El Ni˜no Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and global - adv
... (IPCC, 2001; WMO, 2003; NOAA, 2005). Positive temperature anomalies in the eastern equatorial Pacific (characteristic of an El Niño event) reduce the normally large sea surface temperatures (SSTs) difference across the tropical Pacific. As a consequence, the trade winds weaken, the Southern Oscilla ...
... (IPCC, 2001; WMO, 2003; NOAA, 2005). Positive temperature anomalies in the eastern equatorial Pacific (characteristic of an El Niño event) reduce the normally large sea surface temperatures (SSTs) difference across the tropical Pacific. As a consequence, the trade winds weaken, the Southern Oscilla ...
Factors Affecting Wind 19.1 Understanding Air Pressure
... • At irregular intervals of three to seven years, these warm countercurrents become unusually strong and replace normally cold offshore waters with warm equatorial waters. • A major El Niño episode can cause extreme weather in many parts of the world. ...
... • At irregular intervals of three to seven years, these warm countercurrents become unusually strong and replace normally cold offshore waters with warm equatorial waters. • A major El Niño episode can cause extreme weather in many parts of the world. ...
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... geostrophic wind relation, simultaneously increases wind speed with height. In general, temperature decreases from the tropics to the poles. This makes the isobaric surfaces slope down toward the poles and leads to west winds that increase in speed with height. The jet stream, which marks the fastes ...
... geostrophic wind relation, simultaneously increases wind speed with height. In general, temperature decreases from the tropics to the poles. This makes the isobaric surfaces slope down toward the poles and leads to west winds that increase in speed with height. The jet stream, which marks the fastes ...
Presentation - Copernicus.org
... correlation area covering the Arctic Ocean areas adjacent to the northern Eurasian continent No significant correlation is found with tropical SST in the prior autumn, while large areas of significant correlations are detected with extra-tropical SST in North Pacific and sustain through the winter ( ...
... correlation area covering the Arctic Ocean areas adjacent to the northern Eurasian continent No significant correlation is found with tropical SST in the prior autumn, while large areas of significant correlations are detected with extra-tropical SST in North Pacific and sustain through the winter ( ...
Ocean The World Ocean Ocean Floor Features
... Composition of Seawater 1 identify the units used to express the salinity of ocean water. 2 list the sources of salt in ocean water. 3 recognize the factors that affect the density of ocean water. 4 compare and contrast the three main zones of the open ocean. Diversity of Ocean Life 1 recognize how ...
... Composition of Seawater 1 identify the units used to express the salinity of ocean water. 2 list the sources of salt in ocean water. 3 recognize the factors that affect the density of ocean water. 4 compare and contrast the three main zones of the open ocean. Diversity of Ocean Life 1 recognize how ...
Name: Date: Period: ______ Unit 7 – Oceans Review Test Details
... 6. Where are the flattest regions on Earth located? 7. What is a trench? 8. Why is Earth called the water planet? 9. What is the largest ocean? How much water does it contain? 10. How would a glacial period during an ice age affect the continental shelf? 11. Review your “What is the Mystery Object” ...
... 6. Where are the flattest regions on Earth located? 7. What is a trench? 8. Why is Earth called the water planet? 9. What is the largest ocean? How much water does it contain? 10. How would a glacial period during an ice age affect the continental shelf? 11. Review your “What is the Mystery Object” ...
sinergee - University of Reading, Meteorology
... O4. Combine ocean and satellite data (from O1-2) to provide new estimate of Earth's net radiative energy balance (2000-2015) and compare with CMIP5 climate simulations (from O3) (WP1-4) O5. Monitor co-variations in net radiative energy imbalance and ocean heating (from O1,O2,O4); quantify and unders ...
... O4. Combine ocean and satellite data (from O1-2) to provide new estimate of Earth's net radiative energy balance (2000-2015) and compare with CMIP5 climate simulations (from O3) (WP1-4) O5. Monitor co-variations in net radiative energy imbalance and ocean heating (from O1,O2,O4); quantify and unders ...
