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Introduction to Ocean Circulation - Geography 163 Wind-driven circulation of major gyres & surface currents Buoyancy-driven circulation linking the major gyres & the global conveyor belt Coastal circulations & land-ocean interactions Build from physical principles (w/out math)

Approach First principles do “work” Build descriptions from first principles Do not bludgeon students with calculus Work with available data sets

Why do we care? Climate –Global heat & water cycles –Weather & weather/climate prediction Global biogeography & biogeochemistry –Species ranges & adaptation to global change –Fossil fuel CO 2 sequestration Marine resources –Renewable (fisheries) –Non-renewable (oil, etc.)

Global Heat Transport How can it be constant?

Global Heat Transport

10 15 W = 1 Petawatt

El Niño

Bigeography

Bigeographical Boundaries

Bigeography

CO 2 Sequestration It’s gotta go somewhere...

CO 2 Sequestration This is where.

Climate & Fish Pacific Decadal Oscillation Warm phase - southern Cool phase - northern We’re now in a cool phase…

Introduction to Ocean Circulation - Geography 163 Wind-driven circulation of major gyres & surface currents Buoyancy-driven circulation linking the major gyres & the global conveyor belt Coastal circulations & land-ocean interactions

Wind-Driven Gyres

Global Ocean Circulation

Global Wind Climate

Conveyor Belt

Net Air-Sea Heat Flux

Coastal Upwelling

July 1992 AVHRR Ch 4

Scales Ocean basins are wide & shallow –Typical scales are 10 4 km across and 5 km deep –“Spit on a basketball” Aspect ratio has important implications –Horizontal velocities are >> vertical velocities –Horizontal property changes are << vertical ones

Hyposgraphic Curve

Atlantic Temperature eWOCE gallery –

Atlantic Salinity

Atlantic Oxygen

Atlantic Phosphate

Summary Importance of large-scale ocean circulation –climate, biogeochemistry, marine resources Characteristic “Types” of Ocean Circulation –Patterns of circulation can be generalized for different regions –Suggests that dynamical processes are the same –Wind-driven, Buoyancy-driven & Coastal Scales - “spit on a basketball”