14.
Eastern
Boundary Currents and Climate
Expedition Menu
1. Introduction
2. Tracking Drifters
3. Drifters Pacific
4. Drifters Atlantic
5. Drifters Indian
6. Velocity Pacific
7. Velocity Atlantic
8. Velocity Indian
9. Global Circulation
10. Counter Currents
11. Boundary Currents
12. Western Boundary
Currents
13. Typhoons & Hurricanes
14. Eastern Currents
Western and eastern boundary currents have drastically different climatic effects!You determined that the western boundary currents carry warm water away from the equator, which in turn, transports warm, humid air -- thus coastal environments along the east coasts of continents have a warm, humid climate, typically during the summer.
Can you see on the map of sea surface temperature below, how the boundary currents influence temperatures on a global scale?
Image Provided by SSEC, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
Can you remember the properties of eastern boundary currents from the previous expedition?
By looking at the sea surface temperature map, shown above, can you hypothesize about the temperature and humidity of the climate in the regions of eastern boundary currents?
Last
Updated on
July 1, 2011
Send
to Don Reed
Department of Geology
San José State University
You are done!
In order to receive credit for completing this expedition,
Go to Desire2Learn and post one of your observations of surface circulation in your learning group on ocean circulation -- do not repeat an observation of another student in your group.
