[MSC 111] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (35 pages long)

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Marine Science
• Course: MSC 111
• Professor: Peterson Larry

Document Summary

Pycnocline separates them and prevents much mixing. Surplus of thermal heating towards the equator and a deficit near the poles. Two forces that act on ocean currents. Cools at polar; high pressure, moves downward. Earth"s rotation adds an important wrinkle to the way atmosphere circulates. Moving faster around the equator relative to high latitudes. Coriolis effect: deflection of a moving object from initial course; speed and direction are measured referencing the surface of the rotating earth. A missile being fired north would veer east. Missile moving faster than the earth rotates. Winds move from high to low pressure. Curve to the left, from the east. Curve to the right, from the west. Horse latitudes/doldrum: light variable winds between two bands. This same banding is responsible for the banding on jupiter"s atmosphere. Winds coming at it from high to low pressure, as it hits the hurricane it veers off. Dynamic feature, moves annually with the changing seasons.