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Week 4:

Atmosphere & Ocean General Circulation

Suggested Keywords/Phrases for Searching Articles, Books and the Web

  • atmospheric circulation
  • atmospheric winds
  • coriolis
  • ocean circulation
  • thermohaline circulation
  • Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)
  • Hadley, Ferrel, and polar circulation or cells
  • Hadley circulation
  • Walker circulation
  • El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
  • Ekman Spiral
  • Ekman transport
  • currents
  • upwelling
  • monsoon
  • gyres
  • jet stream
  • latent heat
  • sensible heat
  • heat transport

Example:

  1. atmospher* AND circulation AND theory

See Search Strategies for more help.
Note: to narrow your search use keywords/concepts from other weeks.

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