Surf's Up: Wave Climate and the D-Day Story
Just as continental locations have a climate, so, too, do ocean waves. Knowing the wave climate at Normandy became a key part of the planning process
Subject: ocean
Transcript: statistical statement, And you do your strategy on that basis. Ocean waves have a climate similar to the way That continental locations have a weather climate
Surf's Up: Rogue Waves
While the effects of wind wave energy are mostly felt along the shoreline, the impact of waves can also be felt out in the open ocean. In some cases
Subject: ocean
Transcript: [narrator:] as important as waves breaking Mon the shoreline may be, their impact can also be felt out in the open ocean. A little further out to sea
Surf's Up: Shoreline Effects of Wind Wave Energy
Nearly all of the effects of wind wave energy are felt along the shoreline, often in the form of erosion. The erosion process on the shoreline moves sand from one place to another and, over time, actually changes the orientation of the coast.
Subject: ocean
The Ocean's Memory: Sediment Distribution Patterns
While sediments of all varieties can be found almost anywhere in the marine environment, there are some very distinct distribution patterns.
Subject: ocean
The Ocean's Memory: Sediments and Earth's Magnetic Field
As with climate changes, there have been some unexplained aberrations in Earth's magnetic field during the recent past. Marine sediments provide important information that may help scientists better understand those aberrations.
Subject: ocean
Look Out Below: Growth of a Tsunami
A tsunami wave usually begins as barely a ripple above the surface out in the open ocean, often thousands of miles from its ultimate destination. By
Subject: ocean
Transcript: Tsunamis are very fast in the open ocean, Where there's deep water. They can easily keep up with a commercial jetliner in terms Of their speed over
Treasure Trove: Fishery Management
As concerns about overfishing increase, the need for effective fishery management becomes critical. The focus is on maintaining a sustainable harvest of resources. There are a number of factors that complicate that process, including the challenge o...
Subject: ocean
Transcript: much more complex problem. [michaels:] in practical sense, We can't count the fish very easily. We have very poor methods of going into the ocean And
Something in the Air: Climate System Power: Hurricane Mitch
Hurricane Mitch was the most lethal Atlantic hurricane of modern times. It left nine thousand dead, five hundred seventy thousand homeless, and is estimated to have set back the Honduran infrastructure fifty years. It is a prime example of the extra...
Subject: ocean
Transcript: millibars. And it was so powerful that we believe That it was lifting the ocean 20 feet underneath it. Imagine this huge dome of water-- 20 feet-- Just being
Something in the Air: Interplay Between Atmosphere and Ocean
The interplay between atmosphere and ocean plays a role in nearly all weather events. The two bodies are in continuous contact with one another, and
Subject: ocean
Transcript: [lee-lueng fu:] the circulation Of the atmosphere is certainly coupled With the ocean and vice-versa. It's mutually influential. The ocean is forced
Something in the Air: Coriolis Force, The
The Coriolis Effect, named for 19th century French scientist Gaspard Gustave Coriolis, describes the apparent force that arises when an object that is moving is viewed in a reference frame that is rotating.
Subject: ocean
Transcript: , mountain ranges Or oceans and so on, all the flows will be Between the equator directly to the pole. They'd be all north-south. Very, very boring. And so