Physical Oceanography - Ocean Circulation & Waves

What you learned about Weather in Earth Science-if you were paying attention. Click here for a great review and here for videos explaining ocean/atmosphere connections. If you need to review Coriolis, click here and here.

A) Here is a link to Global Wind Patterns, here is how the oceans drive our weather and climate, and here for a little help remembering wind patterns with help from Kesha.

B) Click here for a video about how rubber duckies helped scientists learn more about currents.

C) Click here for a review of ocean circulation and here for a map of the currents.

D) Click here to learn more about eddies.

E) Click here and here for videos on thermohaline circulation and here for some Bill Nye Currents fun.

F) Click here and here to take a look at a review of the various water masses moving around the world.

G) Click here for a video to help you review El Nino and here for a nice explanation.

H) Click here to learn more about upwelling by watching a short lecture on the topic and here to see why it is important.

I) Click here to find out the most recent status of El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO).

J) Click here and here for a review of waves and here for the Waves PowerPoint.

K) Click here to watch Waves on Water and here for Dr. Beach talking about Rip Currents.

L) Click here for a tutorial about Ocean Circulation.

M) Here is something to think about how Ocean Circulation can help us find lost airplane debris.

N) Click here to read the article: "Giant Wave Devastation Feared".

O) Click here to look at the terrifying compilation of Tsunami videos posted on youtube and here for the largest Tsunami in history, in Lituya Bay, AK.

P) Click here to watch what water can do to the beach in "Beach, A River of Sand".

Q) Click here for a fun "more than One Direction" look at the Ocean Currents and here for Riptide (which Vance would call Rip Currents if he took our class!).

R) Click here to watch the History Channel documentary Underwater Universe, Killer Shockwaves.

S) Click here for general currents information, here to learn more about Freak Waves and here to learn more about Tsunamis.

T) Amazing links about Ocean Currents are here (what causes them) here (how they impact the world). Here and here are links you can use for the "Ocean in Motion" Webquest.