Exploring the Ocean Environment GIS

Don't just read about GIS! Learn GIS by using it with EXPLORING THE OCEAN ENVIRONMENT: GIS INVESTIGATIONS FOR THE EARTH SCIENCES and its accompanying CD-ROM. With this GIS textbook, you'll be guided through a set of exercises where you'll first explore, then analyze, then use GIS technology yourself to interpret scientific data. Plus, with ready-to-use maps and legends, along with powerful study tools, this GIS earth science textbook gets you on the fast track to success on the test as well.

Introduction

Thinking scientifically

iii

Planning to learn

iii

GIS made easier

iv

Getting started

What you need to know

v

Using a lab computer

v

Using your own computer

v

Windows installation

vi

Macintosh installation

ix

Help, updates, and resources

xii

Troubleshooting

xiii

Using these materials

Visual cues and basic skills

xv

Large numbers

xvi

Rounding

xvi

Estimating percent area

xvii

Using ArcView GIS for Windows

xviii

Using ArcView GIS for Macintosh

xix

The ArcView GIS user interface

xx

The Ocean Basins

The once and future ocean

3

(4)

Changing oceans

7

(8)

Ocean origins

15

(8)

Beneath the waves

23

(6)

Ocean basin features

29

(6)

Why are oceans young?

35

(4)

Ocean Currents

A puzzle at 70°N

39

(4)

Oceans in motion

43

(10)

Current basics

53

(10)

Deep-water currents

63

(8)

Stopping the flow

71

(4)

Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions

Moderating global temperature

75

(4)

A tale of two hemispheres

79

(10)

Climate oscillations

89

(8)

El Nino and La Nina

97

(12)

Local interactions

109

(6)

Marine Productivity

Bounty from the sea

115

(4)

The life-giving ocean

119

(6)

Resources for productivity

125

(6)

Dead zones

131

(8)

Searching for solutions

139

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Exploring the Ocean Environment GIS Investigations for the Earth Sciences (with CD-ROM)

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