'West wind drift' presentation slideshows

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Ocean Currents

Ocean Currents . Earth Science . Ocean Currents . Currents- water in a stream Surface currents- currents that move on or near the surface & are caused by wind Deep current- move very slowly beneath the surface of the ocean & are caused by density differences in water .

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Physical Oceanography

Physical Oceanography. Physical Characteristics of Water. Water displays the bizarre trait of increasing, then decreasing and later increasing its density with steadily lowered temperature. ( the range oceanographers use however is a simple inverse relationship .)

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Ocean Currents

Ocean Currents. Currents. Giant streams of water that flow in the ocean 2 major types Surface: caused by wind Deep: caused by density/gravity. Surface Currents. This results in giant circular patterns called gyres

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ENERGY TRANSFER AND OCEANIC CIRCULATION

ENERGY TRANSFER AND OCEANIC CIRCULATION. World Ocean Currents. See your map on p15 and notice the following: In N.Hemisphere gyres have clockwise pattern In S. Hemispher gyres have an anti-clockwise pattern Main exception Antarctice Circumpolar Current (west wind drift)

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