Regional Atmospheric Circulation and Rainfall Variability in South
... Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (Manuscript received 7 May 2014, in final form 17 October 2014) ABSTRACT This study examines daily precipitation data during December–March over south equatorial Africa (SEA) and proposes a new zonal asymmetric ...
... Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (Manuscript received 7 May 2014, in final form 17 October 2014) ABSTRACT This study examines daily precipitation data during December–March over south equatorial Africa (SEA) and proposes a new zonal asymmetric ...
STUDY GUIDE CHAPTER 3 TEST 2009
... 14) Why is nonpoint-source pollution difficult to trace? Because it comes from different sources 15) An oil spill from a tanker is an example of what type of pollution? Point-source pollution 16) Estuaries are important because they? provide breeding grounds for migratory birds, filter out pollution ...
... 14) Why is nonpoint-source pollution difficult to trace? Because it comes from different sources 15) An oil spill from a tanker is an example of what type of pollution? Point-source pollution 16) Estuaries are important because they? provide breeding grounds for migratory birds, filter out pollution ...
Changed reproductive schedule of eastern Pacific
... delay for increased productivity to be available for turtles to increase energy storage. They therefore spent 2 to 3 yr in conditions that impeded rapid re-attainment of reproductive condition, and all turtles had longer RIs after 1996–97 than before it, with the greatest lengthening being 4 yr and ...
... delay for increased productivity to be available for turtles to increase energy storage. They therefore spent 2 to 3 yr in conditions that impeded rapid re-attainment of reproductive condition, and all turtles had longer RIs after 1996–97 than before it, with the greatest lengthening being 4 yr and ...
Aerosol pollutants can have long-range effects on ocean oxygen
... Oxygen decline is occurring in many of the world’s oceans and has important consequences for marine ecosystems, but the causes are not fully understood. Aerosol pollutants may be partly responsible, according to a new study which modelled the effects of atmospheric pollution over the Pacific Ocean. ...
... Oxygen decline is occurring in many of the world’s oceans and has important consequences for marine ecosystems, but the causes are not fully understood. Aerosol pollutants may be partly responsible, according to a new study which modelled the effects of atmospheric pollution over the Pacific Ocean. ...
Notes and Ocean Vocab Words
... An opening in the sea floor where super-heated water and other material are discharged into the surrounding seawater. The area that lies between the low-tide and the high-tide line. A chain of undersea mountains that circles the earth through every ocean. Free-swimming organisms whose movements are ...
... An opening in the sea floor where super-heated water and other material are discharged into the surrounding seawater. The area that lies between the low-tide and the high-tide line. A chain of undersea mountains that circles the earth through every ocean. Free-swimming organisms whose movements are ...
News and New Staff
... He has adapted the IPRC Regional Climate Model to the region and is driving the model with warming signals from those IPCC AR4 models that are able to simulate the monsoon well, such as the GFDL model. “Based upon these simulations, I will make projections about regional temperature rise and changes ...
... He has adapted the IPRC Regional Climate Model to the region and is driving the model with warming signals from those IPCC AR4 models that are able to simulate the monsoon well, such as the GFDL model. “Based upon these simulations, I will make projections about regional temperature rise and changes ...
Global Signatures and Dynamical Origins of the Little Ice Age and
... there are relatively few distinct patterns of variation resolved by the reconstructions, particularly before 1600 C.E., there are notable differences of behavior among the various diagnosed indices. The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) series, for example, is marked by substantial multidecada ...
... there are relatively few distinct patterns of variation resolved by the reconstructions, particularly before 1600 C.E., there are notable differences of behavior among the various diagnosed indices. The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) series, for example, is marked by substantial multidecada ...
16.1 16.2 Ocean Circulation Waves Tides
... the direction of surface currents flowing in the ocean? During an El Nino event, the upwelling of cold, nutrient-rich water stops in areas off the coast of Peru. How might this affect the food web in this area? ...
