OCEAN 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Refraction, Sofar Channel, Thermocline
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Ocean chemistry and the physical properties of water. Latent heat of vaporization - amount of energy required to break the hydrogen bonds. Removed energy in cooling remains in the system. Why is liquid water important: all living organisms use liquid water. Storms happen because of rapid cooling of warm water vapor. Heat vs. temp: temperature is the rate of motion of atoms or molecules (in response to input or removal of heat) Depends on kinetic energy (ke: heat is energy produced by the total amount of random vibrations of atoms or molecules of a substance. Depends on volume and temperature: a hot tub has a greater heat, but a cup of coffee has a greater temperature. Most of the heat changes in the ocean occurs in the surface zone. Refraction: the bending of light when it moves from one type of medium to a second type of medium due to the density difference.
