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Antarctic Circumpolar Current N. Pacific N. Atlantic Giyre Giyre Temperatures represented by: Red: 25° to 28°C (77° to 82°F) Yellow: 20° to 25°C S. Pacific Gyre S. Atlantic Gyre Indian Ocean (68° to 77°F) Gyre Green: 15° to 20°C (59° to 68°F) Blue: 0° to 15°C An illustration of sea-surface temperature showing the general direction and pattern of surface current flow. Sea-surface temperatures were (32° to 59°F) measured by a radiometer aboard NOAA-7 in July 1984. The purple color around Antarctica and west of Greenland indicates water below 0°C, the freezing point of freshwater. Note the distortion of the temperature patterns we might expect from the effects of solar heating alone the patterns twist clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern. Geenland C Kamchatka. N. Pacific C. N. Aarts C uroshio C. Gut Stream worth Equatorial Curtent Equatorial Countere EGualrialC Eq Saurter C South Equatorial C. inea C Fauatoc Equatorial Equatorial Counter C AurgenaRan C. S Equatoote W. Aus Aqun Antarctic Circumpolar Current Antarctic Circumpolar Drifi) st Wind Drirrent (West Warm-water current Cold-water current bA chart showing the names and usual direction of the world ocean's major surface currents. The powerful western boundary currents flow along the western boundaries of ocean basins in both hemispheres. Figure 9.8 Two ways of viewing the major surface currents of the world ocean. ebradk Bazi Currer

Antarctic Circumpolar Current N. Pacific N. Atlantic Giyre Giyre Temperatures represented by: Red: 25° to 28°C (77° to 82°F) Yellow: 20° to 25°C S. Pacific Gyre S. Atlantic Gyre Indian Ocean (68° to 77°F) Gyre Green: 15° to 20°C (59° to 68°F) Blue: 0° to 15°C An illustration of sea-surface temperature showing the general direction and pattern of surface current flow. Sea-surface temperatures were (32° to 59°F) measured by a radiometer aboard NOAA-7 in July 1984. The purple color around Antarctica and west of Greenland indicates water below 0°C, the freezing point of freshwater. Note the distortion of the temperature patterns we might expect from the effects of solar heating alone the patterns twist clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern. Geenland C Kamchatka. N. Pacific C. N. Aarts C uroshio C. Gut Stream worth Equatorial Curtent Equatorial Countere EGualrialC Eq Saurter C South Equatorial C. inea C Fauatoc Equatorial Equatorial Counter C AurgenaRan C. S Equatoote W. Aus Aqun Antarctic Circumpolar Current Antarctic Circumpolar Drifi) st Wind Drirrent (West Warm-water current Cold-water current bA chart showing the names and usual direction of the world ocean's major surface currents. The powerful western boundary currents flow along the western boundaries of ocean basins in both hemispheres. Figure 9.8 Two ways of viewing the major surface currents of the world ocean. ebradk Bazi Currer

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Antarctic Circumpolar Current N. Pacific N. Atlantic Giyre Giyre Temperatures represented by: Red: 25° to 28°C (77° to 82°F) Yellow: 20° to 25°C S. Pacific Gyre S. Atlantic Gyre Indian Ocean (68° to 77°F) Gyre Green: 15° to 20°C (59° to 68°F) Blue: 0° to 15°C An illustration of sea-surface temperature showing the general direction and pattern of surface current flow. Sea-surface temperatures were (32° to 59°F) measured by a radiometer aboard NOAA-7 in July 1984. The purple color around Antarctica and west of Greenland indicates water below 0°C, the freezing point of freshwater. Note the distortion of the temperature patterns we might expect from the effects of solar heating alone the patterns twist clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern. Geenland C Kamchatka. N. Pacific C. N. Aarts C uroshio C. Gut Stream worth Equatorial Curtent Equatorial Countere EGualrialC Eq Saurter C South Equatorial C. inea C Fauatoc Equatorial Equatorial Counter C AurgenaRan C. S Equatoote W. Aus Aqun Antarctic Circumpolar Current Antarctic Circumpolar Drifi) st Wind Drirrent (West Warm-water current Cold-water current bA chart showing the names and usual direction of the world ocean's major surface currents. The powerful western boundary currents flow along the western boundaries of ocean basins in both hemispheres. Figure 9.8 Two ways of viewing the major surface currents of the world ocean. ebradk Bazi Currer
Transcribed Image Text:Antarctic Circumpolar Current N. Pacific N. Atlantic Giyre Giyre Temperatures represented by: Red: 25° to 28°C (77° to 82°F) Yellow: 20° to 25°C S. Pacific Gyre S. Atlantic Gyre Indian Ocean (68° to 77°F) Gyre Green: 15° to 20°C (59° to 68°F) Blue: 0° to 15°C An illustration of sea-surface temperature showing the general direction and pattern of surface current flow. Sea-surface temperatures were (32° to 59°F) measured by a radiometer aboard NOAA-7 in July 1984. The purple color around Antarctica and west of Greenland indicates water below 0°C, the freezing point of freshwater. Note the distortion of the temperature patterns we might expect from the effects of solar heating alone the patterns twist clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern. Geenland C Kamchatka. N. Pacific C. N. Aarts C uroshio C. Gut Stream worth Equatorial Curtent Equatorial Countere EGualrialC Eq Saurter C South Equatorial C. inea C Fauatoc Equatorial Equatorial Counter C AurgenaRan C. S Equatoote W. Aus Aqun Antarctic Circumpolar Current Antarctic Circumpolar Drifi) st Wind Drirrent (West Warm-water current Cold-water current bA chart showing the names and usual direction of the world ocean's major surface currents. The powerful western boundary currents flow along the western boundaries of ocean basins in both hemispheres. Figure 9.8 Two ways of viewing the major surface currents of the world ocean. ebradk Bazi Currer
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