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1. Write your questions (one per post it) exactly as it first comes to mind.

2. Post them on the board in the from of the room.

3. Read the questions other people have posted. Feel free to add new, but related questions as "comments" on a question someone else posted.

4. Keep asking questions until time is up.

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Step 1: Review the rules for asking questions 

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Step 1: Review the rules for asking questions 

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1. Ask as many questions as you can

2. Do not stop to discuss, judge or answer the questions

3. Write down every question exactly as it first comes to mind

4. Change any statements into a question

THINK: What might be difficult in following those 4 rules?

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Review the questions that you asked. Find at least one to label “C” for closed-ended or and at least one to label “O” for open-ended.

Closed-ended: can be answered with “yes” or “no” or with one word.

Open-ended: require an explanation and cannot be answered with "yes”, “no”, or one word.

Then, edit your post using the pencil symbol and in the "write something" section, next to your initials, label it C or O.

THINK: What are the advantages and disadvantages of asking each type of question? (optional) Use the Add Comment chat box icon for this post, if you'd like to share an advantage or disadvantage you see for Open and/or Closed questions.  Add your first and last initial after any comments that you make.

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1. Read through all of the questions that have been posted. Pick the three questions that you might want to research further.

2. Click on the heart icon at the bottom of a post to "vote" for it as a priority question.

3. THINK: What were your reasons for selecting those three?  (optional) Click on the Add Comment chat box icon on this post if you'd like to share your rationale and reflect on your choices. Don't forget to add your initials at the end of your comment!

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Directions:

1. What did you learn?

2. How did you learn it?

3. What are you now wondering about?

(optional) Double click to post a reflection comment anywhere on this page.

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If you were going to answer your three priority questions right now, what are some possible next steps or avenues for investigation and further exploration?

If you have a next step related to a specific priority question, click on the Add Comment chat box icon to post a comment on that specific question.

Or, if you'd like to share one idea for next steps more generally (not related to just one priority question), click on the Add Comment icon on this post to post your ideas.

Please add your initials at the end of your comments!

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The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) was created by The Right Question Institute

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The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) was created by The Right Question Institute

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Visit rightquestion.org for free resources and more information!

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What has the photographer written about this photograph?

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What has the photographer written about this photograph?

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ND-O

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Check out this video from 2 geeky teachers, aka Michelle Pearson and Laura Israelsen, 2 educators from Colorado who have put together MANY resources on how to use Padlet and other tech tools. Their webinar series is hosted by Teaching with Primary Sources Western Region.

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Watch: How to Remake this Template for Your Own Virtual QFT

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Watch: How to Remake this Template for Your Own Virtual QFT

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Learn how to copy this template into your own Padlet account and then customize some of the basic settings and features.

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How to make a screencast with Screencastify

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How to make a screencast with Screencastify

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Screencastify is the free tool I used to create the Guide video above.

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Screencastify Blog | Video Tips, Tricks, Trends and News

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Our education experts offer the best tips for getting the most out of video in the classroom as well as news, insights and more.

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How to make a screencast right here in Padlet!

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How to make a screencast right here in Padlet!

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No need to learn another tool.

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This one may work better in completely asynchronous settings!

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Watch: Guide to Posting in Written, Audio, or Video Forms

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Watch: Guide to Posting in Written, Audio, or Video Forms

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Learn how students can respond in multiple modes. Also, hear a couple ideas for alternative ideas and variations on the QFT steps.

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1. Click on the link below to get a salinity graph.

2. Play with the data interactive on your own for 5 minutes.

3. Determine if there are relationships between two different regions of the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Your Objective

Use salinity with depth data to determine if there are relationships over time between two different regions of the North Atlantic Ocean.

Make a prediction about what changes in salinity with depth you may observe across different parts of the ocean.

Compare patterns in the data below to determine what and if there are relationships over time and/or space.

Data Tips

When the site loads, you are able to see daily profiles of salinity data from the first two weeks of July 2015 from the Coastal Pioneer Array (Temperate Shelf) and the Global Irminger Sea Array (Polar Deep Basin) both in the North Atlantic Ocean. You can interact with the data by:

Selecting a different amount of time to look at by choosing between, "1 week," "2 weeks," or "1 month."

Selecting a different part of the year to explore the data in ways that interest you by moving the highlighted section of the bottom graph to the right or left.

