EARTH 4 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: California Current, East Australian Current, Canary Current
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5 most important ocean basins with own gyre patterns. Atlantic (northern and southern basin), pacific (northern and southern basin), and. From last midterm to what we cover before next tuesday. Not much from in the news, otherwise similar to first midterm. Glo(cid:271)al (cid:449)a(cid:396)(cid:373)i(cid:374)g (cid:272)ould deplete the o(cid:272)ea(cid:374)s" o(cid:454)(cid:455)ge(cid:374)- with severe consequences. Spilled nikes from container ship got lost and tracked to determine current patterns. Center of mass is way down when flipped so you become extremely stable and unmoved by waves. 90 degrees off to wind direction = flow. Wind + coriolis effect = ekman spiraling and 90 degree off. Water being pushed at a central point toward each other, causes a small hill to form in the oceans, 6 feet high hill in each of the major ocean basins, 6 feet over a long distance. Hill is pushed more west because easterlies are stronger, true in all of the major ocean basins.
