Topics:

• Theme E - Atmospheric and Ocean Circulation

Required Readings:

• Textbook
  • Chapters 7 and 8
• PowerPoints
  • Chapter 7 (.pdf)
  • Chapter 8 (.pdf)
• Other Readings
  • Required: http://www.greenfacts.org/studies/climate_change/index.htm and http://www.greenfacts.org/en/climate-change-ar4/index.htm
  • Optional: Coriolis Effect merry-go-round movies:
    • A - http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/livinginspace/23jul_spin.html
    • B - http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/DVE/coriolis/coriolis.html
    • C - http://www.scar.utoronto.ca/~pat/fun/movies3d.html (scroll down to "Noninertial Forces")
  • Optional: El Nino links:
    • A - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elnino
    • B - http://www.elnino.noaa.gov
    • C - http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/eln/home.rxml

Lab Due:

• Lab #6: Surface Currents
  • Due this Saturday
  • Lab #6 Handout (in your Lab Manual)
  • Satellite image for Lab #6 (.pdf)
  • Lab #6 Hints (.html)

Quiz/Exam Due:

• Quiz #5
  • Due this Saturday
  • Chapters 7 and 8 and related material

Other Assignments Due:

• Week 6 Q&A Discussion Assignment (.pdf)
  • Part A - Due this Saturday
  • Part B - Due next Wednesday

• Fun extra Credit Opportunity - Actually do the thermohaline circulation experiment that's the last section of Lab #6. Be creative, and use whatever supplies you can readily get your hands on that would show how temperature ("thermo") and salinity ("haline") create thermohaline water circulation. Take photos and/or fully describe your experimental setup and your results. Due by next Sunday (Week 7) -- Post to the Labs discussion board before midnight.