Outline - Ocean Circulation 2
Wind-drive ocean surface currents
Western Intensification - yet another complication
Western Intensification
Differences Between Eastern and Western Boundary Currents
Western intensification -> western boundary curents
Volume of water transported
Equatorial Surface Currents
Atmospheric Circulation
ITCZ in Pacific
Cross-Section ITCZ in Pacific
Upwelling (Divergences) and Downwelling (Convergences)
Sea-floor Sediment Map
Coastal Upwelling
North American Atmospheric Pressure Cells
Eastern North Pacific
California Coastal Currents in Summer
Western North Atlantic
Warm and Cold Core Ring Development
Eddies
Seasonal change in depth of thermocline in subtropical and temperate regions
Cross-Section of Oceanic Thermocline
Another view of thermocline change with latitude
Thermohaline Circulation
Thermohaline Circulation - Cross-Sectional View
Deep Water Formation
Important Ocean Areas
Thermohaline Circulation - The Ocean Conveyor
Lab slides
Flow through the Straits of Gibralter
Equatorial to polar heat transport and water flow
Temperature-Salinity (density) Diagram
Water Mass Identification from a Temperature-Salinity Diagram
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