CLIMATE AND AIR/SEA INTERACTIONS. Ekman Spiral.

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CLIMATE AND AIR/SEA INTERACTIONS

Ekman Spiral

Upwelling along the California coast

What’s the thermohaline circulation?

The Thermohaline Circulation

Air/sea interactions during normal & El Niños

El Niño La Niña

El Niño & Health Impacts

+ - Warm PhaseCool Phase Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)

The Case of the Disappearing Salmon

Precipitation anomalies during La Niña years

Goldenberg et al., Science, 2001 # of Big Hurricanes AMO Atlantic Hurricanes and the AMO

El Niño La Niña

Positive PDO The Pacific Decadal Oscillation Negative PDO

The Arctic Oscillation

AIR/SEA INTERACTIONS

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