POLAR VORTEX! Brrrrrrrr!

Dear Students,  Contrary to popular belief, this is not an impromptu winter break!  Rather, I think it is a great time to get caught up on all of that back work that has been piling up :)   To that end, I would like to remind you of what you could/should be doing in some of your free snow day time, when you are not sledding, throwing snowballs or sleeping.

Seniors- My friends your senior project is here and it is soon due.  The VJAS deadline is the end of February and your paper needs to be perfect way before then.  You should right now be graphing, writing and sending me drafts that I can edit, I welcome you to call me at home and discuss any issues you have, we can get a lot done in this down time.

Juniors- You have several projects you should be working on:
I.  Research project proposal.  I gave you a short page to fill in with the big picture idea, proposed method, hypotheses, etc.  GET THIS DONE!!!
II.  Mr Hudson's ENSO project- this was not a big project, remember 3 slides, quick discussion of global regional impacts of the El Nino Southern Oscillation.
III.  NOSB movie contest on Ocean Acidification- make your teacher ecstatically happy and enter this contest! :)

Sophomores- Hey guys!  You have it easy, enjoy it while you can!  I would like for you to go to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's periodical Oceanus, Oceanus Online magazine and do a science literacy article on something you read in there.  If you want to get ahead of the game, you can choose another article from another source and do two!

I appreciate how hard you guys always work, and you can use this time to get some stuff done in a more leisurely, thoughtful way and still relax and catch up on your Dr. Phil episodes.  Hope you are all warm and cozy- SB

Mr. Hudson's ENSO Class Links

http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/enso/
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/elnino/impacts.html
http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/enso/enso.html
http://www.elnino.noaa.gov/impacts.html
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/ensostuff/ensofaq.shtml#GLOBALimpacts
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/ensostuff/states/states.html
http://www.nc-climate.ncsu.edu/climate/patterns/ENSO.html
http://iri.columbia.edu/climate/ENSO/societal/impact/

ENSO Physics

ENSO Really cool physics
Even though I am lousy at the math, I really love Physics.  I especially love physical oceanography, and I think everyone who learns about it just has to agree that it is cool.  In our study of global ocean surface circulation and ocean/atmosphere interaction, we have seen lots of relationships on very large scales.  In our study of the El Nino Southern Oscillation it is key for you to get a little lesson in the global physics of Rossby and Kelvin waves.  Please go to the link above and read through this website, more instruction will follow.....

ENSO video   here's a video, that always helps :)