Ocean Circulation What ya gotta know…. Monsoons What they are. Where they occur. og101/textbook/circulation/regional_scale_.

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Ocean Circulation What ya gotta know…

Monsoons What they are. Where they occur. og101/textbook/circulation/regional_scale_ wind.htmhttp://www4.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/ge og101/textbook/circulation/regional_scale_ wind.htm

Ocean Surface Currents Arctic Atlantic Indian Pacific Southern

Arctic

North Atlantic

South Atlantic

North Pacific

South Pacific

Indian

Southern

What is Moby Duck, and what does it teach us about ocean circulation? moby-duck-when bath-toys-are- lost-at-seahttp:// moby-duck-when bath-toys-are- lost-at-sea project.eu/modules/oceancurrents/oceanc urrents-c02-ws01-s.htmlhttp:// project.eu/modules/oceancurrents/oceanc urrents-c02-ws01-s.html

What has been happening to Arctic Sea Ice over the past several years, and what does this hold in store for our climate? monitor.cgi

How do ocean currents play a role in the location of deserts?

Thermohaline Conveyor Belt What drives it How long it takes to make a full circle. Its importance to global climate How it can be altered

The Younger Dryas What happened, and when. How it affected the thermohaline circulation How it affected climate.

Volvo Ocean Race What ocean are they in? What global wind is propelling them?

Ekman Transport What’s the average direction at the surface? Beneath the surface? What pattern in the ocean does the interaction of E.T. and global winds form?

Ocean/Climate Oscillations Be able to interpret a given phase of AO, ENSO, NAO or PDO from a set of data provided.

Global Winds and Pressure Belts 90°N 60°N 30°N 0° 30°S 40°S 50°S 60°S 90°S

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