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| Where is the Oceanographic Equator? |
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| Elements that occur in minute quantities. (concentrations in ppb) |
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| Amount of time something is spent in solution. |
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| Measures electricity in the water (salt). |
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| Can measure salinity at different depths. |
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| Measures bending of light with density. |
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| Average Temperature on Earth? |
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| Where is the most C02 found? |
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| What variables control air density? |
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| Temperature, water vapor levels and elevation about sea level. |
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Rotation of Earth causes winds and water to be deflected.
Northern - Right of direction
Southern - Left of Direction |
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| A storm that forms when the water temperature is over 27c and is a low pressure system. Rotates CC in the NH and C in the SH. |
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| What happens when two waters of similar densities but different salinity mix? |
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| The density of the combined water goes up. |
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| A rapid change in density. |
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| Rapid change in salinity. |
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| Rapid change in temperature. |
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| Vertical circulation caused by changes in density, driven by variations in temperature and salinity. |
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| You cannot stop water flow, it has to sink. |
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| AS the water column gets deeper, the current keeps rotating. Speed increases with depth. |
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| A cold/warm pocket of rotating water. Formed when fast moving water moves into or through slower water, this eventually breaks off to form eddies. |
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| Waves that need gravity to stop them. |
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| Distance between 2 crests. |
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| Distance between crest and trough |
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| What steepness is required for a wave to break? |
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| If a wave has a ratio of 1:7 or a steepness of 120 degrees the wave will break. |
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| Wave touches the bottom of the sea. |
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| Trough + Trough Interactions |
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| Crest + Crest Interaction |
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| Crest + Trough Interaction |
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| A wave that was 100-200 feet tall. |
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| A wave that starts in the middle of the water coulom |
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| Distribution of CO2 in the Ocean |
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| The Co2 concentration increases with depth. |
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| Distribution of Oxygen in the Ocean |
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| Oxygen increases at first, then decreases until a depth of 800m then increases again. |
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| Distribution of Nutrients in the Ocean |
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| Minimum at the surface and increase with depth. |
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| North/Southeast Trade Winds |
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| Blow from east to west near the equator. |
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| Winds of high pressure near the poles. |
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| How does wind flow around High pressure Systems? |
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| Clockwise around the system. |
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| How does wind flow around a low pressure system? |
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| Counter clockwise around the system. |
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| North Atlantic Deep Water |
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| Very cold water that sinks and moves south along the coast of the Atlantic. |
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| Antarctic Intermediate Water |
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| Warmer and less salty than that NADW and because of this, remains above it. |
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| The densest water in the ocean, it sinks quickly and slowly moves northward. |
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| Moves 90 degrees to the right or the left of the surface wind. Is the average flow of water set in motion. |
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| What is the deflection of wind driven water at the surface? |
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| 45 degrees to the right or the left. |
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| A current where the pressure is equalized by the Coriolis effect. |
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