'Deep water formation' presentation slideshows

Implications for Predictability Basis for extended range prediction

Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Variability. Implications for Predictability Basis for extended range prediction Simple conceptual models to understand predictability. Magdalena A. Balmaseda. Ocean Atmosphere Interaction Why does it matter?.

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THE INSIDE STORY: OCEAN CIRCULATION by Robert Perry

THE INSIDE STORY: OCEAN CIRCULATION by Robert Perry. DISCLAIMER: The images, maps and diagrams in this presentation were taken from the public domain on the world wide web. Any privately owned images not available for this non- commercial, educational

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QUIZ 2, PARTS 1 & 2 Open Wed, Sept 30 th !

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Ocean Currents

Ocean Currents. Why is Ocean Circulation Important?. Transport ~ 20% of latitudinal heat Equator to poles Transport nutrients and organisms Influences weather and climate Influences commerce. Non-rotating Earth. Convection cell model. Air Density ? Air Pressure.

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W.R. Peltier Department of Physics University of Toronto

Continental Hydrology, Rapid Climate Change, and the Intensity of the Atlantic MOC: Insights from Paleoclimatology. W.R. Peltier Department of Physics University of Toronto. WOCE derived N-S salinity section through the Atlantic Ocean Basin. From McManus et al. (Nature, 2004). North American

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Ocean Circulation Deep Thermohaline currents

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References

References. Shallow water equations Pedlosky : Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Chapter 3, p57-93 Barotropical theory of the wind-driven circulation Pedlosky : Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Chapter 5, p254-315. Thermohaline circulation ? Water mass in deep ocean

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What is the role of palaeogeography across the Cretaceous and Paleogene?

Modelled insights into climate dynamics of the Cretaceous and Paleogene greenhouse Dan Lunt, Claire Loptson, Alex Farnsworth, Paul Markwick. What is the role of palaeogeography across the Cretaceous and Paleogene? Where can new data be targetted to obtain a ‘pure’ climate signal?

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What is the role of palaeogeography across the Cretaceous and Paleogene?

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Interannual variability in the Mediterranean Sea

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A common definition/language for HyMeX site and supersite

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The Labrador Current

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The Labrador Current

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1. List the two wind belts that drive the surface currents in the North Atlantic (for example). (2 pts)

Quiz Chapter 9:. 1. List the two wind belts that drive the surface currents in the North Atlantic (for example). (2 pts) 2. The eastern and western boundary currents are not directly wind driven, they result from geostrophic flow around the gyres. T/F (1 pt):

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