show a dramatic reduction in the monthly standard devi ...
... • The single observation experiments also suggest that the new scheme improves the persistence of T increments. • The scheme has been applied along side the bias pressure correction in an 17 month reanalysis experiment. • The re-analysis results show a dramatic reduction in the monthly standard devi ...
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... Short- Distance Currents Short distance currents are usually found near a shoreline where the waves hit at an ...
... Short- Distance Currents Short distance currents are usually found near a shoreline where the waves hit at an ...
Developing a Vision for Climate Variability Research in the
... carbon dioxide (CO2). In this region, old, CO2-rich water is ventilated to the atmosphere, and nearly half of the ocean’s anthropogenic CO2 is absorbed and stored. It is therefore important to quantify and understand the processes controlling air-sea CO2 exchange in the Southern Ocean, given the imp ...
... carbon dioxide (CO2). In this region, old, CO2-rich water is ventilated to the atmosphere, and nearly half of the ocean’s anthropogenic CO2 is absorbed and stored. It is therefore important to quantify and understand the processes controlling air-sea CO2 exchange in the Southern Ocean, given the imp ...
Equatorial ocean circulation in an extremely warm climate
... [2] It has long been known that the shift in the sign of the Coriolis effect at the equator results in wind-induced divergence and the upwelling of deeper waters. These more nutrient-rich waters give rise to higher rates of organic production that result in a high delivery rate of organic debris to ...
... [2] It has long been known that the shift in the sign of the Coriolis effect at the equator results in wind-induced divergence and the upwelling of deeper waters. These more nutrient-rich waters give rise to higher rates of organic production that result in a high delivery rate of organic debris to ...
Lesson Plan
... Activity: Students will design and deploy a drifter from materials provided in class at a central location along the river. The larger the quantity of drifters deployed, the more likely, some will reach the mouth of the river. Students can write a message on their drifter with a permanent marker, so ...
... Activity: Students will design and deploy a drifter from materials provided in class at a central location along the river. The larger the quantity of drifters deployed, the more likely, some will reach the mouth of the river. Students can write a message on their drifter with a permanent marker, so ...
Unit Lesson Plan—Ocean`s Deadliest Catch Duu-wat cha Si`~s-xu
... Activity: Students will design and deploy a drifter from materials provided in class at a central location along the river. The larger the quantity of drifters deployed, the more likely, some will reach the mouth of the river. Students can write a message on their drifter with a permanent marker, so ...
... Activity: Students will design and deploy a drifter from materials provided in class at a central location along the river. The larger the quantity of drifters deployed, the more likely, some will reach the mouth of the river. Students can write a message on their drifter with a permanent marker, so ...
Introduction - San Jose State University
... Lecture on ozone depletion to follow later in semester… ...
... Lecture on ozone depletion to follow later in semester… ...
Moisture transport across Central America as a positive feedback on
... between Dansgaard/Oeschger interstadials and Heinrich events— millennial-scale abrupt warm and cold events, respectively, during the last glacial period3. Increases in the moisture transport across Central America have been proposed to coincide with northerly shifts of the Intertropical Convergence ...
... between Dansgaard/Oeschger interstadials and Heinrich events— millennial-scale abrupt warm and cold events, respectively, during the last glacial period3. Increases in the moisture transport across Central America have been proposed to coincide with northerly shifts of the Intertropical Convergence ...
Results from a pilot Argo float program in the SOUTHeastern
... during the boreal summer–July-September (Feng and Wijffels, 2001). The float captured the instability waves, as seen from the temperature profiles, during July-September 2000. Note that the waves penetrate well below the thermocline into the deep ocean, which may cause concern when synthesizing the ...
... during the boreal summer–July-September (Feng and Wijffels, 2001). The float captured the instability waves, as seen from the temperature profiles, during July-September 2000. Note that the waves penetrate well below the thermocline into the deep ocean, which may cause concern when synthesizing the ...
Gerard McCarthy, Darren Rayner, Ivan Haigh, Joel Hirschi
... along the US east coast • The accumulation of the circulation proxy leads the changes in heat content McCarthy et al., submitted, Sea level shows ocean control of decadal Atlantic climate variability ...
... along the US east coast • The accumulation of the circulation proxy leads the changes in heat content McCarthy et al., submitted, Sea level shows ocean control of decadal Atlantic climate variability ...
The Recent Storms and Floods in the UK
... This period of weather has been part of major perturbations to the Pacific and North Atlantic jet streams driven, in part, by persistent rainfall over Indonesia and the tropical West Pacific. The North Atlantic jet stream has also been unusually strong; this can be linked to exceptional wind pattern ...