Zooming in and out of the data to look at different time scales that interest you by changing the width of the highlighted section of the bottom graph to be more or less than two weeks.

Selecting to have the salinity or depth scales be the same across the two graphs, rather than determined by the available data (as it shows when the site loads).

As a note, the color denotes the time of year the salinity data are from (pink are from May 2015 through dark purple from February 2016).

Questions for Thought

Orientation Questions

What is the overall range of salinity data you are able to observe in each graph?

What is the overall range of depth data you are able to observe in each graph?

What is the overall time range are you able to observe in each graph?

Interpretation Questions

What similarities and differences did you find in patterns of salinity with depth over time between these Temperate Shelf and Polar Plain locations in the North Atlantic Ocean?

What other questions do you have about differences in patterns in changes in salinity with depth across different parts of the ocean from these data?

Background Information

Click on the images below to learn more about where and how the dataset above was collected.

Dataset Information

The data for this activity was obtained from the following profiling CTD instruments:

Download CP02PMUI Download GI02HYPM

The above datasets were downloaded from the OOI data portal. Complete profiles of the instrument were identified and the profile closest to midnight (GMT) each day was saved. This reduced the overall temporal resolution (and size) of the final dataset but it preserved the raw variability exhibited in individual profiles and measurements.

This site was developed with the support of the National Science Foundation under Grants OCE-1550207, OCE-1649637, and OCE-1831625. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

© 2016-2021 Rutgers University

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Changes in Salinity with Depth - Application | Data Explorations

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Use salinity with depth data to determine if there are relationships over time between two different regions of the North Atlantic Ocean. Make a prediction about what changes in salinity with depth you may observe across different parts of the ocean. Compare patterns in the data below to determine what and if there are relationships over time and/or space.

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This evening --- Please watch this video and comment on how it relates  to or supports the QFT we just  did here.

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Mc O

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How is salinity affected by changes in season? For example changes in freshwater precipitation?

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How is salinity affected by changes in season? For example changes in freshwater precipitation?

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AT-O

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Salinity appears to reach an overall maximum in June on the temperate shelf but October in the Polar Deep Basin, what causes this affect?

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Salinity appears to reach an overall maximum in June on the temperate shelf but October in the Polar Deep Basin, what causes this affect?

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LS O

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Why does winter seem to have less salty water?

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Why does winter seem to have less salty water?

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BV - O

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Why are salinity profiles different on the shelf than the deep basin?

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Why are salinity profiles different on the shelf than the deep basin?

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Why does the temperate basin vary so much more?

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Why does the temperate basin vary so much more?

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KZ - O

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What is the main difference between the two regions that were tested?

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What is the main difference between the two regions that were tested?

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NG (O)

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JK -O

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Why is there a halocline at 1000 meters in the Polar Deep Basin graph?

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Why is there a halocline at 1000 meters in the Polar Deep Basin graph?

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KH O

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Can trends still be seen when on a graph of the same scaling instead of the current scaling?

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Can trends still be seen when on a graph of the same scaling instead of the current scaling?

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AG

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Why does the Temperate Shelf have a much larger range in salinity?

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Why does the Temperate Shelf have a much larger range in salinity?

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BA (O)

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does the squiggle pattern in the polar deep basin have to do with temperature?

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does the squiggle pattern in the polar deep basin have to do with temperature?

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KD C

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what causes minimum salinity at 1000 m in deep basin? O

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what causes minimum salinity at 1000 m in deep basin? O

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what causes maximum salinity 1400-2400 M deep basin? O
why salinity increase at bottom deep basin? O
CG

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At what time interval are datas taken?? Is it every minutes, every hour?? 

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At what time interval are datas taken?? Is it every minutes, every hour?? 

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SP-C

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PC - C

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Why does the temperate shelf's salinity seem to change more dramatically over time than the polar deep basin? 

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Why does the temperate shelf's salinity seem to change more dramatically over time than the polar deep basin? 

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ARS - O

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PV-C

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CR

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Why does the temperate basin and polar basin sometimes get more/less haline in opposition with each other? 

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Why does the temperate basin and polar basin sometimes get more/less haline in opposition with each other? 

