Question of the Day Question: What things tend to make water more dense? Less dense? Answer: ……… Turn In: - Global Crisis Reading & Q’s - Lab: Properties.
El Niño. How do ocean currents affect weather and climate? Oceans store and transport heat. – High heat capacity – Stores and transports energy from the.
1 The Australian Dry of 2007: causes and outlooks FEEDGRAIN PARTNERSHIP DROUGHT SUMMIT October 30, 2007 Dr. Andrew Watkins (Senior Climatologist) Dr. David.
Agricultural Outlook Forum Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel February 25, 2011 Brad Rippey Agricultural Meteorologist USDA/OCE/WAOB Washington, D.C.
Topic 12 El Niño GEOL 2503 Introduction to Oceanography.
Climate Prediction on Timescales of Seasons to Decades A tool for sustainable development in the 21 st Century T N Palmer ECMWF.
Training Course – NWP-PR: Teleconnections and interannual variability of the atmosphere 1 Teleconnections and interannual variability of the atmosphere.
Objectives u learn how El Niño and La Niña work u emphasize that the ocean & atmosphere are strongly coupled u understand that one component of the Earth’s.
Isoprene emissions in Asia 1979-2012 : variability and trends, effects of changes in meteorology and land use, and comparison to top-down estimates Jenny.
Climate Variability and Climate Change: Decision Making under Uncertainty Gerrit Hoogenboom Director, AgWeatherNet & Professor of Agrometeorology Washington.
Virtual Field Trip (Spring Break 2007). Hoover Dam Hydroelectric facility Located on the Colorado River on the Arizona/Nevada Border Construction started.
Mark Cane Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University [email protected] El Niño and the Southern Oscillation (ENSO): An Introduction.