EARTH+SCIENCE+IMAGES


 * EARTH SCIENCE IMAGES **


 * ATMOSPHERE **
 * CURRENT WEATHER MAP - SURFACE HIGHS, LOWS AND FRONTS **
















 * [[image:http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/t_ku-xlarge/18od3u69r1t4qgif.gif caption="A humbling map of real-time wind patterns in Tornado Alley"]] ||
 * A humbling map of real-time wind patterns in Tornado Alley ||

[[#x-FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE-Survey Monkey link:---
=========================================================]]=============================================================== ====== __ ** WEEK OF MARCH 3 ** __ Early release - Periods 2,3 and 6 Investigation of current weather map and jet stream pattern
 * Mon March 3 **

**THE JET STREAM**







Solar Radiation



__**STAGES OF CUMULUS CLOUD DEVELOPMENT**__

 * [[image:http://ocw.usu.edu/Forest__Range__and_Wildlife_Sciences/Wildland_Fire_Management_and_Planning/cumulus1.jpg caption="Stage 1"]] ||
 * Stage 1 ||


 * [[image:http://ocw.usu.edu/Forest__Range__and_Wildlife_Sciences/Wildland_Fire_Management_and_Planning/cumulus2.jpg caption="Stage 2"]] ||
 * Stage 2 ||


 * [[image:http://ocw.usu.edu/Forest__Range__and_Wildlife_Sciences/Wildland_Fire_Management_and_Planning/cumulus3.jpg caption="Stage 3"]] ||
 * Stage 3 ||


 * [[image:http://ocw.usu.edu/Forest__Range__and_Wildlife_Sciences/Wildland_Fire_Management_and_Planning/cumulus4.jpg caption="Stage 4"]] ||
 * Stage 4 ||

**HEAT INDEX**

 * [[image:http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/idm3020/tut_folder/nick_tutorial/Images/humid.gif caption="Heat index table"]] ||
 * Heat index table ||

**WIND CHILL CHART**

 * [[image:http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/idm3020/tut_folder/nick_tutorial/Images/windchill.gif caption="Windchill table"]] ||
 * Windchill table ||





THE NEXT FIVE IMAGES ARE FROM THE SUPERSTORM OF MARCH 1993
















 * Hydrosphere and Atmosphere **
 * El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) **








 * How upwelling of deeper, nutrient-rich waters works **




 * The thermocline - layer beneath ocean surface where water temperature **
 * drops quickly with depth **




 * Normal December sea surface temperatures in equatorial Pacific **




 * Normal (non El Nino) conditions in equatorial Pacific **




 * Normal (non El Nino conditions) - Trade winds drag surface water **
 * westward allowing for cold water upwelling off the west coast **
 * of South America **




 * El Nino conditions alter thermocline. Weakens off west coast of **
 * South America (eastern Pacific) and strengthens in western Pacific **
 * (Tahiti, Phillipines, Australia, etc) **




 * Normal (non El Nino) shows low pressure, clouds and rain **
 * over western Pacific and high pressure drier conditions off the **
 * west coast of South America. Upwelling of cold, nutrient-rich waters **
 * is substantial off coast of Peru and Ecuador and fishing industry thrives. **




 * El Nino event - Low pressure off coast of Peru causes rain. **
 * Ocean waters warm. Nutrient content of waters is low. **
 * Fishing industry suffers. **




 * Historic El Nino event in 1982-1983 **




 * Jetstream in "normal" (non el nino) winter **




 * Normal conditions in equatorial Pacific **




 * Jetstream during El Nino winter **
 * Notice the strong ridge over the western states. **
 * What is the significance?? **




 * El Nino conditions in equatorial Pacific **




 * Animation shows warming of eastern Pacific waters due to El Nino event **

How does an El Nino event impact other locations on Earth?? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 * Drought in Southern Africa, Southern India, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Southern Peru, Western Bolivia, Mexico, Central America ||
 * ~  || Heavy rain and flooding in Bolivia, Ecuador, Northern Peru, Cuba, U.S. Gulf States ||
 * ~  || Hurricanes in Tahiti, Hawaii ||
 * HYDROSPHERE **




 * thermohaline circulation **



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 * LITHOSPHERE **


 * GEOLOGIC PROVINCES IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES**


 * FAULTS AND FOLDS**


 * Eagle Rock roadcut on US 220 north of Roanoke, Virginia **
 * Nelson Rocks, Virginia. Outcrops of near vertical Tuscorora sandstone **

// **The above two photos courtesy of James St. John, professor of geology at Ohio State University at Newark** //
 * Devil's Backbone - outcrop of Tuscarora sandstone near Minnehaha Springs, WV **
 * Folded middle Ordovician limestone south of St. Clair thrust. US 460 at the Narrows of the New River **


 * Copper Creek Thrust Fault with folded Rome Formation limestones (Middle Cambrian) in hanging wall (upper right) and tilted Mocassin Formation limestones (Middle Ordovician) in the footwall (lower left) Tennessee **




 * THE EARTH'S PLATES**
 * [[image:rgreenbergscience/earth plates map.gif caption="earth plates map.gif"]] ||
 * earth plates map.gif ||


 * TYPES OF PLATE BOUNDARIES**


 * EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN TECTONICS - MAP**


 * EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN PLATE TECTONICS - RELIEF MAP**


 * THE SOLAR NEBULA**


 * Mineral uses in kitchen **