climate and air/sea interactions. ekman spiral
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CLIMATE AND AIR/SEA INTERACTIONS
Ekman Spiral
Upwelling along the California coast
What’s the What’s the thermohaline thermohaline circulation?circulation?
The Thermohaline Circulation
Air/sea interactions during normal & El Niños
El NiñoEl NiñoLa NiñaLa Niña
El Niño & Health Impacts
+ -Warm Phase Cool Phase
Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)
The Case of the Disappearing Salmon
http://essea.strategies.org/module.php?module_id=121
Precipitation anomalies during La Niña years
Goldenberg et al., Science, 2001
# of Big Hurricanes
AMO
Atlantic Hurricanes and the AMOAtlantic Hurricanes and the AMO
El NiñoEl Niño
La NiñaLa Niña
Positive PDOPositive PDO
The Pacific Decadal Oscillation
Negative PDONegative PDO
The Arctic Oscillation
AIR/SEA INTERACTIONS