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Outcome: Describe how changes in the ocean's circulation can produce large changes in climate. | ||||||||||
Grade level: 9-12 Theme: climate Flat Tool: http://ourocean.jpl.nasa.gov/AQUARIUS/chp3.jsp GoogleEarth Interface Tool: http://aquarius.jpl.nasa.gov/AQUARIUS_DEV/chp3.jsp Create global maps of mean conditions for any year(s) from 1800 to 2005 at designated depths (down to 1500m) using the pull-down menus. Annual time-series graphs of salinity, temperature, or density can be plotted by selecting up to six locations (by clicking on the map or typing latitude/latitude information into the fields below). These time-series graphs can also represent up to six different depths. Plotted data will also be shown in a table that is easily downloaded (e.g., into Excel). Source is actual, non-interpolated database measurements. Focus Questions | Flat Tool Tutorial Grade level: 9-12 Theme: climate Tool: http://oceanmotion.org/html/resources/oscar.htm This data visualizer gives access to the following global ocean surface current behaviors between 1992 and 2008: current speed, current direction, current convergence, and current vorticity as well as the anomaly values for each. |