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This dense NADW originating in the North Atlantic sinks to about 3000m and flows southward. Figure 5B-6 from the NOAA World Ocean Atlas 2018 depicts annual mean temperatures at an ocean depth of 3000 m (9800 ft.). It shows the water with temperatures ranging between 2.25°C and 2.75°C pooled at that depth in the Atlantic extending southward as far as about ______°S latitude. a.20 b.40 c.60

This dense NADW originating in the North Atlantic sinks to about 3000m and flows southward. Figure 5B-6 from the NOAA World Ocean Atlas 2018 depicts annual mean temperatures at an ocean depth of 3000 m (9800 ft.). It shows the water with temperatures ranging between 2.25°C and 2.75°C pooled at that depth in the Atlantic extending southward as far as about ______°S latitude. a.20 b.40 c.60

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This dense NADW originating in the North Atlantic sinks to about 3000m and flows southward. Figure 5B-6 from the NOAA World Ocean Atlas 2018 depicts annual mean temperatures at an ocean depth of 3000 m (9800 ft.). It shows the water with temperatures ranging between 2.25°C and 2.75°C pooled at that depth in the Atlantic extending southward as far as about ______°S latitude.
a.20
b.40
c.60

World Ocean Atlas Climatology Decadal average: 1955 - 2017 Contour Interval-0.25 60'E 120'E 180 120'W 60'W 90°N- -90'N 60°N- 60°N 4 30°N- +30'N * Fo 30°S- -30'S 60's- 60'S 60'E 120'E 180 120'W 60 W 0" Annual temperature [°C] at 3000 m. depth (one-degree grid) Figure 5B-6. Mean annual temperature at a depth of 3000 m (9800 ft.). [World Ocean Atlas 2018, Link 5B-2]
Transcribed Image Text:World Ocean Atlas Climatology Decadal average: 1955 - 2017 Contour Interval-0.25 60'E 120'E 180 120'W 60'W 90°N- -90'N 60°N- 60°N 4 30°N- +30'N * Fo 30°S- -30'S 60's- 60'S 60'E 120'E 180 120'W 60 W 0" Annual temperature [°C] at 3000 m. depth (one-degree grid) Figure 5B-6. Mean annual temperature at a depth of 3000 m (9800 ft.). [World Ocean Atlas 2018, Link 5B-2]
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