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Ocean PhysicsOcean Physics
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Ocean PhysicsOcean Physics• Buoyancy• Temperature• Light• Density• Pressure• Depth• Salinity• Sound • Dissolved Gasses
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Buoyancy
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Archimedes Principle of Buoyancy
A floating object displaces a volume of fluid equal in mass to the floating object
empty loaded with fish
Displaced water
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• Objects that are more dense than water will sink.• Objects that are less dense than water will float.• Objects that are the same density as water will neither
sink nor float.
float
Neutrally buoyant
sink
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• Blubber
• Swim bladder
• Fatty liver
• Buoyancy Compensator Device
(BCD)
Buoyancy Adaptation
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Temperature
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IsothermsIsotherms
Lines of equal temperature
60o
30o
0o
30o
60o
tropic
temperate
temperate
polar
polar
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Sea Surface TemperatureSea Surface Temperature
July 2005
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Properties of Light in the Ocean
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The Electromagnetic Radiation Spectrum
Only green and blue wavelengths pass through water a great distance.
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Light Absorption in the Ocean
• Light Intensity–decreases with depth
–0-100 m (photic zone)
–100-1000m (dysphotic zone)
–>1000 (aphotic zone)
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Light Penetration in the Ocean
~65% of visible light is absorbed in the 1st m
Photic Zone
Aphotic Zone
No Photosynthesis
100m
0 m
Wavelength (nm)400 700600500
Photosynthesis
Dysphotic Zone
1000m
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Light Absorption in the Ocean• Spectral Characteristics
– red wavelengths absorbed more readily by water than blue wavelengths
– blue light penetrates deepest in the oceans
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Light effects organisms residing in the photic and aphotic zone.
• Phytoplankton productivity• Algae- green, brown, red• Predator/Prey relationships• Diurnal vertical migration• Bioluminescence- luminescent organs on
underside mimic downwelling light
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Refraction- as light enters the water, it bends; this is due to light traveling through different densities
Light entering the ocean is weakened by scattering and absorption.
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DensityDensity
Air0.08 lbs
1 ft
1 ftfw
62.4 lbs
1 ft
1 ftsw
64 lbs
1 ft
1 ft
Piston example:
Air is compressible Water is incompressible
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64 lbs
64 lbs
Water doesn’t change density under pressure
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Temperature Salinity DensityLow High Low High Low High
surface 0 m
100 m
1000 m
Thermocline + Halocline = Pycnocline
thermocline pycnoclinehalocline
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Sound in Water
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Speed of sound- faster in ocean (higher density)
1500 m/sec, which is 4x faster than in air
Difficult to determine direction of sound
Can hear many things such as ships miles away, shrimp eating, helicopters overhead, and whales communicating.
Sound in Water
source of noise
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Dep
th (
m)
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
Speed of Sound (m/sec)
1,475 1,500
sofar layermin speed
high speed
high speed
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Dep
th (
m)
0
500
1000
1500
2000
SOFAR Channel
Distance
SOFAR channel
sound rays
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The depth at which the speed of sound is minimum; Thus, loud noises can be heard for thousands of km
Sound generated by Navy test in Indian Ocean at sofar layer was heard as far away as the Oregon coast. May affect behavior and anatomy of marine organisms
Sofar LayerSofar Layer
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Dissolved Gasses in Seawater
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Solubility of Gases in Seawater as a Function of Temperature (salinity @ 33o/oo)
Solubility(ml/l at atmospheric pressure)
Temperature N2 O2 CO2
(oC) .
0 14.47 8.14 8,700 10 11.59 6.42 8,030 20 9.65 5.26 7,350 30 8.26 4.41 6,660
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Air weighs 14 lbs/in2 (psi)
Absolute pressure is the combined pressure of water and air
Depth
0 ft
33 ft
66 ft
99 ft
Absolute Pressure
1 atm 14.7 psi
2 atm 29.4 psi
3 atm 44.1 psi
4 atm 58.8 psi
Relationship between water depth, pressure, and volume
Volume
x1
x 1/2
x 1/3
x 1/4
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Boyle’s LawBoyle’s Law
For any gas at a constant temperature, the volume will vary inversely with absolute pressure while the density will vary with absolute pressure.
I.e., volume with pressure
pressure density
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Daltons Law of Partial Daltons Law of Partial PressurePressure
The total pressure of a gas exerted by a mixture of gas is the sum of the gases exerted independently.
Air % partial pressure (mm Hg)N2 78.6 597O2 21.0 159CO2 0.04 0.3H2O 0.46 3.7Total 100 760
Partial pressure is directly related to its % in the total gas mixture. E.g., at 1 atm PO2 = 159 mm Hg
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Henry’s LawHenry’s Law
When a mixture of gas is in contact w/a liquid, each gas will dissolve in the liquid in proportion to its partial pressure.
Gasses can go in and out of solution
e.g., open soda, get CO2 bubbles (CO2 is under pressure)
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Dissolved gasses in seawater:Dissolved gasses in seawater:
Seawater AirN2 48% 78% O2 36% 21%CO2 15% 0.04%
Gasses dissolve most readily in cold water
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Decompression sickness
It is caused when N2 enters the blood circulation and the tissues.
When extra N2 leaves the tissues, large bubbles form. N2 bubbles can travel throughout the system and into the lungs and blood routes.
Treatment: hyperbaric chamber
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Inquiry
1. What is isostacy?2. Why do objects in water seen from the surface
appear to bend?3. Which gas is responsible for decompression
sickness?4. If a balloon is brought to 6 atm, what would it’s
volume be?5. Which wavelength of light penetrates the
ocean the deepest?