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KZ - O

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Why does the salinity  start increasing again in the polar deep basin after a certain depth (~1300 m)

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Why does the salinity  start increasing again in the polar deep basin after a certain depth (~1300 m)

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MC O

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Why is one measurement not as deep as the other? 

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Why is one measurement not as deep as the other? 

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JK-O

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what does each individual dot represent?

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what does each individual dot represent?

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KD O

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Why salinity is higher in the upper and down part? And not in the middle? 

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Why salinity is higher in the upper and down part? And not in the middle? 

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PV-O

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How do you compare data in such different depth ranges?

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How do you compare data in such different depth ranges?

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BV - O

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Why in October does the Deep Polar Basin show a particularly low variation as compared to other months?

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Why in October does the Deep Polar Basin show a particularly low variation as compared to other months?

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LS O

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AG - O

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why doesn't the polar deep basin salinity vary as much as the shelf?

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why doesn't the polar deep basin salinity vary as much as the shelf?

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KD O

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Why do the two graphs have different shapes and do they have significance?

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Why do the two graphs have different shapes and do they have significance?

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PC - O

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Why is temperate basin less saline in the winter while the polar basin is more saline?

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Why is temperate basin less saline in the winter while the polar basin is more saline?

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KZ - O

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October November sees a slight shift towards higher salinity; why is this? 

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October November sees a slight shift towards higher salinity; why is this? 

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Mc O

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What would shallow data look like in the Deep Profile - would it match the shallow shelf profile? 

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What would shallow data look like in the Deep Profile - would it match the shallow shelf profile? 

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CR

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AV O

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Do the colors on the month slider have any significance? Like why is December a purple color?

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Do the colors on the month slider have any significance? Like why is December a purple color?

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PC - O

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How does changing salinity affect biological processes?

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How does changing salinity affect biological processes?

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AT-O

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What might be causing differences in changes in salinity?

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What might be causing differences in changes in salinity?

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ARS - O

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What are the parameters of each location in terms of latitude and longitude; do they overlap at any point?

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What are the parameters of each location in terms of latitude and longitude; do they overlap at any point?

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AG - O/C

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Why does the temperate basin have such a wide range of salinites in the summer? 

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Why does the temperate basin have such a wide range of salinites in the summer? 

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KZ - O

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does vertical circulation have to do with the squiggle of the polar deep basin?

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does vertical circulation have to do with the squiggle of the polar deep basin?

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KD

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WHere's the most pleasant place to go swimming?

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WHere's the most pleasant place to go swimming?

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CR

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What are the different colors for in the timeline?

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What are the different colors for in the timeline?

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KH O

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How does this salinity compare to salinity in the dead sea?

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How does this salinity compare to salinity in the dead sea?

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CR

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Why is the polar basin so much more consistent than the temperate basin? 

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Why is the polar basin so much more consistent than the temperate basin? 

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KZ - O

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In May, the Deep Polar Basin data shows a particularly low surface salinity, what causes this?

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In May, the Deep Polar Basin data shows a particularly low surface salinity, what causes this?

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LS O

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shouldn't colder (deeper) water be less salty? if so, why does it increase with depth after 1200 m in the polar graph?

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shouldn't colder (deeper) water be less salty? if so, why does it increase with depth after 1200 m in the polar graph?

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KD O

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What are salinity trends over longer periods of time, such as decades?

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What are salinity trends over longer periods of time, such as decades?

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AT-O

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What is happening very close to the surface?

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What is happening very close to the surface?

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TC-O

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Can they animate this graphic? (it's very visually pleasing when you move it quickly)

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Can they animate this graphic? (it's very visually pleasing when you move it quickly)

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MC C

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Why is the temperate basin more shallow than the polar basin? 

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Why is the temperate basin more shallow than the polar basin? 

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KZ - O

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Why is the overall trend of the Polar Deep Basin salinity decreasing as depths go down?

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Why is the overall trend of the Polar Deep Basin salinity decreasing as depths go down?

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KH O

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Why does the salinity decrease over time at one site and increase over time at another site?

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Why does the salinity decrease over time at one site and increase over time at another site?

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TC-O

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PV-O

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Is there more data reflecting a trend year to year, rather than month to month?

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Is there more data reflecting a trend year to year, rather than month to month?

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AG

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How do the changes in salinity effect the organisms who live in these areas? How do the types of organisms that gravitate to these environments differ and how might salinity play a role in that distinction? 

