Chemical and Physical Structure of the Oceans

9/24/99


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Table of Contents

Chemical and Physical Structure of the Oceans

Heating and Cooling

Heating and Cooling Processes

Global Net Radiation

SST Movie

August SST

February SST

Thermocline

Temperature Profiles Vary with Latitude (heating varies)

Equator to Poles Thermocline Variation

Growth and Decay of the Thermocline

Salinity What Can Change It?

Global Evaporation Latent Heat Flux

PPT Slide

PPT Slide

PPT Slide

A Check of Cape Hatteras

Density structure T/S Plot

Density Structure in the Ocean

The Surface Layer

The Pycnocline Layer

The Deep Layer

Gases in Seawater

Factors that effect gases in seawater

Helium From Vents

Vents Plumes

Dissolved Oxygen

Author: Larry Atkinson

Email: atkinson@ccpo.odu.edu

Home Page: www.ccpo.odu.edu/~atkinson