57.1: Ecosystem Effects of Sun, Wind and Water
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- 57.1.3: Overview, Solar Energy, Pressure, and Wind Belts
- The connections between atmospheric circulation, ocean currents and Earth's climate are both simple and wonderfully complex.
- 57.1.4: Redistributing Earth's Heat, Wind, and Currents
- Earth's heat budget exhibits important variations with latitude.
- 57.1.5: Coriolis and Ekman Transport
- For large scale winds and ocean currents, the Coriolis effect is an important consideration because it changes the net direction of heat transport.
- 57.1.6: Ocean Circulation: Surface Water and Deep Water
- Recall from Lesson 3 that water density increases with increasing salinity and decreasing temperature.
- 57.1.7: Gyres and Surface Currents
- The global pattern of winds together with the Coriolis Effect and Ekman Transport produce large-scale currents in the world ocean.