OCS 1005 : OCS Exam 3 Notes
15 Mar 2019
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The gulf stream: the strongest western boundary current, the largest and most powerful, the flow is more than 55 million meters per second 300x the flow of the amazon river. The greatest of all ocean current sis the west wind drift( anartaric. Westward intensification: the coriolis effect plays a big role in how these currents will shape on each side of the ocean basin, each water mass will be more affected by coriolis in comparison to others. Wind induced vertical circulation: wind induced vertical circulation: a vertical movement induced b wind-driven horizontal movement of water, upwelling: upward motion fo the water. El nino and la nina: non-el nino year: normally the air and surface water flow westward, during the el nino year, circulation gets messed up and the high pressure air movements get reversed. Sound waves all states of matter: transverse. Particles go in a right angle and only goes through solids i. e. earthquake: orbital.