... the direction of surface currents flowing in the ocean? During an El Nino event, the upwelling of cold, nutrient-rich water stops in areas off the coast of Peru. How might this affect the food web in this area? ...
The influence of the ocean currents parameterization on changes in
... of heat and humidity did not depend on the velocities. Calculations were carried out for twenty years of the model time before reaching the stationary regime. In both cases, the CO2 concentration abruptly increases at a two fold rate and the response of the global mean surface temperature is evaluat ...
... of heat and humidity did not depend on the velocities. Calculations were carried out for twenty years of the model time before reaching the stationary regime. In both cases, the CO2 concentration abruptly increases at a two fold rate and the response of the global mean surface temperature is evaluat ...
Mechanisms for millennial-scale global synchronization during the
... [12] In order to quantify the effect of the cold North Atlantic during the shutdown phase of the meridional overturning circulation on the global atmospheric circulation we compute the anomalies of air temperature, wind stress and evaporation minus precipitation as simulated by the MW simulation wit ...
... [12] In order to quantify the effect of the cold North Atlantic during the shutdown phase of the meridional overturning circulation on the global atmospheric circulation we compute the anomalies of air temperature, wind stress and evaporation minus precipitation as simulated by the MW simulation wit ...
The Indian Ocean Dipole – the unsung driver of climate variability in
... band about the equator. As climates, particularly rainfall patterns are driven by temperature differences between land and ocean, changed character of the tropical Pacific Ocean can represent a dominant mode of modern climate variability with the effects recorded across the globe (Clark et al., 2002 ...
... band about the equator. As climates, particularly rainfall patterns are driven by temperature differences between land and ocean, changed character of the tropical Pacific Ocean can represent a dominant mode of modern climate variability with the effects recorded across the globe (Clark et al., 2002 ...
Print - National Geographic Society
... Using the MapMaker Interactive, have students look more closely at the smaller currents that affected where the ducks traveled. Ask: What differences do you notice in the currents? Students should notice that currents are different temperatures. Some ocean currents are warm and some are cold, as ind ...
... Using the MapMaker Interactive, have students look more closely at the smaller currents that affected where the ducks traveled. Ask: What differences do you notice in the currents? Students should notice that currents are different temperatures. Some ocean currents are warm and some are cold, as ind ...
Work Home Department of Geography, Planning, and Environment
... Ten-state division (one awarded per year) ECU Five-Year Achievement for Excellence in Research/Creative Activity Award (2010) ...
... Ten-state division (one awarded per year) ECU Five-Year Achievement for Excellence in Research/Creative Activity Award (2010) ...
The status of the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool and adjacent land at the
... (1997), one with today’s sea level, and another for the LGM, having lowered sea level by 125 m (the value of 125 m is used here as it corresponds to the 125 F 4-m value recently calculated by Yokoyama et al., 2000, 2001 for cores from Bonaparte Gulf in northern Australia). The surface areas for land ...
... (1997), one with today’s sea level, and another for the LGM, having lowered sea level by 125 m (the value of 125 m is used here as it corresponds to the 125 F 4-m value recently calculated by Yokoyama et al., 2000, 2001 for cores from Bonaparte Gulf in northern Australia). The surface areas for land ...
1. Progress in Understanding c. Calculations of Ocean Circulation
... the marine products would be 1.8 micro Sv per year , when adopting the maximum concentration and the averaged Japanese diet. • Additionally, the internal exposure in 1960’s was estimated about 1.7 micro Sv/a by the same procedure. • Because the dose is proportional to the consumption amount of sea f ...
... the marine products would be 1.8 micro Sv per year , when adopting the maximum concentration and the averaged Japanese diet. • Additionally, the internal exposure in 1960’s was estimated about 1.7 micro Sv/a by the same procedure. • Because the dose is proportional to the consumption amount of sea f ...
1. Progress in Understanding c. Calculations of Ocean Circulation
... the marine products would be 1.8 micro Sv per year , when adopting the maximum concentration and the averaged Japanese diet. • Additionally, the internal exposure in 1960’s was estimated about 1.7 micro Sv/a by the same procedure. • Because the dose is proportional to the consumption amount of sea f ...
