ATM 107 The Oceans

Ch. 7 – The Atmosphere

Wed., 14 October 2015

Daily Announcements:

1) Exam #1 grades are posted on Blackboard.

2) You can visit your TAs Rebecca or Jonathan or me during our posted Office Hours

to go over your Exam #1 up until the date of Exam #2. If you did not mark your

answers directly on your exam paper, then you must come see me.

Song #1: “Windpower” by Thomas Dolby

Song #2: “A Horse with No Name” by America

Text Source Today: 7.3, 7.4, 7.5

· CO₂ and Greenhouse Effect Notes Template

· Ozone (O₃) “Hole” Sage III on ISS PDF DOC

· Dimethyl Sulfide (DMS)

· Phytoplankton

· Atmospheric Motion & Coriolis Effect

• Planetary Wind Bands on a Water-Covered Earth

Study Guide Material (Stacey’s Guide) :

1) What is the “greenhouse effect?” What role does CO₂ play?

2) Name two primary anthropogenic sources of CO₂. Where does it all go?

3) What causes the “Ozone Hole” to form? What role do CFCs play?

4) What is “dimethyl sulfide (DMS)?” What role does it play?

5) What are “phytoplankton?” What role do they play?

6) Sketch the atmospheric flow pattern on a non-rotating water-covered Earth.

7) Sketch the atmospheric flow pattern on a rotating water-covered Earth.

8) Explain the “Coriolis effect.”

9) Know the three primary circulation cells (see diagram at top of sheet).

10)Where are the “doldrums?” The “horse latitudes?” The “ITCZ?”

The “trade winds?” The “westerlies?” The “polar easterlies?”