4. Ocean Current Notes
El Niño- Southern Oscillation ENSO. El Niño- Southern Oscillation 1.ENSO events 2.Normal conditions 3.ENSO conditions 4.Cause of ENSO events Unit 3 Lecture.
Teachers Guide Less 3 Currents
Somali Current TYLER JANOSKI. First, let’s talk about the South-Asian Monsoon Monsoon develops because of temperature differences between land and sea.
California Current & Barnacle larvae transport Mikaela Provost Physical Oceanography 12/2/2010.
Ocean & Atmospheric circulation redux 1) Unequal planetary heating creates pressure gradients which make winds blow on ocean surface in trade-wind & westerly.
Highways in the Sea (Chapter 9) Surface Currents Deep Currents Studying Ocean Currents.
Currents and Wind. The Earth is Spinning… Because Earth spins, winds and water appear to be deflected in a curved motion This is called the Coriolis Effect.
Week 3. Hello Oceanographers! Please take out: Pen/Pencil Today we will Warm Up Stations Warm Up: Thermohaline circulation is driven by: a.density. b.gravity.
Hurricanes, part 3
The global XBT network Molly Baringer (1), Gustavo Goni (1), and Dean Roemmich (2) (1) NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL (2) SIO, La Jolla, CA NOAA Climate Program.
OCEAN CURRENTS. There are two types of Ocean Currents: 1. Surface Currents-- Pycnocline Circulation These waters make up about 10% of all the water in.