2/12/19 1 Oceans Ocean Composition • Contains dissolved salts, gases, and nutrients as ions • Salts & nutrients replenish via decay of marine organisms • Surface Layer : warm, light, 100 m deep • Thermocline : rapidly decreasing temperature with depth. • The warm surface layer and thermocline are absent in the polar regions. –IT IS ALL COLD!! Layers Ocean Circulation • Global movement of water • Transfers energy, minerals, & nutrients • Driven by: – Deep currents —thermohaline differences – Surface currents —air circulation – Tides (caused by moon’s gravity) • Rotate via Coriolis Effect like air currents
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Oceans
Ocean Composition• Contains dissolved salts, gases, and nutrients as
ions
• Salts & nutrients replenish via decay of marine organisms
• Surface Layer: warm, light, 100 m deep
• Thermocline: rapidly decreasing temperature with depth.
• The warm surface layer and thermocline are absent in the polar regions.–IT IS ALL COLD!!
Layers Ocean Circulation• Global movement of water
• Transfers energy, minerals, & nutrients
• Driven by:
–Deep currents —thermohaline differences
–Surface currents —air circulation
–Tides (caused by moon’s gravity)
• Rotate via Coriolis Effect like air currents
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Oceans as Energy Transporters
• Move energy via currents
–Warm currents begin near the equator & move warm water toward the poles.
–Cold currents begin near the Earth’s poles & moves cold water toward the equator.
• Affects local climate patterns
Oceans as Heat Sinks• High specific heat
• Global absorption of solar radiation
• Moderate coastal temperatures
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Zones of Ocean Life
Upwelling• What happens:– Longshore winds combine with the Coriolis
Effect cause warm surface water to move away from shore–Cold water rises from depths
to replace warm H2O• Effects:– Increased concentrations