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The OceansNov. 18
Topics
•Thermohaline circulation–SST; –ocean water masses
•Wind-driven circulation–Wind-driven upwelling–Surface currents
Mundus SubterraneusA. Kirchner, 1665
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Temperature 0m
Stephens et al., NOAA, 2002
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Salt content of the oceans
• Source: leaching ions from crustal material. Global river dissolved load is ~0.1 ppt. Residence time: 108yr
• Salinities for the open ocean fall in the range 33-38ppt (parts per thousand, mass per unit mass)
http://omp.gso.uri.edu/doee/science/physical/salt5.gif
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Salinity 0m
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Water masses {sort of like air masses}
http://earth.usc.edu/~stott/Catalina/images/weatherimages.jpg/airmasses.jpg
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Arctic sea ice
http://www.ccpo.odu.edu/~arnoldo/ocean405/arcticdrift.jpg
At 70N, Tromsö and Hammarfest ice-free year-round
February September
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Deepwater formation processes
http://puddle.mit.edu/~helen/oodc.html
1. preconditioning
2. Violent mixing
3. Sinking and spreading
Where it happens
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Zonal average Temperature and salinity
Levitus, 1984
Tem
pera
ture
salin
ity
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Transport units:
smSv /1011 36
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Spatial distribution of deep and bottom water masses
(Lynne Talley, SIO)
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Model of the overturning circulation
Broecker, 1980sReproduced in Ocean Circulation
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Wind-driven circulation
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Surface winds
Trenberth et al., JPO, 1990
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tropical winds, rain
From Ocean Circulation and Climate (OCC)
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Ekman transport
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Transports associated with winds
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Where water piles up:
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Mean surface currents
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Simulated sea surface temperature