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1 CLIMATE AND AIR/SEA INTERACTIONS

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3 Ekman Spiral

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6 Upwelling along the California coast

7 What’s the thermohaline circulation?

8 The Thermohaline Circulation

9 Air/sea interactions during normal & El Niños

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11 El Niño La Niña

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14 El Niño & Health Impacts

15 + - Warm PhaseCool Phase Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)

16 The Case of the Disappearing Salmon http://essea.strategies.org/module.php?module_id=121

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20 Precipitation anomalies during La Niña years

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

24 El Niño La Niña

25 Positive PDO The Pacific Decadal Oscillation Negative PDO

26 The Arctic Oscillation

27 AIR/SEA INTERACTIONS


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