PASCO Density Circulation Model

Purpose: The PASCO Density Circulation Model allows students to model, measure and understand the complex density-driven circulation associated with heat transfer through convection. Students can recreate vertical ocean currents driven by water bodies with density differences. Educational Topics: Model density driven circulation based on temperature, dissolved substances or different liquids. Demonstrate the driving forces of vertical ocean currents. Measure temperature inversions based on density difference. Demonstrate Vertical ocean currents Upswelling Tropical vs polar water bodies Thermocline and Haliocline Convection Inversions