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See also Franklin's Gulf Stream sketches
for tracking maps see seaturtle.org A mariner's route is affected by: Wind Driven Air and Ocean CurrentsThe atmosphere and ocean act as one interdependent system. What happens in one causes changes to happen in the other. Solar energy, extreme weather and climate change are predominant factors in this system.
Mapping Laura Dekker's World Tour
1st leg- Gibraltar to Canary Islands 2nd leg- Crossing the Atlantic North West Coast of Africa to the West Coast of N. America and the Caribbean 3rd leg- Through the Panama Canal to the Galapagos and on to Australia final leg- Crossing the Indian Ocean around South Africa and up West Africa Activity-Vector Voyage from the link: https://www.ion.org/outreach/upload/lesson2.pdf See also Khan Academy: Adding Vectors |
Coriolis Effect & Eckman TransportThis concept involves perspectives and frames of reference. Try this interactive link.
Geostrophic FlowGyres in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres are similar except that they rotate in opposite directions because the Coriolis effect acts in opposite directions in the two hemispheres. Viewed from above, subtropical gyres rotate in a clockwise direction in the Northern Hemisphere but in a counterclockwise direction....read more here.
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