The Gulf Stream - Damien Cardinal
Where is it located ? Where does it star and what are its features ? What is the connection with the supolar gyre ? What about the return leg of the subtropical gyre ? What are the relationship
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Where is it located ? Where does it star and what are its features ? What is the connection with the supolar gyre ? What about the return leg of the subtropical gyre ? What are the relationship
What is deep convection ? Why is deep convection important for the climate ? How does convection work ? Where are the main sites of oceanic convection ? Convection in the polar regions : a case of
What is el Niño ? What is the normal seasonal cycle ? What happens during the ENSO phenomenon ? A coupled ocean/atmosphere phenomenon. Iregular occurrences.
What are upwellings and what causes them ? What about velocity and seasonality ?
What forces atmospheric circulation ? Why does it rain more close to the equator ? What is the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone ? If air rises close to the equator, where and how does it come down ?
Surface ocean circulation : which layer ? Circulation charts : the "average" currents. How variable are the currents ?
1. General characteristics of the ocean 1.1 Geographical characteristics 1.2 Chemical and physical characteristics 1.3 Stratification
Why study planetary atmospheres? Mars as an illustration of the seasons. What is thermal inertia? Now let’s go to Mars. The seasons on Mars and on Earth. Venus as an illustration of the
What is the incident energy ? How is this energy modified by crossing the atmosphere ? What is the emitted energy ? Why do we use the term greenhouse effect ? And if we change the amount of
Who were the artists of these decorated caves in Europe ? Animal representations: a reflection of the environment ? Europe during the Last Glacial Maximum (LMG) Spread of Upper Palaeolithic European
What are the relevant variables that describe the atmosphere ? And water ? How variable is surface air temperature ? How variable is surface pressure ? And what about the winds ? We refer to
What are the stable isotopes of water ? How is the isotopic composition of water vapour measured ? What types of processes did we study ? What does the future hold for these measurements ?