Currents. Global Wind Pattern Development see text fig. 7-10 p. 204.

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Currents

Global Wind Pattern Development see text fig p. 204

Coriolis effect University of Illinois Department of Atmospheric Sciences (ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/ guides/mtr/fw/crls.rxml) northern hemisphere southern hemisphere (earthsci.terc.edu/content/visualizations/es1904/es1904page01.cfm?chapter_no=19) Anchorage to Miami Tierra del Fuego to Rio de Janeiro

Global weather: Jan , 2005 ( link on course web site)

Hurricane Floyd (1999) Satellite animation ( hurricanestext.html) The eye of Hurricane Floyd up close (

Relations between atmospheric and ocean surface currents see text figs. 8-3 & 8-4 p

Animation of wind-driven upwelling (

El Nino / La Nina- The Basics see text fig p. 249

( normal pattern ‘El Nino’ pattern returning to normal ( Surface temperature (last 3 years) Tropical Pacific seawater temperature depth profiles

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