Ship Observations of the Tropical Pacific Ocean along the Coast of
... off to equal the air temperature, occasionally resulting in sensible heat flux from the air to the ocean. The air temperature is considerably cooler than the SST (3.58C) in the warm pool north of 38S, because advection from the south has a cooling effect of approximately 108C day21 on the surface ai ...
... off to equal the air temperature, occasionally resulting in sensible heat flux from the air to the ocean. The air temperature is considerably cooler than the SST (3.58C) in the warm pool north of 38S, because advection from the south has a cooling effect of approximately 108C day21 on the surface ai ...
What`s Down There?
... floor plunges steeply. Marks the boundary between the oceanic crust and continental crust. Continental rise: separates the continental shelf from the ocean floor. ...
... floor plunges steeply. Marks the boundary between the oceanic crust and continental crust. Continental rise: separates the continental shelf from the ocean floor. ...
01A-2 - Etudes
... – can cause the growth of “good” ocean life, but also diseasing-causing bacteria and toxic algae Most nutrients enter the ocean naturally (are washed off the land), not owing to human activities. ...
... – can cause the growth of “good” ocean life, but also diseasing-causing bacteria and toxic algae Most nutrients enter the ocean naturally (are washed off the land), not owing to human activities. ...
FISHERIES_RESOURCES
... Niños, rather than a general rise of background temperatures,” said Lee. “These results suggest climate change may already be affecting El Niño by shifting the centre of action from the eastern to the central Pacific,” said McPhaden. “El Niño’s impact on global weather patterns is different if ocean ...
... Niños, rather than a general rise of background temperatures,” said Lee. “These results suggest climate change may already be affecting El Niño by shifting the centre of action from the eastern to the central Pacific,” said McPhaden. “El Niño’s impact on global weather patterns is different if ocean ...
New study to investigate the impacts of ocean acidification in the
... produced by human activities in the past 200 years. While this can be seen as a benefit, the down side is that as the ocean absorbs more and more CO2 its chemistry changes and the seawater moves down the pH scale towards acidity. This process is known as ocean acidification. Cold waters provide best ...
... produced by human activities in the past 200 years. While this can be seen as a benefit, the down side is that as the ocean absorbs more and more CO2 its chemistry changes and the seawater moves down the pH scale towards acidity. This process is known as ocean acidification. Cold waters provide best ...
Abstract
... The decade of the 1990s was very likely the warmest of the second millennium. The 1990s was also characterized by one of the strongest El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events of the twentieth century, which occurred in 1997–1998 and was followed by worldwide mass coral bleaching. The IPCC report ...
... The decade of the 1990s was very likely the warmest of the second millennium. The 1990s was also characterized by one of the strongest El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events of the twentieth century, which occurred in 1997–1998 and was followed by worldwide mass coral bleaching. The IPCC report ...
MAIN MECHANISMS THAT GENERATE THE OCEAN MOTION
... through the frition between the atmosphere and the sea surface → wind driven circulation • The Sun causes variations in the temperature and salinity of the sea water. These control the density. Variations in the temperature are caused by heat fluxes through the air-water interface. Variations in the ...
... through the frition between the atmosphere and the sea surface → wind driven circulation • The Sun causes variations in the temperature and salinity of the sea water. These control the density. Variations in the temperature are caused by heat fluxes through the air-water interface. Variations in the ...
Observed Strengthening of the Zonal Sea Surface Temperature Gradient
... models do not agree on how this critical feature will change under the influence of anthropogenic forcing. A number of attempts have been made to resolve this issue by examining observed trends from the 1880s to the present, a period of rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases. A recent ...
... models do not agree on how this critical feature will change under the influence of anthropogenic forcing. A number of attempts have been made to resolve this issue by examining observed trends from the 1880s to the present, a period of rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases. A recent ...
