Week 6

Topics:	Theme E - Atmospheric and Ocean Circulation
Required Readings:	Textbook Chapters 7 and 8 PowerPoints Chapter 7 (.pdf) Chapter 8 (.pdf) Other Readings Required: http://www.greenfacts.org/studies/climate_change/index.htm and http://www.greenfacts.org/en/climate-change-ar4/index.htm Optional: Coriolis Effect merry-go-round movies: A - http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/livinginspace/23jul_spin.html B - http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/DVE/coriolis/coriolis.html C - http://www.scar.utoronto.ca/~pat/fun/movies3d.html (scroll down to "Noninertial Forces") Optional: El Nino links: A - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elnino B - http://www.elnino.noaa.gov C - http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/eln/home.rxml
Lab Due:	Lab #6: Surface Currents Due this Saturday Lab #6 Handout (.pdf) Satellite image for Lab #6 (.pdf file) Lab #6 Hints (.html) Lab #6 Submission Form (.html)
Quiz/Exam Due:	Quiz #5 Due this Saturday Chapters 7 and 8 and related material
Other Assignments Due:	Week 6 Q&A Discussion Assignment (.html) Part A - Due this Saturday Part B - Due next Wednesday Extra Credit Opportunity - Actually do the thermohaline circulation experiment that's the last section of Lab #6. Be creative, and use whatever supplies you can readily get your hands on that would show how temperature ("thermo") and salinity ("haline") create thermohaline water circulation. Take photos and/or fully describe your experimental setup and your results. Due by next Thursday (Week 7) -- Post to the Labs discussion board before midnight.