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How do the changes in salinity effect the organisms who live in these areas? How do the types of organisms that gravitate to these environments differ and how might salinity play a role in that distinction? 

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ARS - O

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What causes the low salinity feature at the deep site?

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What causes the low salinity feature at the deep site?

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TC-O

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the depths and scales of the salinity measurements are so different so how can we best compare them?

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the depths and scales of the salinity measurements are so different so how can we best compare them?

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KD O

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In the Deep Polar Basin, the halocline seems to be shallower in October as compared to May, what causes this?

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In the Deep Polar Basin, the halocline seems to be shallower in October as compared to May, what causes this?

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LS O

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What do each individual dots/lines refer to? 

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What do each individual dots/lines refer to? 

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KZ - O

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What biases are we seeing with both graphs having very different scales for the x and y axis?

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What biases are we seeing with both graphs having very different scales for the x and y axis?

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BA O

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Why does viewing this data overheat my computer?

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Why does viewing this data overheat my computer?

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MC O

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Why is the one line of the polar basin in October so far off from all else? 

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Why is the one line of the polar basin in October so far off from all else? 

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KZ - O

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Does salinity affect ocean currents, and how?

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Does salinity affect ocean currents, and how?

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AT-C and O (2 parts)

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Where does the time series plot at the bottom come from?

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Where does the time series plot at the bottom come from?

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TC-O

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can we change the depth scale to match the shelf depth so that we can better compare salinity?

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can we change the depth scale to match the shelf depth so that we can better compare salinity?

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KD C

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What are possible limitations to this dataset?

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What are possible limitations to this dataset?

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AT-O

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Do we have information about the biodiversity in each location?

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Do we have information about the biodiversity in each location?

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AG - C

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TC-O

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does salinity variations at different depths have an influence on the types of organisms living at those depths?

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does salinity variations at different depths have an influence on the types of organisms living at those depths?

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KD

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Why does the temperate basin go through phases of being more/less consistent within the span of weeks?

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Why does the temperate basin go through phases of being more/less consistent within the span of weeks?

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KZ - O

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How significant is the change in salinity? these aren't huge differences in numbers but I don't know much about what a large/small change in salinity looks like

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How significant is the change in salinity? these aren't huge differences in numbers but I don't know much about what a large/small change in salinity looks like

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mc O

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The temperate shelf data appears to show the highest gradient in December/January, what causes this?

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The temperate shelf data appears to show the highest gradient in December/January, what causes this?

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LS O

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do organisms benefit from higher or lower salinity? more variation in salinity over time or less? more spatial variation in salinity or less?

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do organisms benefit from higher or lower salinity? more variation in salinity over time or less? more spatial variation in salinity or less?

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KD

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What causes the salinity to vary so much at the shelf site?

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What causes the salinity to vary so much at the shelf site?

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TC-O

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Which depth profile corresponds to an increase in chlorophyll production?

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Which depth profile corresponds to an increase in chlorophyll production?

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KZ - O

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How do the surface-to-bottom differences compare at the two sites?

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How do the surface-to-bottom differences compare at the two sites?

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TC-O

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How do anthropogenic effects change salinity?

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How do anthropogenic effects change salinity?

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AT-O

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why does salinity vary least in September?

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why does salinity vary least in September?

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KD

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What could cause the halocline to wander?

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What could cause the halocline to wander?

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KZ - O

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Why does the Temperate Shelf data sometimes have higher surface salinity and sometimes have lower than at the seafloor?

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Why does the Temperate Shelf data sometimes have higher surface salinity and sometimes have lower than at the seafloor?

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LS O

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Why is the temperate shelf data in a horizontal line?

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Why is the temperate shelf data in a horizontal line?

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BV - O

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NG (O)

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Why is the deep water less salty when warm?

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Why is the deep water less salty when warm?

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KZ - O

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How do you calculate salinity of the ocean? what is the unit of it? how does the salinity of the different places differs?

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How do you calculate salinity of the ocean? what is the unit of it? how does the salinity of the different places differs?

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SP-O

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I didn't expect to see so many diverse questions, it really expanded my thought process to include many more aspects of the data/sources/process!

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I didn't expect to see so many diverse questions, it really expanded my thought process to include many more aspects of the data/sources/process!

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