©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan
The Lecture After the Last ©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan
©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan
General Circulation ©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan
General Circulation Keywords Direct Thermal Circulation Hadley Cell Intertropical Convergence Zone Trade Winds Prevailing Westerlies Polar Front ©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan
General Circulation Air returning to the equator creates the trades winds ©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan
El Niño/La Niña Ocean circulation follows the circulation of the atmosphere ©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan
Sea Surface Temperature ©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan
General Ocean Circulation Path of tropical storms carries energy from tropics towards poles ©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan
©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan
CaCO3shells of ocean plankton from the Norwegian Sea and the Gulf of Mexico record pulses of low d18O meltwater delivery from nearby ice sheets. [from Ruddiman, 2001] Climate ©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan
Area (km2) ©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan
Sea Level Rise ©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan
Sea Level Rise ©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan
Sea Level Rise ©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan
Sea Level Rise ©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan
Ocean Circulation ©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan
El Niño/La Niña The Effect of the wind is to transport surface water away from the coast ©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan
El Niño/La Niña Transition ©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan
El Niño/La Niña ©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan
El Niño/La Niña Temperature and height of water normally varies across Pacific with warmest water pooled in west ©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan
El Niño/La Niña During El Niño event the warm water flows back to the east and upwelling there is curtailed ©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan
El Niño/La Niña ©2004 Perry Samson, University of Michigan