'Gulf stream' presentation slideshows

Switching Gears - Demonstration

Switching Gears - Demonstration. How Does Salinity affect Density in the Ocean?. What is Salinity?. The total concentration of all dissolved inorganic solids Many salts dissolved in seawater NaCl , KCl. Why is the Ocean Salty?. Weathering of rocks on land (carried by rivers into the ocean)

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Art of The Gilded Age Late 19 th Century American Art

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RENEWABLE SOURCES OF MECHANICAL ENERGY SC 208 Our Energy Future April 14, 2005 John Bush

RENEWABLE SOURCES OF MECHANICAL ENERGY SC 208 Our Energy Future April 14, 2005 John Bush WIND, WATER, THERMAL GRADIENTS Hydroelectric Tidal and Ocean/River Currents Wave Wind Geothermal Ocean thermal COMMON FEATURES With minor exceptions they all provide electricity exclusively

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An Investigation of River Kinetic Turbines: Performance Enhancements, Turbine Modelling Techniques, and a Critical Asse

An Investigation of River Kinetic Turbines: Performance Enhancements, Turbine Modelling Techniques, and a Critical Assessment of Turbulence Models. by David L. F. Gaden Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering University of Manitoba. Committee Members.

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Ocean Circulation

Ocean Circulation. Chapter 9. Geostrophic Currents. As water moves it is constantly deflected by the Coriolis Effect This effect pushes water into a hill in the center of the gyre. It is about 1 meter high in the center of the Atlantic Nevertheless, it IS a hill, and water runs downhill.

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Pioneers in the study of atmospheric motions Pioneers in the study of cooling and warming influences on the surface Earl

A Brief History of Earth System Science and Satellite Remote Sensing. Pioneers in the study of atmospheric motions Pioneers in the study of cooling and warming influences on the surface Early attempts at forecasting and modeling How orbital mechanics explains long-term climate changes

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Unit 9 Book 2

Unit 9 Book 2. Greenland ????. ??. ???. ???. Presentation. Reading. Practice. Consolidation. Discussion. Homework. General information. How much do you know about Iceland?. population( ?? ) ---229,000. area( ?? )---103,000 km 2. three quarters(3/4) of the area---altiplano( ?? ).

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The Bermuda Triangle Phenomenon

Unit Ten. The Bermuda Triangle Phenomenon. Background Information. Vocabulary. Text Analysis. Writing. Background Information.

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Improving the Initialization of Coupled Hurricane-Ocean Models by Feature-Based Assimilation of Mesoscale Oceanic Featur

Improving the Initialization of Coupled Hurricane-Ocean Models by Feature-Based Assimilation of Mesoscale Oceanic Features Richard M. Yablonsky and Isaac Ginis URI Graduate School of Oceanography 18-20 June 2007 Third Northeast Tropical Workshop MIT Endicott House, Dedham, MA

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Last week, we looked at rain, wind and clouds

Last week, we looked at rain, wind and clouds. This week we are going to look at weather in different parts of the UK. But first we need to think about what makes one place different from another.

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Examples of Human Factors Affecting Worldwide Decline of Corals

Coral reefs begin to form when free-swimming coral larvae attach to submerged rocks or other hard surfaces along the edges of islands or continents. As the corals grow and expand, reefs take on one of three major structures Fringing reefs, Barrier reefs and/or Atolls .

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Quasi-geostrophic theory (Continued)

Quasi-geostrophic theory (Continued). John R. Gyakum. The quasi-geostrophic omega equation:. ( s ? 2 + f 0 2 ? 2 /?p 2 ) ? = f 0 ? / ? p{v g ?? (1/ f 0 ? 2 ? + f )} + ? 2 {v g ? ? (- ?? / ? p)}+ ? 2 (heating) +friction. The Q-vector form of the quasi-geostrophic omega equation.

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Eastern United States

Eastern United States . By Elisa Lawson Laxmi Rodulfo. Location. Northern Hemisphere, between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer 65-100 degrees W 30-45 degrees N. Time Zones. Eastern Time Zone

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This land is your land, this land is my land, from California to the New York Island.

This land is your land, this land is my land, from California to the New York Island. From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters, this land was made for you and me. As I was walking that ribbon of highway, I saw above me that endless skyway.

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Chapter 3: Air Temperature

Chapter 3: Air Temperature. Daily Temperature Variations Maximum temperature recorded late afternoon Minimum temperature recorded just before sunrise Incoming radiation stops around late afternoon Afternoon temperature recorded around Later during the summer earlier during the winter

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Kuroshio Current

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Labrador Current

Labrador Current. Tyler Adams. Fed from the north by the Baffin Current Follows the Labrador coast to the Grand Banks Splits at Hamilton Bank Intercepted by Gulf Stream Feeds Gulf of Maine and Bay of Fundy. Geographically. Average currents are 0.3-0.5 m/s Cold water current

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SWOT combines surface water hydrology with physical oceanography.

SWOT combines surface water hydrology with physical oceanography. 3. Measurements Required maps of h, which give maps of dh/dt and dh/dx. 1. The Problem. In-situ cannot measure this. Perspective view of dh/dt. Ohio R. from SRTM. dh/dx. h.

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