GEO 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Advection, Vapor Pressure, Humidity
18 Dec 2017
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Dissolved salts are heavier so density increases with salinity ocean heating. Warm water is lighter so a stable environment is created. Which rotate clockwise in the northern hemisphere, and counter clockwise in the southern hemisphere global thermohaline circulation. Impart due to density or differences in salinity. Therefore, is major sinking region of the global thermocline circulation. The southern ocean is also a site of deep convection. All deep water originates in one of these 2 regions. Cold currents transform some tropical deserts into relatively cool, damp places that are often shrouded in fog. Currents play a major role in earths heating balance. El nino-refers to episodes of ocean warming caused by a warm counter current flowing southward along the coasts of ecuador and peru, with the effects being hghly variable depending on the temperatures and sizes of warm bodies. La nina when surface temps in east pacific are colder a la nina happens.
