The future of ocean observing

Autonomous underwater vehicle – a robot!Flies by changing its buoyancy – takes on water, becomes heavy and sinks – wings turn vertical motion into forward motion – expels water, becomes light and rises – flies saw tooth pattern through the ocean – from the surface to 3 m off bottom (200 m max)

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Sudden shifting of the ocean floor due to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and submarine slumping.open ocean: short heights, long wavelengths (100 km), and long periods 400-500 mph!!! shallow water: their length shortens and their height increases dramatically...

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An ocean wave is an undulation of the sea surface. Wave crest,Wave trough,Wave height,Wave lengt,Wave period Progressive waves move across the sea surface.,Standing waves oscillate about a fixed point. Wind velocity : Wind duration, Fetch (distance over which wind blows), Simply put, wave size increases as all these factors increase.

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Alfred Wegener -1912 large “supercontinent” (Pangea) existed and then split into pieces fossil & glacial deposit evidence Wegener not able to provide MECHANISM for his theory Major mechanism later found in the OCEANS Harry Hess - 1960s new ocean basins form from volcanism ocean floor forms IN BETWEEN pieces that have split SEAFLOOR SPREADING

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