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How does the coriolis effect make oceans currents appear to move?
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The coriolis effect makes ocean currents move in a curved path.
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What happens when earth receives energy from the sun?
The side of the Earth facing the Sun has its surface, atmosphere and oceans heated but the energy form the Sun. This then starts convection currents in the atmosphere and oceans as the area of maximum heating (near the equator) tries to distribute the heat to the area of least heating (the poles). The convection currents are moderated by the Earth's rotation due to the Coriolis effect.
Do ocean waters and winds help to distribute the suns heat?
Wind and ocean currents are both produced by the Earth's unequal heating. This leads to the conclusion that the Sun is the main component in wind currents and ocean currents, because the Sun is what heats the Earth.
What effect does the coriolis effect have on ocean currents?
The Coriolis effect results in a deflection of fluid flows (to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and left in the Southern Hemisphere). Because the distance around the Earth decreases as one moves away from the equator, and because the Earth rotates in a counter clockwise direction as seen from the north pole, air and water masses are deflected to the east as they move from the equator to the poles, and to the west as they move from the poles to the equator. This has profound effects on the flow of the oceans. In particular it means the flow goes around high and low pressure systems, permitting them to persist for long periods of time. As a result, tiny variations in pressure can produce measurable currents. A slope of one part in one million in sea surface height, for example, will result in a current of 1 cm/s at mid-latitudes. The fact that the Coriolis effect is largest at the poles and weak at the equator results in sharp, relatively steady western boundary currents which are absent on eastern boundaries
What are the abiotic factors in th Atlantic ocean and how do they effect the ecosystem?
i dont know all of them but 2 examples are water temperature and the oceans currents
In which direction does the north pacific subtropical gyre rotate?
They are circular currents usually in the oceans but also in air, caused by the Coriolis effect.Alternatively they may follow the gimbles in the wabe, perhaps caused by the slithy toves themselves.
What happens when earth receives energy from the sun?
The side of the Earth facing the Sun has its surface, atmosphere and oceans heated but the energy form the Sun. This then starts convection currents in the atmosphere and oceans as the area of maximum heating (near the equator) tries to distribute the heat to the area of least heating (the poles). The convection currents are moderated by the Earth's rotation due to the Coriolis effect.
Do ocean waters and winds help to distribute the suns heat?
Wind and ocean currents are both produced by the Earth's unequal heating. This leads to the conclusion that the Sun is the main component in wind currents and ocean currents, because the Sun is what heats the Earth.
An Ocean a with current flow counterclockwise?
Oceans in the southern hemisphere flow counter clockwise. This is hugely due to the Coriolis effect. Gravity also plays a roll in this.
What is the upward movement of cold water from the oceans depths called?
It is called "upwelling" and occurs due to wind-induced surface motion, and often the Coriolis effect.
What percentage of the oceans currents are surface currents?
73
Why do tides appear at both sides of the earth?
It is the effect of the moon's gravity on earth's oceans.
What is the coralis effect?
Coriolis effectHurricane Andrew hurtles northwest over the Florida coastline in August 1992, its spiral shape evident in this infrared satellite photo. Like water draining through an outlet, hurricanes spin clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the southern - a manifestation of the Coriolis effect.Effect of the Earth's rotation on the atmosphere, oceans, and theoretically all objects moving over the Earth's surface. In the northern hemisphere it causes moving objects and currents to be deflected to the right; in the southern hemisphere it causes deflection to the left. The effect is named after its discoverer, French mathematician Gaspard de Coriolis (1792-1843).
What happens to an oceans currents when it hits a continent?
An oceans currents will change direction when they hit a continent.
What effect does the coriolis effect have on ocean currents?
The Coriolis effect results in a deflection of fluid flows (to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and left in the Southern Hemisphere). Because the distance around the Earth decreases as one moves away from the equator, and because the Earth rotates in a counter clockwise direction as seen from the north pole, air and water masses are deflected to the east as they move from the equator to the poles, and to the west as they move from the poles to the equator. This has profound effects on the flow of the oceans. In particular it means the flow goes around high and low pressure systems, permitting them to persist for long periods of time. As a result, tiny variations in pressure can produce measurable currents. A slope of one part in one million in sea surface height, for example, will result in a current of 1 cm/s at mid-latitudes. The fact that the Coriolis effect is largest at the poles and weak at the equator results in sharp, relatively steady western boundary currents which are absent on eastern boundaries
What are rivers of moving water in the oceans called?
These are called currents.
What are rivers in oceans called?
Currents
What are the abiotic factors in th Atlantic ocean and how do they effect the ecosystem?
i dont know all of them but 2 examples are water temperature and the oceans currents
