Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental Sciences

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey USA

robock@envsci.rutgers.edu

http://envsci.rutgers.edu/~robock

Climate Dynamics11:670:461

Lecture 11, 10/14/13

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A thermally direct circulation

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Annual mean, zonal mean meridional (m/s) and vertical velocities (interval 5 x 10 -3 Pa/s)

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Zonal mean stream function (x 1010 kg/s), positive is clockwise.

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http://www.geogonline.org.uk/g3a_ki2.1.htm

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http://www.personal.psu.edu/czn115/blogs/meteo241/2010/10/e-portfolio-2.html

Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental

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Surface currents relative to surface winds.

Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental

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Ekman spiral in the Northern Hemisphere

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Depth (m)

Depth (m)

Fig. 8.4

Percent oxygen saturation (lower values = older

water)

Atlantic, 34.5ºN

Pacific, 180ºW