Oceanography Terms: Tides, Currents, and Winds, Quizzes of Oceanography

Download Oceanography Terms: Tides, Currents, and Winds and more Quizzes Oceanography in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Where are the Semidiurnal Tidal patterns found DEFINITION 1 along the atlantic coast of the US TERM 2 destructive wave interference DEFINITION 2 two waves come together out of phase for example crest to trough and produce a wave with less displacement than the larger of the two waves would have produced alone TERM 3 Surface water moves about how many degrees to right of wind? DEFINITION 3 45degrees TERM 4 True DEFINITION 4 Tropical cyclone picks up heat through:surface winds feeding moisture into the stormwater evaporates it stores heat in form of l.h.water vapor condenses and releases stored energyrising air (surface pressure decreases) TERM 5 True DEFINITION 5 Rising air in a cyclone allows surface pressure decreases TERM 6 Apogee DEFINITION 6 artificial satellite farthest from Earth TERM 7 Westerlies DEFINITION 7 winds generally from the westbrings storms that influence weather across the US TERM 8 lunar day DEFINITION 8 measure from the time the moon is on the meridian of an obersver that is directly overhead to the next time the moon is on the that meridian TERM 9 Land DEFINITION 9 Tide is greatest near ______ TERM 10 North Atlantic Deep Water DEFINITION 10 spreads throughout oceans basins, less dense, so it layers on top of AABW TERM 21 Tropical Air Masses DEFINITION 21 United States is influenced by these air masses during the summer TERM 22 Warm Core Rings DEFINITION 22 rotate clockwisecontain shallow bowl shaped masses of warm water about 1km deep, remove large volumes of water as they discounted from Gulf Stream TERM 23 Weddell Sea DEFINITION 23 AABW form? TERM 24 High latitude Ocean DEFINITION 24 Net Heat loss occur in oceans TERM 25 Radio Transmitting Floating Devices DEFINITION 25 Two methods to measure currents TERM 26 floating devices DEFINITION 26 propeller flow meter from a fixed position TERM 27 10 percent DEFINITION 27 Percent of the worlds ocean water is affected by surface currents TERM 28 geostrophic currents DEFINITION 28 current that grows out of earths rotation and is the result of a near balance between gravitational force and the Coriolis effect TERM 29 Westward Along the Equator DEFINITION 29 Equatorial winds currents travel TERM 30 Tidal Bore DEFINITION 30 true tidal wave TERM 31 capillary DEFINITION 31 ocean wave whose wavelength is less than 1.74 centimetersalso known as a ripple TERM 32 Gulf of Mexico Coast of Southeast Asia DEFINITION 32 Diurnal tide patterns TERM 33 Shallow Water Wave DEFINITION 33 type of wave that is tide TERM 34 Subtropical Gyres DEFINITION 34 gyres that coincide with the subtropics at 30 degrees north or south latitude TERM 35 True DEFINITION 35 When the South Equitoral Current reaches brazil, it splits in two.One part moves off along the Northeastern coast of South America and the other towards the carribean Sea TERM 46 mixed tidal pattern DEFINITION 46 tidal pattern exhibting two high tides and two low tides per tidal day with a marked diurnal inequitty TERM 47 gyre DEFINITION 47 large circular moviing loop of water that is driven by major wind belts of the world TERM 48 Surface Currents DEFINITION 48 within the pynocline to a depth of about 1km TERM 49 Prevailing Westerly Wind Belt DEFINITION 49 global wind belt that moves from the subtropical high pressure belts at about 30 degrees north or south latitude towards the polar front at about 60 degrees north or south latitude TERM 50 latent heat of condensation DEFINITION 50 the heat energy that must be removed from one gram of substance to convert it from vapor at given temperature below its boiling point TERM 51 thermocline circulation DEFINITION 51 vertical movement of ocean water driven by density differences resulting from the combined effects of variations in temperature and salinityproduces deep currents TERM 52 Deep Currents DEFINITION 52 another name for density driven currents TERM 53 Warm Moist DEFINITION 53 air must be __________ in order to create a hurricane TERM 54 P= Polar A= Artic DEFINITION 54 cool air masses are called:1)2) TERM 55 Tidal Range DEFINITION 55 Difference between high tide and low tide water levels over designated time interval TERM 56 Coriolis Effect DEFINITION 56 apparent force resulting from Earth's rotation causes particles in motion to be deflected to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere TERM 57 Tides DEFINITION 57 periodic raising and lowering of sea level that occurs daily throughout the ocean TERM 58 Curve to the left Southeast to Northwest DEFINITION 58 Southeast Trade Winds curve/below? TERM 59 Norwegian Sea DEFINITION 59 Northern Subpolar LatitudeNADW stand for TERM 60 