File - The Building Blocks For Learning
... world: the coastal upwelling systems that border the eastern boundary of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. In a comprehensive review paper published in June in a new journal called Current Climate Change Reports, Andrew Bakun and colleagues outlined the expected changes to the four major eastern boun ...
... world: the coastal upwelling systems that border the eastern boundary of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. In a comprehensive review paper published in June in a new journal called Current Climate Change Reports, Andrew Bakun and colleagues outlined the expected changes to the four major eastern boun ...
Papua New Guinea - Pacific Climate Change Science
... • Sites in Papua New Guinea have very weak seasonal variations in temperature. Sea-surface temperatures have a strong influence on average monthly air temperatures. • The south of Papua New Guinea has a wet season from November to April and a dry season from May to October, while further north rai ...
... • Sites in Papua New Guinea have very weak seasonal variations in temperature. Sea-surface temperatures have a strong influence on average monthly air temperatures. • The south of Papua New Guinea has a wet season from November to April and a dry season from May to October, while further north rai ...
Society and the Sea, Fall 2008 - University of California San Diego
... a) one million b) ten billion c) ten d) 100 trillion 17. The Gulf of California is a marginal basin characterized as a) a long, narrow marginal sea surrounded by a continent b) a basin formed by island arcs between two continents d) it is not a marginal basin ...
... a) one million b) ten billion c) ten d) 100 trillion 17. The Gulf of California is a marginal basin characterized as a) a long, narrow marginal sea surrounded by a continent b) a basin formed by island arcs between two continents d) it is not a marginal basin ...
Chapter 20 Study Notes Ocean Water
... • As deep ocean water becomes ________, it also becomes ________ and ______ through the ocean basins. – colder, – denser – sinks ...
... • As deep ocean water becomes ________, it also becomes ________ and ______ through the ocean basins. – colder, – denser – sinks ...
Chapter 20 Study Notes Ocean Water
... chemicals, increased world _______ has reduced the ocean’s ability to renew itself. – toxic – population ...
... chemicals, increased world _______ has reduced the ocean’s ability to renew itself. – toxic – population ...
powerpoint presentation
... The PDO was high after about 1976 (“regime shift”) and stayed pretty high until the late 1990s. It looked like it was entering a low phase, but we are back in high. Lesson for decadal modes: don’t know what you have until you are many years into them. Talley SIO210 (2016) ...
... The PDO was high after about 1976 (“regime shift”) and stayed pretty high until the late 1990s. It looked like it was entering a low phase, but we are back in high. Lesson for decadal modes: don’t know what you have until you are many years into them. Talley SIO210 (2016) ...
Oceans: Chapters 19, 20, and 21
... 29. What is the major cause of tides. 30. If high tide is at 4:00pm today, at about what time will high tide occur tomorrow? 31. The curving of the path of ocean currents and wind belts is called _____. 32. What is the cause of deep currents? 33. Calling a tsunami a tidal wave is misleading because ...
... 29. What is the major cause of tides. 30. If high tide is at 4:00pm today, at about what time will high tide occur tomorrow? 31. The curving of the path of ocean currents and wind belts is called _____. 32. What is the cause of deep currents? 33. Calling a tsunami a tidal wave is misleading because ...
APES Lesson 76 (5th Ed) - The Oceans - science-b
... Melting ice from Greenland will run into the North Atlantic, making surface waters less salty, less dense Could stop NADW formation and shut down the northward flow of warm water Europe would rapidly cool ...
... Melting ice from Greenland will run into the North Atlantic, making surface waters less salty, less dense Could stop NADW formation and shut down the northward flow of warm water Europe would rapidly cool ...
Role of large scale Ocean-Atmosphere interactions in the
... Sometimes effects of heat storage and transport are hard to disentangle • Is the Gulf Stream responsible for “mild” European winters? ...
... Sometimes effects of heat storage and transport are hard to disentangle • Is the Gulf Stream responsible for “mild” European winters? ...