Lecture 8 Seawater
Lecture 9 Atmosphere
Lecture 10 Hurricanes
100
Production of freshwater by removal of salts from seawater
What is desalinization?
100
The percentage of solar radiation that is reflected back to space.
What is albedo?
100
The greatest cause of damage from a hurricane.
What is storm surge?
200
Temperature varitation changing with depth.
What is thermocline?
200
What is the main chemical component in each of Earths 3 distinct atmospheres.
1. CO2, No oxygen
2. N2 dominated
3. O2 dominated around 2.5 billion years ago
200
organized system of strong thunderstorms with maximum sustained winds of 62-118 km/hr (cyclonic shape, no ‘eye’)
What is a tropical storm?
300
Density variation changing with depth.
What is Pycnocline
300
Earths circulation cell ranging from latitudes 0 to 30o
What is Hadley Cell?
300
When energy released from condensation causes atmosphere to warm and rise again, releasing more heat, the "fuel" of hurricanes
What is latent heat?
400
The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a substance by 1 degree centigrade.
What is heat capacity?
400
Circulation cell convergent zones that are prone to increased weather activity.
What are low pressure zones?
400
Sediment that is specifically mobilized and re-deposited by hurricanes
What is overwash deposit?
500
Sketch the hydrological cycle on the board, identify what primarily adds dissolved substances to seawater.
Runoff/stream water!
500
Sketch each global wind belt and direction of air movement, relate the air movement to the Coriolis effect.
*BONUS* include the circulation cells & label the latitudes they occur at
500
Sketch the air movement within a hurricane.
