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Ocean Circulation and Processes

TOPIC 1. Ocean Circulation and Processes. By Tiffany and Kayla. Ocean Circulation. The movement of water through naturally occurring circumstances . For example, wind patterns. K. Ocean Processes.

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Ocean Circulation and Processes

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  1. TOPIC 1 Ocean Circulation and Processes By Tiffany and Kayla

  2. OceanCirculation The movement of water through naturally occurring circumstances. For example, wind patterns. K

  3. Ocean Processes “Recurrent natural changes that are physical, biological, or chemical, actively affecting the seas and oceans.” T

  4. The Movement of Water Thermohaline circulation&Natural Occurrences K

  5. Waves Wave Bases & Size and Shape T

  6. Tides Sea Levels, Earth and Moon’s Attraction & Gravitational Forces K

  7. Currents Ocean Currents T

  8. Northern&Southern Hemispheres • Clockwise • Counter-clockwise K

  9. Wind DrivenSurfaceCurrents • Upwelling • Down Welling T

  10. Ekman Transport • Discovered by VagnWalfridEkman K

  11. Ocean Temperatures T

  12. Salinity K

  13. Works Cited • Bergman, Jennifer. “Salinity.” Windows2universe.org. 30 August 2001. 10 October 2011. • Bergman, Jennifer. “Temperature of Ocean Water.” Windows2universe.org. 16 February 2011. 10 October 2011. • Cooley, Keith. Home.hiwaay.net/~Krcool/Astro/moon/moontides/. 10 October 2011. • Gordon, Arnold. The Climate System. Columbia University. N.D. 10 October 2011. 5. Dr. Lucida Spokes. www.atmosphere.mpg.de/enid/lvc/html/ 14 April 2008. 10 October 2011. 6.“Oceans.” Pro. Stephen A. Nelson. Earthsci.org/ 10 October 2011. 7.Shiffman, Scott. Howtopowertheworld.com . 10 October 2011. 8.“Waves, Tides and Currents- How do they work.” virtualnjshore.com. New Jersey Metro Net, Inc. 10 October 2011. 9.“Vagn Walfrid Ekman.” en.wikipedia.org. 8 September 2010. 10 October 2011. <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagn_Walfrid_Ekman.>

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