ARKY 357 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Avocado, Quinoa, Main Source
16 May 2016
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5 assignments all together, can choose which assignment to submit each assignment 5% Assignments : ( 5 assignments handed in ) 25% all together. Midterm exam ( due saturday june 4th ) : 25% 2nd option: all 10% goes towards preparation for class and leading to the class. Trades: going from areas of higher to lower pressure ( traveling from east to west ) Picture is based on california, so the current is different. All the rain happens on the eastern side of mountains. Temperature of water on the surface : colder. Not much is coming from the west because you have the cold water. As warm water is pushed away from coast, it is replaced by cold water known as upwelling. Glacier 511 on yungay landslide was the highest peak. More than 20,000 people died in the landslide. Active volcanos today are on the border between peru and bolivia.