... This period of weather has been part of major perturbations to the Pacific and North Atlantic jet streams driven, in part, by persistent rainfall over Indonesia and the tropical West Pacific. The North Atlantic jet stream has also been unusually strong; this can be linked to exceptional wind pattern ...
iprc climate vol5 no1
... period, indicating that these arid/semiarid regions have been getting more rain. In central and northern China, precipitation has decreased by about 10% over each 10-year period. In fact, these heavily populated regions have had considerable water shortages in recent years. The precipitation trends ...
... period, indicating that these arid/semiarid regions have been getting more rain. In central and northern China, precipitation has decreased by about 10% over each 10-year period. In fact, these heavily populated regions have had considerable water shortages in recent years. The precipitation trends ...
09_AtmosphericCirculation
... • The Antarctic high is quite different from the Arctic high because it forms over an extensive, high-elevation, and very cold continent, while the Artic high forms primarily over sea ice. • The Antarctic high is strong, persistent, and almost permanent, while the Arctic high is much less pronounced ...
... • The Antarctic high is quite different from the Arctic high because it forms over an extensive, high-elevation, and very cold continent, while the Artic high forms primarily over sea ice. • The Antarctic high is strong, persistent, and almost permanent, while the Arctic high is much less pronounced ...
Climate-Driven Basin-Scale Decadal Oscillations of Oceanic
... without being opposite as they are in the Pacific, however. Correlations between basin-scale phytoplankton distribution and modes of climate oscillators are revealed here at multidecadal scale. In the tropics and at mid-latitudes, phytoplankton are often nutrient-limited. They grow when nutrients ar ...
... without being opposite as they are in the Pacific, however. Correlations between basin-scale phytoplankton distribution and modes of climate oscillators are revealed here at multidecadal scale. In the tropics and at mid-latitudes, phytoplankton are often nutrient-limited. They grow when nutrients ar ...
Anthropogenic contributions to Australia`s record summer
... [15] In addition to the longer term anthropogenic warming trend, El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the main driver of internal climate variability in the Pacific [Philander, 1990]. Australian interannual rainfall and surface temperature variations are strongly linked to ENSO phases [Power et al. ...
... [15] In addition to the longer term anthropogenic warming trend, El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the main driver of internal climate variability in the Pacific [Philander, 1990]. Australian interannual rainfall and surface temperature variations are strongly linked to ENSO phases [Power et al. ...
Climate variability and ocean production in the Leeuwin Current
... Niña years and weak during the El Niño years on the interannual time scale. As the LC is a warm current, the sea surface (evaporative) heat loss off the west coast of Western Australia (WA), as well as the upper ocean stratification (mixing) and the nutrient fluxes, is also closely linked to the str ...
... Niña years and weak during the El Niño years on the interannual time scale. As the LC is a warm current, the sea surface (evaporative) heat loss off the west coast of Western Australia (WA), as well as the upper ocean stratification (mixing) and the nutrient fluxes, is also closely linked to the str ...
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... values similar to the 2002 El Niño, exceeded during the altimetry age (1993–present) only by the 1997/98 El Niño. Unusually low Florida Current transports were observed in May and June of 2009, a time of year that transport is typically high. This lowtransport event was linked to unusually high sea ...
... values similar to the 2002 El Niño, exceeded during the altimetry age (1993–present) only by the 1997/98 El Niño. Unusually low Florida Current transports were observed in May and June of 2009, a time of year that transport is typically high. This lowtransport event was linked to unusually high sea ...
Do Now
... Sometimes very cold air can blow over the ocean and or large bodies of water like lakes. In certain cases the water may be warmer than the air. As the cold air passes over warm water, it picks up moisture. When the air reaches land it begins to rise. Based on this information, what type of weather c ...
... Sometimes very cold air can blow over the ocean and or large bodies of water like lakes. In certain cases the water may be warmer than the air. As the cold air passes over warm water, it picks up moisture. When the air reaches land it begins to rise. Based on this information, what type of weather c ...
Fiji - Pacific Climate Change Science
... the south-east coast of Viti Levu, waves are predominantly directed from the south-southeast throughout the year, with only small variation in wave heights (Figure 4, top). Near Nadi, on the west coast of Viti Levu, waves are generally small and directed from the west due to being sheltered from the ...
... the south-east coast of Viti Levu, waves are predominantly directed from the south-southeast throughout the year, with only small variation in wave heights (Figure 4, top). Near Nadi, on the west coast of Viti Levu, waves are generally small and directed from the west due to being sheltered from the ...