Global Changes 2

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Major Oceans

Atlantic

pacific

Indian

artic

Seas

Ross and Weddell- Antarctica

Coral Sea- Australia

Mediterranean Sea- italy

China Sea

Baltic Sea- Italy

Black sea- land locked

Red sea between Africa and middle east

Arabian Sea near india

Bering sea- bering straight

North sea- greenland and europe

Sea of japan

Ocean vs Air

Ocean warmed from Top to Bottom

Air is warmed from the bottom

larger amounts of heat to warm the ocean

Very little direct response to surface heating

oceans are inherently stable while the while the

troposphere is inherently unstable

Wind- named based of direct of origin

water names on direction they are going

Ocean Currents

Surface currents-

wind

horizontal

Deep Ocean- more oxygen/ nutrients

moves by density

veritcial and horizontal

Wind Stress

Circulation of wind currents on surface of ocean

Wind Stress ρ(rho)= cW2, where W=wind speed, c= turbulence factor

Increases with wind speed but also increases with roughness of the sea