major ocean currentsmesoscale eddiessurface drift currentskinetic energiesboundary currentsequatorial regiontopographyspatial scales/ A9210M Thermohaline structure and circulation of the oceansA global picture of ocean current variability may be obtained by analyzing surface drift currents in terms of their ...
Then, it gets into what influences ocean currents. For example, the wind, tides, water density, rotation, and even ocean floor topography influence currents in the oceans. Finally, the lesson contrasts the differences between surface and deep ocean currents. For example, surface currents control t...
aoverview of the Arctic Ocean and the study area (black box).bregional map presents the Beaufort Sea surface water circulation (white arrows), the Mackenzie River (blue line), and the coast at 14 kyrbp96(gray lines). Location of Core ARA04C/37 is indicated by yellow star and other sedi...
The presence of these structures can alter the light conditions beneath the water's surface, which in turn affects the growth and composition of biofouling organisms. In areas with low turbidity, where sunlight penetration is more pronounced, the introduction of overwater structures can create ...
The scale of turbidity currents ensures that the sediment-mass carried by these flows rivals that of any other process on Earth1,13, including rivers6or glaciers6, or settling from the surface ocean14(Table1). Turbidity currents are thus important for a wide variety of reasons. For example,...
Dashed yellow arrows = main surface currents (AC, ARC); solid arrows = bottom water currents (NADW, CDW); AP = Agulhas Plateau; AB = Agulhas Basin. Map (b) and cross section (c, dotted orange line in a) of present-day salinity (color coded) over the southern AP (Boyer et al.,...
Accidental spills in the ocean can immediately contaminate surface water down to 8–500 m below the visible surface slick, depending on the intensity of wind and currents (Brussaard et al. 2016). However, sampling after oil spill events in the ocean is complex and challenging due to limited ...
26. Dark red arrows mark the areas of river input, the boxes provide river water Nd concentrations, εNdcomposition26,27and average annual river discharge62. Arrows show the schematic circulation of surface water63. TPD: Transpolar Drift. The map was produced using Ocean Data View64(version ...
map, denoted by the blue square, illustrates the wind speeds associated with Hurricane Irene. The dark grey indicates Category 1 hurricane strength (119–153 km h-1), and the light grey indicates tropical storm strength (63–119 km h-1).cBarometric pressure, sea surface temperature,...
Fig. 5: Location map Location of sediment trap mooring (WCB) in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean. Bathymetry data from Gebco. Map generated using arcmap 10.6. Full size image Trap sample processing and analyses Once in the laboratory, the supernatant of each cup was removed by pipette and its...