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Chapter 11 MSC 160 - Oceanography InstructorJacqui Jenkins OfficeS204D Phone910-362-7405 Emailjjenkins@cfcc.edu Office Hours
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Chapter 12 What is Oceanography? Broad field Biological, chemical, geological, physical Ocean engineering
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Chapter 13 Humans & The World Oceans Why study the world ocean? Historically Curiosity Currently Marine resources, trade & commerce, national security, global climate Human Impacts
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Chapter 14 History of Oceanography Early Times Food gathering Egyptians Exploration Phoenicians Trade & Navy
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Chapter 15 Early Times Polynesians SW Pacific http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Navigation/sidereal/sidereal2.html
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Chapter 16
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7 Early Times Middle Eastern peoples Exploration of Indian Ocean Trade routes to India and China
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Chapter 18 Early Times Greeks Alexander the Great Pytheas Aristotle Eratosthenes Posidonius Pliny the Elder Ptolemy
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Chapter 19
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10 Middle Ages Vikings
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Chapter 111 Middle Ages Arabs Preservation of Greek & Roman knowledge Trade routes to China European Resurgence Tide tables Early Greek studies available
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Chapter 112 Voyages of Discovery Early Chinese 15 th century Pacific & Indian Oceans
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Chapter 113 Voyages of Discovery Europe Prince Henry the Navigator Bartholomeu Dias Vasco de Gama
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Chapter 114
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Chapter 115 Voyages of Discovery Europe Christopher Columbus Ferdinand Magellan Francis Drake
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Chapter 116
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Chapter 117 Beginnings of Earth Science 17 th Century Experimental science Johannes Kepler Planetary motion Galileo Galilei Mass, weight & acceleration Isaac Newton Law of gravity
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Chapter 118 Charts & Navigation 1 st hydrographic offices: France 1720 Britain 1795 Time and longitude John Harrison’s chronometer
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Chapter 119 Capt. James Cook One of the founders of oceanography Detailed and accurate observations & charts
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Chapter 120
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Chapter 121
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Chapter 122 Lt. Matthew F. Maury Wind & current charts International cooperation Physical Geography of the Sea, 1855
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Chapter 123 Ocean Science Begins Biologists & Naturalists Collect, describe & classify organisms
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Chapter 124 Ocean Science Begins Late 19 th century Importance of govt. support Laying of transatlantic cable Challenger Expedition Comprehensive Began Oceanography as a modern science
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Chapter 125
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Chapter 126
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Chapter 127 Oceanography as Science Transformation of Oceanography Descriptive Quantitative Testing hypotheses Models of ocean circulation
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Chapter 128 Oceanography as Science Fridtjof Nansen Voyage of the Fram Nansen bottle
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Chapter 129 Oceanography as Science International scientific cooperation Motivated by fluctuations in commercial fish stocks http://www.ices.dk/indexfla.asp Advances in theoretical oceanography Development of new instruments
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Chapter 130 Oceanography in the 20 th century Scripps - 1903 WHOI - 1930 Rapid advances in WWII International cooperation
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Chapter 131 Deep Sea Drilling Program 1968 JOIDES Resolution http://www- odp.tamu.edu/resolutn.html
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Chapter 132
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Chapter 133 Recent Past, Present & Future Earth is a complex of systems and subsystems Cross disciplinary research Integrated approach Large scale oceanographic programs Climate: WOCE, JGOFS, GOALS, Structure and history of the Earth: DODP, RIDGE Satellites; TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1 Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) Project NEPTUNE
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