EARTHSS 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Energy Economics, Prokaryotic Small Ribosomal Subunit, Coriolis Force
8 Nov 2016
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Earths energy imbalances, winds, and the global circulation of the atmosphere: please read chapter 6 from archer textbook. Todayss lecture will give you an in depth appreciation for. Why surfers get up early in the morning. Why it doesn"t rain much in the oc. Origins of a mysterious geographic pattern in where earths deserts are located. But nobody lives on the whole earth. To understand why oc"s climate is different than other locations, need to look at energy imbalances within the planet. First, we need to remember how to navigate around earth. Specific locations on the earths surface correspond to unique( lat, lon) coordinates. Maps are data (numbers) visualized as colors at different latitude, longitude coordinatesn. Example: map of surfaced elevation: blue: low values( low places, green: in between values, red: high values ( tall places) Example- map of vegetation amount: brown: low values ( deserts, green: high values (forests)
