1 eas 4300: introduction to oceanography, fall 2009 instructors: emanuele di lorenzo phone...
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EAS 4300: Introduction to Oceanography, FALL 2009
INSTRUCTORS: Emanuele Di Lorenzo phone 404-894-3994 office ES&T 3244 email [email protected]
Kim Cobbphone 404-894-3895office ES&T 3240email [email protected]
TA: Yisen ZhongEmail [email protected]
Course Website http://ocean3d.org/eas-4300
Why do we care about Oceanography?
Questions for you:
Biodiversity
Medical potential/drug discovery
New models of life
Climate
Fisheries
Things to think about:
Recreation
Fossil fuel resource
Ocean energy
Navigation/transportation
Carbon cycle
Marine biology
Hazards
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Ocean & Energy
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Ocean & Energy
Ocean & Hazards
Sea surface temperature in the tropical oceans fuel hurricanes
Hurricanes becoming more intense as ocean warms?
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Ocean & Drug Discovery
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The ocean plays a dominant role in heat transport and mixing
Ocean & Climate
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NORTH AMERICA
Gulf of Alaska
Thomson, R. E., and J. F. R. Gower, 1998: A basin-scale oceanic instability event in the Gulf of Alaska. J Geophys Res-Oceans, 103,
3033-3040.
Vortices are the strongest mixing agent in the ocean. They influence the ocean circulation and biology.
Ocean & Climate
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Global Surface Temperatures and Sea Level are rising
Ocean & Climate Change
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Global Surface Temperatures and Sea Level are rising
Ocean & Climate Change
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Ocean climate affects fish distributions and abundance
Sardines/Anchovies
synchronized alternations between sardines/anchovies over the entire Pacific Ocean?
Ocean & Climate & Marine Ecosystems
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Marine Ecosystem regulate the cycling of chemical species relevant to climate (e.g. Carbon Dioxide)
Chlorophyll Spring 2005 (MODIS Satellite)
Ocean & Carbon Cycle
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Ocean & Carbon Cycle
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Ocean & Marine Biodiversity
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Ocean & New Model for Life
How do we define the science of Oceanography?
ManuOcean and climate dynamicsPhysical-biological interactions in the oceanOcean Forecasting
We studied oceanography in San Diego at theScripps Institution of Oceanography
KimClimate and paleoclimateEl Nino-Southern Oscillation
The Scientific Method