... the marine products would be 1.8 micro Sv per year , when adopting the maximum concentration and the averaged Japanese diet. • Additionally, the internal exposure in 1960’s was estimated about 1.7 micro Sv/a by the same procedure. • Because the dose is proportional to the consumption amount of sea f ...
Workshop_Ackleson
... 1994: UNCLOS, established an international legal framework defining ocean-related rights and responsibilities of nations. 1999: Joint Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology, established by WMO and IOC to coordinate international activities in oceanographic and atmospheric research. 1999: ...
... 1994: UNCLOS, established an international legal framework defining ocean-related rights and responsibilities of nations. 1999: Joint Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology, established by WMO and IOC to coordinate international activities in oceanographic and atmospheric research. 1999: ...
Evolution of Ocean Observatories
... 1987: International Geosphere/Biosphere Program, established to coordinate international efforts to determine the impact of human activities on natural processes. 1992: Global Ocean Observing System, support office established under aegis of IOC and other international environmental groups. 1994: UN ...
... 1987: International Geosphere/Biosphere Program, established to coordinate international efforts to determine the impact of human activities on natural processes. 1992: Global Ocean Observing System, support office established under aegis of IOC and other international environmental groups. 1994: UN ...
The first observations, September 1998, CMOS Bulletin.
... that repeats about every ten days. Each ten-day sample is denoted a “cycle”. “TOPEX” refers to the American dual-frequency radar sensor that is turned on for nine of ten cycles. “Poseidon” is the French radar unit that samples on the tenth cycle. Early studies showed the rms accuracy of TOPEX/Poseid ...
... that repeats about every ten days. Each ten-day sample is denoted a “cycle”. “TOPEX” refers to the American dual-frequency radar sensor that is turned on for nine of ten cycles. “Poseidon” is the French radar unit that samples on the tenth cycle. Early studies showed the rms accuracy of TOPEX/Poseid ...
To change the ocean water density we can: provide heating/cooling
... represents the time average over a period T (generally one year) of the density change of a unit water volume of density ρ which results from the action of the atmospheric forcing: ...
... represents the time average over a period T (generally one year) of the density change of a unit water volume of density ρ which results from the action of the atmospheric forcing: ...
Workshops
... Variability Workshop in Honolulu. Present global weather observation systems have been developed for short-term weather forecasting, not for recording climate variability over long periods of time. Knowing what events need to be measured and at what levels of space and timescales is essential to the ...
... Variability Workshop in Honolulu. Present global weather observation systems have been developed for short-term weather forecasting, not for recording climate variability over long periods of time. Knowing what events need to be measured and at what levels of space and timescales is essential to the ...
Chapter 5 – Sea/Air Interactions
... earth’s ocean and atmosphere. The effects of these large-scale climate oscillations are often felt around the world, leading to the rearrangement of wind and precipitation patterns, which in turn substantially affect regional weather, sometimes with devastating consequences. The ENSO is the most pro ...
... earth’s ocean and atmosphere. The effects of these large-scale climate oscillations are often felt around the world, leading to the rearrangement of wind and precipitation patterns, which in turn substantially affect regional weather, sometimes with devastating consequences. The ENSO is the most pro ...
Meetings
... century, but at a relatively modest and constant rate. By contrast the best estimates of global sea level suggest an acceleration of the rising trends in the last couple of decades. Of course, the local sea level trend at any location depends on a number of factors and will be driven to a significant ...
... century, but at a relatively modest and constant rate. By contrast the best estimates of global sea level suggest an acceleration of the rising trends in the last couple of decades. Of course, the local sea level trend at any location depends on a number of factors and will be driven to a significant ...
Lecture Notes: Chapter 14 THE OCEAN FLOOR
... Sonar works by transmitting _____________________ toward the ocean bottom. ...
... Sonar works by transmitting _____________________ toward the ocean bottom. ...