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*EAS 4300: Introduction to Oceanography, FALL 2009
INSTRUCTORS: Emanuele Di Lorenzophone 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
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Why do we care about Oceanography?Questions for you:
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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
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Ocean & HazardsSea surface temperature in the tropical
oceans fuel hurricanesHurricanes 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
mixingOcean & Climate
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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.
*NORTH AMERICAGulf of AlaskaVortices 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 risingOcean &
Climate Change
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*Global Surface Temperatures and Sea Level are risingOcean &
Climate Change
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*Ocean climate affects fish distributions and
abundanceSardines/AnchoviesOcean & 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
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How do we define the science of Oceanography?
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ManuOcean and climate dynamicsPhysical-biological interactions
in the oceanOcean ForecastingWe studied oceanography in San Diego
at theScripps Institution of Oceanography
KimClimate and paleoclimateEl Nino-Southern Oscillation
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The Scientific Method
Logistical issue/ website / email verificationWhat is great
about satellite picture like this one. (learn a lot about the earth
system, its spatial and temporal variability)Pictures like this
enabled the exploration of entirely new scientific avenues
