A: List the major ideas, concepts or key points- point by point
Connections between the ocean and atmosphere can influence and dominate changed in weather and longer-term climate everywhere. Effects range from storms and hurricanes generated over hours and days to ice ages that develop over millennia. Ocean drives seasonal shifts in weather and sporadic events like El Nino. During summer, Asia and North Africa lands heat up considerably. Warm air rises over the Himalayas and mountains of Central Africa. Rotation of earth deflects air masses into ribbons of air that spiral around the globe, westward in polar and equatorial regions and eastward in the midlatitudes. El Nino causes droughts over AUS and INDO. Weakens summer monsoon rains and causes heavy rainfall and flooding. It affects frequency and paths of storms, lowering probability of hurricanes in the Atlantic but increasing cyclone chance in Pacific. El Nino can cause dire consequences for society and global economy.
C: Write a reaction paragraph to the article stating your own thoughts on the topic, using specific citations from the article to support your views
After reading this article I learned that Ocean drives seasonal shifts in weather and sporadic events like El Nino. Most familiar weather systems occur at middle latitudes, but driving forces behind this activity are oceans far away. The sea is especially warm, because solar heating is intense there. Rotation of earth deflects air masses into ribbons of air that spiral around the globe, westward in polar and equatorial regions and eastward in the mid latitudes. The pattern inhibits a clean transfer of heat between north and south. Cold and warm air masses collide in mid latitudes causing powerful storms. Disturbances may initially by small but if conditions in the ocean and upper atmosphere are right, 10% intensify into full-fledged hurricanes.
So what?:
Says who?:
What if?... We didn't know this:
What does this remind me of?: Are weather channel. Without it we wouldn't be able to figure out our weather conditions if they were bad or good.
- Effects range from storms and hurricanes generated over hours and days to ice ages that develop over millennia.
- Ocean drives seasonal shifts in weather and sporadic events like El Nino
- Most familiar weather systems occur at middle latitudes, but driving forces behind this activity are oceans far away
- The sea is especially warm, because solar heating is intense there.
- The ocean and atmosphere work together like a planetary thermostat,, sharing equally the task of exporting heat from equatorial regions towards poles.
- Some heat is carried in warm currents such as the Gulf Stream
- The warm air created rises because it is less dense
- Rotation of earth deflects air masses into ribbons of air that spiral around the globe, westward in polar and equatorial regions and eastward in the midlatitudes.
- The pattern inhibits a clean transfer of heat between north and south. Cold and warm air masses collide in midlatitudes causing powerful storms
- Hurricanes form in places where ocean surface temp exceeds 27 degrees Celcius.
- Hurricane develops from original eddy in wind that causes low-pressure center to form.
- Disturbances may initially by small but if conditions in the ocean and upper atmosphere are right, 10% intensify into full-fledged hurricanes.
- Air moves inward from all directions toward the low-pressure center of the developing hurricane, picking up moisture evaporating from the warm ocean.
- As more air converges toward the eye, it has no place to go but upward.
- Temperature at the surface of the sea becomes critical factor. The exceptional warmth of the tropical ocean boosts amount of evaporation, allowing converging winds to pick up more moisture and release more latent heat. This intensifies the tempest of the storm
- When ocean provides more stable source of moisture in the atmosphere, it creates weather pattern that causes a monsoon.
- Warming of eastern Pacific is called El Nino. When eastern Pacific waters become cold, it is called la Nina
- El Nino causes droughts over AUS and INDO. Weakens summer monsoon rains and causes heavy rainfall and flooding.
- It affects frequency and paths of storms, lowering probability of hurricanes in the Atlantic but increasing cyclone chance in Pacific
- El Nino can cause dire consequences for society and global economy.
- Air moves inward from all directions toward the low-pressure center of the developing hurricane, picking up moisture evaporating from the warm ocean.
- As more air converges toward the eye, it has no place to go but upward.
- Temperature at the surface of the sea becomes critical factor. The exceptional warmth of the tropical ocean boosts amount of evaporation, allowing converging winds to pick up more moisture and release more latent heat. This intensifies the tempest of the storm
- Over 4 to 6 day period,the stormy boundary drifts from west to east, producing rain that falls at midlatitudes.
- Link between oceans and storms can be more explosive, intense storms called bombs.
- Bombs develop extremely quickly, taxing ability of weather forecasters and causing death and destruction.
Connections between the ocean and atmosphere can influence and dominate changed in weather and longer-term climate everywhere. Effects range from storms and hurricanes generated over hours and days to ice ages that develop over millennia. Ocean drives seasonal shifts in weather and sporadic events like El Nino. During summer, Asia and North Africa lands heat up considerably. Warm air rises over the Himalayas and mountains of Central Africa. Rotation of earth deflects air masses into ribbons of air that spiral around the globe, westward in polar and equatorial regions and eastward in the midlatitudes. El Nino causes droughts over AUS and INDO. Weakens summer monsoon rains and causes heavy rainfall and flooding. It affects frequency and paths of storms, lowering probability of hurricanes in the Atlantic but increasing cyclone chance in Pacific. El Nino can cause dire consequences for society and global economy.
C: Write a reaction paragraph to the article stating your own thoughts on the topic, using specific citations from the article to support your views
After reading this article I learned that Ocean drives seasonal shifts in weather and sporadic events like El Nino. Most familiar weather systems occur at middle latitudes, but driving forces behind this activity are oceans far away. The sea is especially warm, because solar heating is intense there. Rotation of earth deflects air masses into ribbons of air that spiral around the globe, westward in polar and equatorial regions and eastward in the mid latitudes. The pattern inhibits a clean transfer of heat between north and south. Cold and warm air masses collide in mid latitudes causing powerful storms. Disturbances may initially by small but if conditions in the ocean and upper atmosphere are right, 10% intensify into full-fledged hurricanes.
So what?:
- Changing conditions of the ocean caused a series of storms, droughts and floods
Says who?:
- Peter J. Webster
- Judith A. Curry
What if?... We didn't know this:
- We couldn't predict any severe ocean problems that would happen
What does this remind me of?: Are weather channel. Without it we wouldn't be able to figure out our weather conditions if they were bad or good.