In the present study, ocean current conditions in the Ionian Sea are studied\nby implementing our inhouse hydrodynamic 3D ocean model SINMOD.\nThe model is a fully coupled ocean model with hydrodynamics,\necology and sea ice, and it has been developed at SINTEF since\n1987. SINMOD resolves...
This so-called Ekman spiral may be the exception rather than the rule, as the specific conditions are not often met, though deflection of a wind-driven surface current at somewhat smaller than 45° is observed when the wind field blows with a steady force and direction for the better part ...
Upwelling process along coastThe upwelling process in the ocean along the coast of Peru. A thermocline and a nutricline separate the warm, nutrient-deficient upper layer from the cool, enriched layer below. Under normal conditions (top) these interfaces are shallow enough that coastal winds can ...
The calm surface of the ocean on a clear day. (photo credit: PEXELS) The system of ocean currents in the northern Atlantic Ocean that distributes cold and warm water between the North Atlantic region and tropics is close to a tipping point and may collapse as early as the middle of the ...
This would enlarge and deepen a strange "cold blob" that has already developed over the eastern North Atlantic due to the slowdown of heat-carrying currents. Collapsing ocean currents are also likely to precipitate climate impacts across the Northern Hemisphere, threatening agriculture in Northwestern ...
of cold water flowing from the north, as in the Gulf Stream. Like the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean, the Kuroshio Current forms a system of warm currents in the Pacific Ocean, which has a warming effect on the climate and hydrological conditions of the northern part of the ocean. ...
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)—one of Earth’s major ocean circulation systems—redistributes heat on our planet and has a major impact on climate. Here, we compare a variety of published proxy records to reconstruct the evolution of the AMOC since aboutad 400. A fairl...
Long Island has a climate that is very similar to other coastal areas of the Northeastern United States; it has warm, humid summers and cold winters, but the Atlantic Ocean helps bring afternoon sea breezes that temper the heat in the warmer months and limit the frequency and severity of thu...
Equatorial current, ocean current flowing westward near the equator, predominantly controlled by the winds. Characteristically, equatorial-current systems consist of two westward-flowing currents approximately 600 miles (1,000 km) wide (North and South e
Canary Current, part of a clockwise-setting ocean-current system in the North Atlantic Ocean. It branches south from the North Atlantic Current and flows southwestward along the northwest coast of Africa as far south as Senegal before turning westward to