Ocean / Atmosphere Interactions and Climate

Created by Karen Grove (kgrove@sfsu.edu)

For Geol 454/754: Quaternary Climate and Soils

Ocean Effects on Climate

Sea-surface Temperature

Water Vapor (Topex-Poseidon)

Atmospheric Circulation

Wind Speed (N.Hem. Winter)

Sea-surface Currents

The Gulf Stream

(western boundary current)

Vertical ocean structure

Ocean temperature

structure

Deep Ocean Circulation

Equatorial Pacific Ocean temperature

(normal and El Niño

conditions)

Sea-surface Salinity

Coastal upwelling currents

Chlorophyllpigment

Temperature

Ocean color: chlorophyll

Oceanography Laboratory Course: http://funnel.sfsu

.edu/courses/geol103/labs/ labs.html

Oceanography Lecture Course:http://funnel.sfsu.edu/courses/geol102/

home.html

RESOURCES

SPECMAP

Marine sediment OIS curve

GISP2ice core

OIS curve