Continental DEFINITION 60 air masses originate over land TERM 71 semidiurnal tidal pattern DEFINITION 71 tidal pattern exhibiting 2 high tides and 2 low tides per tidal day TERM 72 2 percent DEFINITION 72 percent of wind energy is transferred into ocean TERM 73 duration DEFINITION 73 length of tie during which the wind blows in one direction TERM 74 wave refraction DEFINITION 74 part of a wave in the shallow is slowed down causing the wave to ben and align itself nearly PARELELL to shore TERM 75 True DEFINITION 75 Coriolis Effect mainly depends on the length of time the object is in motion TERM 76 dry DEFINITION 76 air masses that originate over land are dry or moist TERM 77 west Wind Drift DEFINITION 77 encircles Antarcticaflows from west to east at aproxmiantely 50 degrees south latitude but varied between 40 and 65 degrees south latitude TERM 78 Bay of Fundy DEFINITION 78 largest tidal range in the world found TERM 79 ecliptic DEFINITION 79 plane of the center of the earth moon system as it orbits around the sun TERM 80 plunging beaker DEFINITION 80 impressive curling beakers that form on moderatley sloping beaches TERM 81 trade wind DEFINITION 81 mass of air that moves across earths surface from subtropical high pressure belts towards the equotorial low presure belt TERM 82 tsunami DEFINITION 82 long period gravity wave TERM 83 maritime DEFINITION 83 air masses that originate over water TERM 84 True DEFINITION 84 Monsoon winds during the summer, wind reverses, the asain mainland warms faster than the adjacent ocean creating low atompheric pressure over the contintent the wind blow strongly from the indian ocean onto the asain landmass TERM 85 rogue wave DEFINITION 85 unusally large wave that occurs unexpectdly amid other waves of smaller sizeMonster WaveSuper Wave TERM 96 seismic sea wave DEFINITION 96 another name for tsunami TERM 97 Moon DEFINITION 97 affects tides TERM 98 spring tide DEFINITION 98 tide of maxium range occuring every 2 weeks when moon is new or full TERM 99 28.5 degrees DEFINITION 99 maxium declination of the moons orbit relative to earth's equator TERM 100 moon DEFINITION 100 tidal bulges follow the TERM 101 surface currents DEFINITION 101 wind driven currents that move horizontally TERM 102 western intensification DEFINITION 102 pertaining to the insification of warm western boundary currents of each subtropical gyre that are faster narrower and deeper than their corresponding eastern boundary currents TERM 103 Elkman Spiral DEFINITION 103 spend and direction of flow of surfaces water at various depths TERM 104 Northern Hemisphere DEFINITION 104 northeast trade winds is located _________ TERM 105 flood tide DEFINITION 105 tide that appears to move water toward the shore TERM 106 Wave period DEFINITION 106 elapsed time between the passage of waves TERM 107 Equatorial Currents Formed DEFINITION 107 trade winds set in motion the water masses between the tropics TERM 108 hurricanes DEFINITION 108 tropical storms are called in north and south ameraica TERM 109 12.25 DEFINITION 109 tidal period last TERM 110 Antartic Bottom Water DEFINITION 110 AABWdensest water in the oceanspreads into all ocean basins TERM 121 Trade Winds DEFINITION 121 strong steady winds genreally from the east TERM 122 s=3.13squared d DEFINITION 122 speed of shallow water wave equation TERM 123 tides DEFINITION 123 dorces imposed on earth that are caused by combinations of gravity and motion among the earth the moon and sun TERM 124 Equator DEFINITION 124 Corlios Effect located TERM 125 Southeast DEFINITION 125 polar easerly winds belts blow in the southern hemisphere TERM 126 Cold Core Rings DEFINITION 126 rotate counter clockwise surrounded by warmer water consit of spinning cone shaped masses of cold water that extended over 3.5km deepmove southwest TERM 127 Polar Easterly Wind Belt DEFINITION 127 global wind belt that moves away from the polar regions toward the polar front at about 60 degrees north or south latitude in each hemisphere TERM 128 True DEFINITION 128 These factors affect tidesseason moons declination shape of the oceans basin depth of the ocean basin TERM 129 air mass DEFINITION 129 large area of air that has a definte area or orgin and is distinctive characteristics TERM 130 surging beaker DEFINITION 130 composed of breaking wave that builds up over a short distance and surges forward as it breaks TERM 131 fetch DEFINITION 131 distance over which the wind blows in one direction TERM 132 Surface Currents DEFINITION 132 Drive bywind beltsdistribution of continentsgravityfrictioncorilios effect TERM 133 wave period DEFINITION 133 its the inverse wave ffrequency TERM 134 True DEFINITION 134 Continents affect tides by interrupting the free movement of the tidal bulges across the ocean surface TERM 135 24 hours & 50 minutes DEFINITION 135 Lunar day last