1. 1 EAS 4300: Introduction to Oceanography, FALL 2009 INSTRUCTORS: Emanuele Di Lorenzo phone 404-894-3994 office ES&T 3244 email edl@eas.gatech.edu Kim Cobb phone 404-894-3895 office ES&T 3240 email kcobb@gatech.edu TA: Yisen Zhong Email yzhong31@gatech.edu Course Website http://ocean3d.org/eas-4300

2. Why do we care about Oceanography? Questions for you:

3. Biodiversity Medical potential/drug discovery New models of life Climate Fisheries Things to think about: Recreation Fossil fuel resource Ocean energy Navigation/transportation Carbon cycle Marine biology Hazards

4. 4 Ocean & Energy

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6. Ocean & Hazards Sea surface temperature in the tropical oceans fuel hurricanes Hurricanes becoming more intense as ocean warms?

7. 7 Ocean & Drug Discovery

8. 8 The ocean plays a dominant role in heat transport and mixing Ocean & Climate

9. 9 NORTH AMERICA Gulf of Alaska Thomson, R. E., and J. F. R. Gower, 1998: A basin-scale oceanic instability event in the Gulf of Alaska. J Geophys Res-Oceans, 103, 3033-3040. Vortices are the strongest mixing agent in the ocean. They influence the ocean circulation and biology. Ocean & Climate

10. 10 Global Surface Temperatures and Sea Level are rising Ocean & Climate Change

11. 11 Global Surface Temperatures and Sea Level are rising Ocean & Climate Change

12. 12 Ocean climate affects fish distributions and abundance Sardines/Anchovies synchronized alternations between sardines/anchovies over the entire Pacific Ocean? Ocean & Climate & Marine Ecosystems

13. 13 Marine Ecosystem regulate the cycling of chemical species relevant to climate (e.g. Carbon Dioxide) Chlorophyll Spring 2005 (MODIS Satellite) Ocean & Carbon Cycle

14. 14 Ocean & Carbon Cycle

15. 15 Ocean & Marine Biodiversity

16. 16 Ocean & New Model for Life

17. How do we define the science of Oceanography?

18. Manu Ocean and climate dynamics Physical-biological interactions in the ocean Ocean Forecasting We studied oceanography in San Diego at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Kim Climate and paleoclimate El Nino-Southern Oscillation

19. The Scientific Method