PPT-Exploring Antarctica and the Southern Ocean

Name Date Add the following to the map Southern Ocean Antarctic Circumpolar Current SubAntarctic Front Polar Front. . Satellite view. Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent, underlying the South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctica region of the southern hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean.. 21. st. Century Southern Ocean. Climate-Cloud Feedbacks. Jen Kay. Brian Medeiros, Andrew . Gettelman. NCAR CGD AMP. Thanks to Lorenzo . Polvani. and Cecilia . Bitz. Zonal annual mean cloud distribution. Oceania consists of Australia, the Pacific, and Antarctica.. Australia is sometimes called “The Island Continent”.. Early cartographers called it “Terra . Australis. ” – the southern land.. Shortwave Climate Feedbacks . Jen Kay. University of Colorado at Boulder. Why Southern Ocean. Shortwave Feedbacks?. C. loud feedbacks . in idealized 2xCO. 2. . experiments. Gettelman. , Kay, and Shell . The SOCRATES Planning . Team. : . Greg . McFarquhar. (. mcfarq@atmos.uiuc.edu. ),. Roj. . Marchand. , . Robert . Wood, Chris . Bretherton. , Alain . Protat. , Patricia Quinn, Steven . Siems. , Simon Alexander, and Bob Weller. CliC. /SCAR . Southern Ocean Panel. report to CLIVAR SSG. 19 July 2014. L. Talley and M. England, co-chairs. Interaction with . other panels or sponsors. Issues with membership. Meeting plans and budget requests. Eric Schulz, CAWCR, BoM. The Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research. . A partnership between CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology. Motivation. The Southern Ocean is large (22% of world ocean) and is expected to play a significant role in the global climate system. What is the standard?. S6E3. Students will recognize the significant role of water in earth processes. . What is the element?. c. Describe the composition, location, and subsurface topography of the world’s oceans. . http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/alicia/submersibles.html. Difficulty in exploring the ocean. Sunlight does not penetrate far below the surface. . Water is very cold. . Tremendous pressure. . Technology Used To Study Ocean Bathymetry. Sunlight and. photosynthesis. Abyssal plain. Marine life receives a gradient of light from the surface. . through the photic zone, much absorbed. Sea ice complicates this in winter, reduces light penetration. As soon as it was determined that the earth was round in the 6. th. century B.C.,. speculation began about frigid zones north and south.. Ptolemy (150 A.D.) was the first to state that there must be a southern . There are five main oceans in the world: The Arctic, The Atlantic, The Pacific, The Indian, and the Southern.. The northern most Ocean is the Arctic Ocean while the furthest ocean south is the Southern Ocean.. Presentation by . Kaleb. Mitchell. Antarctica. Antarctica is Earth’s southernmost continent, below the South Pole. It is located in the Antarctic region of the southern hemisphere, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean.. Update to OPP OAC. May 18, 2011. David Bromwich. Statement of Task (1). Utilize existing information. Work of other organizations (e.g., ICSU, SCAR, etc.). Recent scientific achievements in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean (e.g., IPY).