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Water and Ocean Structure. WORLDS WATER SOURCES:. Learning Objectives 1. Understand the nature of the water molecule and its unique properties (polarity, density and thermal properties) and how these are altered by the presence of salt in solution.
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Learning Objectives 1. Understand the nature of the water molecule and its unique properties (polarity, density and thermal properties) and how these are altered by the presence of salt in solution. 2. Know the types of materials that are dissolved in sea water, their importance and how they vary with time. 3. Explain variations in salinity, temperature, and pressure within the sea and how they alter the chemical and physical properties of the ocean.
Density of freshwater: Seawater density depends on temperature, salinity and pressure! Therefore, it increases with > salt content at const. temp; high density in cold, salty waters –why is this important?
Water is a powerful solvent: (“the universal solvent”) Sodium Chloride Rock SALT Cation Anion Ions
Cycling of dissolved components in seawater: Did oceans’ salinity increase over time?
Major dissolved components in seawater: 35 g of salt in 1000 g of seawater
Residence Time • How long do the various dissolved ions stay in the ocean? Depends on how “reactive” they are. • Residence Time: The average time spent by a substance in the Ocean = Amount in SeaRate entering or exiting
The layer of rapidly changing salinity with depth; 300-1000 meters; Same as pycnocline (density) and thermocline;
Salinity map showing areas of high salinity (36 o/oo) in green, medium salinity in blue (35 o/oo), and low salinity (34 o/oo) in purple. Salinity is rather stable but areas in the North Atlantic, South Atlantic, South Pacific, Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Red Sea, and Mediterranean Sea tend to be a little high (green). Areas near Antarctica, the Arctic Ocean, Southeast Asia, and the West Coast of North and Central America tend to be a little low (purple). http://www.biosbcc.net/ocean/marinesci/02ocean/swcomposition.htm
Why is surface Atlantic more salty than Pacific? http://eesc.columbia.edu/courses/ees/climate/lectures/saltyatlantic.html
Summary: • Water is a polar molecule -- unique properties (melting pt, heat capacity, dissolving power, water denser than ice) • Salinity is the total dissolved solids • Salinity in the surface ocean varies by Evaporation - Precipitation • Principle ofConstant Proportions • Residence Time in the Oceans
pH = potential/power of hydrogen Carbonate buffering system keeps the pH of seawater constant = 8.1
using Kinetic temperature definition What is temperature?
It is a direct measure of the average kinetic energy of atoms and molecules that make up substance. Temp. changes when heat energy is added to or removed from a substance. It is measured in (Celsius, Kelvin, and Fahrenheit). What is temperature?
HEAT (the energy of moving molecules = kinetic energy) 1) Represents the transfer of energy from high to low temperature. Therefore, heat has units of Energy (1 calorie, calor = heat; the amount of heat required to raise the temp. of 1 gram of water by 1 C°); 2) An object does not possess "heat"; the appropriate term for the microscopic energy in an object is internal energy.
Temperature vs Heat • Temperature is a measure of how fast the molecules in a substance are moving • Heat is a measure of how much energy has to be put into (or gotten out of) a substance to change its temperature, or “state” (solid, liquid, gas)
Heat Capacity – the amount of heat required to raise the temp. of 1 g of any substance by 1 °C; – Water has one of the highest heat capacities known, which makes water excellent heat transfer material; and – therefore, allows ocean currents to moderate global climate!
Evaporation from lakes, oceans, rivers, etc. occurs for temperatures lower than 100 oC But it requires more energy to do so
Atmospheric transport of surplus heat from low latitudes into heat deficient high latitudes areas:
