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Re: Dynamic Planet B/C
Posted: November 9th, 2015, 8:20 am
by windu34
EarthScience347 wrote:deji725 wrote:Any study guides that I should use for Dynamic Planet C?
Are there any others pieces of information that I need to know about wave and currents other than the the information on the manual
Really, there aren't any you 'should' use, if you want to best prepare for the event you ought be making your own study guide. But some good resources for you to begin your search would probably be Earth Science textbooks from your school, as well as online textbooks. This year I found some good online textbooks on marine biogeochemical cycles. NOAA's website also has good information as well. Really, you could probably just go through and google each term and you will find information on them. As far as outside information goes, I often find that at invitationals there are often questions on different types of sediments, tsunamis, and magnetic reversals. However, State and Nationals both tend to stick to what's on the manual.
^seconded
Re: Dynamic Planet B/C
Posted: November 17th, 2015, 1:54 pm
by rockster
Does anyone have a website or two to help find something for the distribution of chemicals in the ocean?
Re: Dynamic Planet B/C
Posted: November 21st, 2015, 7:08 pm
by Person
Re: Dynamic Planet B/C
Posted: November 28th, 2015, 8:22 pm
by JasperKota
Well I can't say much since I don't have a lot of experience, but I found this youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/scienceclassisgreat to have good explanations on stuff like waves, tides, upwelling, etc. If you're new to oceanography I'd recommend it. I was confused with explanations I had found on other sites when I was studying for my school tryouts, but this channel cleared it up for me.
Re: Dynamic Planet B/C
Posted: December 3rd, 2015, 7:08 am
by PolarWater
Can some explain the Ekman Spiral to me?
Re: Dynamic Planet B/C
Posted: December 3rd, 2015, 1:43 pm
by Terbin73
PolarWater wrote:Can some explain the Ekman Spiral to me?
The Ekman spiral is a structure of currents or winds near a horizontal boundary in which the flow direction rotates as one moves away from the boundary. It derives its name from the Swedish oceanographer Vagn Walfrid Ekman.
Re: Dynamic Planet B/C
Posted: December 3rd, 2015, 2:31 pm
by windu34
Terbin73 wrote:PolarWater wrote:Can some explain the Ekman Spiral to me?
The Ekman spiral is a structure of currents or winds near a horizontal boundary in which the flow direction rotates as one moves away from the boundary. It derives its name from the Swedish oceanographer Vagn Walfrid Ekman.
This is a pretty important topic - tested almost every test i have taken
Re: Dynamic Planet B/C
Posted: December 3rd, 2015, 7:30 pm
by PolarWater
I found a good youtube video explaining the spiral enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4w5tWSPpf4
Re: Dynamic Planet B/C
Posted: December 6th, 2015, 8:55 am
by JT016
Does anyone know the order of the 5 major ocean gyres in terms of size? According to
ScienceDaily, the South Pacific Gyre is the largest. Yet, according to
Wikipedia, the North Pacific Gyre is the largest ecosystem on Earth. Does anyone have any other information concerning this topic?
Re: Dynamic Planet B/C
Posted: December 6th, 2015, 9:01 am
by windu34
JT016 wrote:Does anyone know the order of the 5 major ocean gyres in terms of size? According to
ScienceDaily, the South Pacific Gyre is the largest. Yet, according to
Wikipedia, the North Pacific Gyre is the largest ecosystem on Earth. Does anyone have any other information concerning this topic?
Pretty sure N. Pacific is the largest