PPT-Ocean Salinity

Unit Oceanography What are the most common elements in sea water Water Oxygen Hydrogen Salt Sodium Chlorine Areas of High and Low Salinity Of the five ocean basins the Atlantic Ocean . SALINITY. Stephen . Riser. Jessica Anderson. University of . Washington. riser@ocean.washington.edu. NASA . SST . Science Team Meeting . October 29, 2013. [ Acknowledgements to NASA, NOAA, NSF, ONR ]. in . the . southern . Makassar Strait since 1938 C.E. and . its . influence . on. . the . Indonesian . Throughflow. Braddock K. Linsley. , Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, NY, USA [. Observations: Ocean. Janice Bytheway . ATS786 . September 15, 2014. Disclaimer. I’m not an oceanographer. I took an Intro to Oceanography course once in undergrad, but that was a long time ago. . Table of Contents. Update on SPURS-2 (‘Fresh SPURS’) and SPURS-1 synthesis. Update from Dr. Eric Lindstrom. SPURS main question: What . is controlling the upper ocean . salinity?. Will . be addressed with interagency and international collaboration using measurements from satellites, ships, drifters, floats, gliders, AUVs and modeling.. Ocean . O. bservations . in. Support . of. Sea . S. urface Salinity . P. rocess . S. tudies.  . Gustavo Jorge Goni. Gustavo.Goni@noaa.gov. National Oceanic and Atmospheric . Administration (NOAA), . Density Controls. Controlled by:. 1.) Temperature. 2.) Salinity. 3.) Pressure. Density increases with increasing salinity. Density increases with decreasing temperature.. Density increases with increasing pressure.. _____burning of wood or dung. _____type of resource sun, wind, water. 3. _____moving of sediment. 4._____various methods humans use to save the soil. 5. ___what does the anchoring of plant roots prevent . Actual Percentages. Water covers . 71% . of the Earth’s surface. The oceans contain . 97.25% . of all the water on Earth. 95% . of the ocean is still unexplored. 50% . of all know species are found in the oceans. The Ocean’s Composition and Structure. Objectives. I can…. Describe the composition of Oceans.. Explain what Salinity is. . Identify the factors that affect the salinity of oceans. . Explain where the solutes in the ocean come from.. Introduction to the physical climate system. Oliver Elison Timm ATM 306 Fall 2016. Lecture 1. Ocean Circulation. Objectives. Provide an overview of the ocean circulation. Surface currents. Wind-driven circulation. Oceans and Temperature. Ocean surface temperature strongly correlates with latitude because . insolation. , the amount of sunlight striking Earth’s surface, is directly related to latitude.. 1. Ocean currents carry warm water . Identify and describe one factor that affects watersheds.. If I want to grow a tomatoes in a container on my porch, what type of soil would you recommend I use?. Describe one thing that humans do to affect the water table.. Generally, salinity is defined as the ‘the total amount of solid material in grains contained in one kilogram of sea water and is expressed as part per thousands (%o) . e.g. . 30%o (means 30 grams of salt in 1000 grams of sea water). . Ocean size and names. Nearly 71% of the Earth’s . surface . is covered by oceans.. 4 major oceans ranked by size: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic. .. . (Southern Ocean [proposed] = considered an extension of Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, and covers the waters that surround Antarctica).