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Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental Sciences
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey USA
http://envsci.rutgers.edu/~robock
Climate Dynamics11:670:461
Lecture 3, 9/12/13
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.3
(m)
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
Sciences
Seasonal900 mb
geopotential height (m) Fig.
2.4
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
Sciences
Seasonal900 mb
geopotential height (m) Fig.
2.4
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
Sciences
Seasonal900 mb
geopotential height (m) Fig.
2.4
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.3
(m)
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
Sciences
Seasonal200 mb
geopotential height (m)
Fig. 2.5
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
Sciences
Seasonal200 mb
geopotential height (m) Fig.
2.5
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
Sciences
Seasonal200 mb
geopotential height (m) Fig.
2.5
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
Sciences
Seasonal200 mb
geopotential height (m) Fig.
2.5
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.6
Annual average 900 mb temperature. Interval 5 K.
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.7
Seasonal900 mb air
temperature (K)
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
Sciences
Fig. 2.7
Seasonal900 mb air
temperature (K)
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
Sciences
Fig. 2.7
Seasonal900 mb air
temperature (K)
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
Sciences
Fig. 2.7
Seasonal900 mb air
temperature (K)
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.8
Global, annual mean
air temperature as function of
height and pressure
(The U.S. Standard
Atmosphere)
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.9
Seasonal, zonal meanair temperature (K)
p (mb)
p (mb)
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
Sciences
Fig. 2.9
Seasonal, zonal meanair temperature (K)
p (mb)
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
Sciences
Fig. 2.9
Seasonal, zonal meanair temperature (K)
p (mb)
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.10
Seasonal, zonal meanzonal wind (m/s)
p (mb)
p (mb)
0
0
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.10
Seasonal, zonal meanzonal wind (m/s)
p (mb)
p (mb)
0
0
00
0
0
0
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
Sciences
p (mb)
Seasonal, zonal mean zonal wind (m/s)
00 0
Fig. 2.10
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
Sciences
p (mb)
Fig. 2.10Seasonal, zonal mean zonal wind (m/s)
0
0 0
0
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.11
Seasonal, zonal meanmeridional wind (m/s)
p (mb)
p (mb)
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.12
Seasonal, zonal meanvertical wind (cPa/s)
(1 cPa = 0.01 Pa= 10-4 hPa = 10-4 mb)
p (mb)
p (mb)
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.13
Seasonal 900 mb geopotential height (m) and winds (m/s)
Arrow in lower right is equivalent to 15 m/s
Darker shades are lower height, which is equivalent to lower
pressure
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.14
Seasonal 200 mb geopotential height (m) and winds (m/s)
Arrow in lower right is equivalent to 20 m/s
Darker shades are lower height, which is equivalent to lower
pressure
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
Sciences
Fig. 2.14
Seasonal 200 mb geopotential height (m) and winds (m/s)
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
Sciences
Fig. 2.14
Seasonal 200 mb geopotential height (m) and winds (m/s)
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
Sciences
Annual mean sea surface temperature (SST) (K)Fig. 2.15
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.22
Ocean surface currents and mean SST (K)
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.16
Seasonal sea surface
temperature (K)
DJF
JJA
DJF minusJJA
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.17
Dept
h (m
)
Annual mean ocean temperature (K)
30
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.18 Annual mean ocean temperature (K), latitude
0º
Dept
h (m
)De
pth
(m)
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.19
Units: psu g salt/kg H2O
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.20
Annual average ocean salinity and evapotranspiration minus precipitation
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.21
Dept
h (m
)
Annual mean ocean salinity (psu)
(180ºW) (30ºW)
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.22
Ocean surface currents and mean SST (K)
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.23a
The “conveyor belt” – the ocean thermohaline circulation
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.23bc
Cross sections of Atlantic
Ocean temperature
and salinity at 18ºW
18
18
Alan RobockDepartment of Environmental
SciencesFig. 2.34
Sea ice extent climatology1979-2000
