f9-14_surface_and_deep_ATM 107 The Oceans

Ch. 9 – The Surface Currents

  Friday, 30 October 2015

 

Daily Announcements:

      1) Exam #2 Review Class is today, 2:45-3:30 PM, LC-18)

    2) Exam #2 is Monday, Nov. 2.  (Bring #2 pencils, pencil sharpener, eraser.)

      3) Exam #2:  Ch. 5, 6, 7 & 8 and lecture material (videos too!)

      4) Students with disabilities:  please verify your appointment at the DRC.

   5) Return to Eastern Standard Time (EST) this weekend.

 

Song #1:  St. Elmo’s Fire” by John Parr

Song #2:  “Mermaid” by Train

 

Text Source Today:  9.6*

* not including the sections “North Pacific Oscillations” and “North Atlantic Oscillations”

 

·       Benefits of Upwelling and Downwelling

·       Global Atmospheric & Oceanic Circulation Changes

·       Milankovich Cycles                                            Notes Template

·       Global Oceanic Conveyor Belt                             PDF    DOC

·       Sargasso Sea

 

Study Guide Material (Stacey’s Guide) :

1)    What are the biological benefits to upwelling and downwelling?

2)    What are “windrows?”

3)    Give examples of  “aperiodic” and “periodic” mechanisms that are a part of

     Earth’s dynamic changes and climate variability.

4)    What are the three “Milankovich Cycles?”  Why are they important?

5)    Describe the combined wind-driven and thermohaline flow of ocean water

around the planet (“global oceanic conveyor belt”); see figure at top of sheet

6)    Where are the major ocean basins most connected to one another?

7)    How long does it take surface water to cross an ocean basin?

8)    How long does it take deep water to cross an ocean basin?

9)    What likely happened to the North Atlantic Circulation during the last mini-

ice age and why?

10)Where is the “Sargasso Sea” and why is it a “mysterious” place in the world?