Subjects for student presentations

Prepare a fifteen minutes presentation (power point or such), on descriptive/ dynamical aspects of one of the following topics. Write a 1.5-2 page summary of the subject of choice, based on textbooks, net, and on a recent research paper.

1. Water masses
   1. North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW), Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW), Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW). Philip Kreycik: ppt, doc

   2. MODE (18 degree) waters
   3. Mediterranean water in the Atlantic, Levantine Intermediate Water (LIW), Adriatic/ Ionian/ West Mediterranean deep water. Chelsey Savannah Simmons: ppt, doc
2. Making observations
   1. Satellites: infrared, scatterometer, altimeter. Nathan Perl-Rosenthal:
   2. Ship-based observations: CTD, STD, Nansen bottles, inverting thermometers
   3. Floats: profiling floats, ARGO, SOFAR, RAFOS, ALACE, PALACE, APEX
   4. Moorings and current meters
3. Ocean bottom topography and geometry
   1. The ocean bottom topography, mid-ocean ridges, hydrothermal vents. Sarah Fawcett: ppt doc
   2. The evolving oceans: ocean's geometry over the past billion years. Ben Black: animation ppt doc
4. Major currents
   1. Gulf stream, recirculation, and other other western boundary layer currents/ Chelsey Savannah Simmons: ppt, doc
   2. The circumpolar current
   3. Abyssal circulation and deep western boundary currents
   4. Indonesian through-flow and Equatorial currents and undercurrents. Kurt House: ppt,
5. The oceans and climate variability
   1. El Nino's global teleconnections: African drought, South American floods, North American rains Philip Kreycik: ppt, doc
   2. Thermohaline circulation
   3. The oceans and anthropogenic CO2. Monika Kopacz: ppt, doc
6. Sea ice
   1. Antarctic Sea Ice and Polynyas
   2. Thinning Arctic sea ice (and global warming) Monika Kopacz: ppt, doc
7. Waves and tides
   1. Tides Sarah Fawcett: ppt doc
   2. Tsunamis Ben Black: ppt doc
   3. Wind waves Rebecca Dell: