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The West Wind Drift, also known as Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), is a cold current.
The above answer is wrong. The ACC is known by many names including "The West Wind Drift" is either a cold or warm current. You can check the information via this website that I found:http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/fahan_mi_shipwrecks/infohut/acc.htm
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Where does the hot air and cold air come from in a tornado?
Warm anc cold air colliding are not a direct cause of tornadoes, but they can be a step in the process. where they come from depends on the region the weater system is in. But normally the warm air comes from a warm part of the ocean while the cold air comes from a cold region. In the Central United States, for example, the warm air comes from the Gulf of Mexico while the cold air comes from Canada.
Describe the four major types of fronts?
1) Warm front - warm air mass replacing a cold air mass at ground level. Typically shifts wind southeasterly to southwesterly. 2) Cold front - Cold air replacing warm air at ground level. Tyoically shifts southwesterly to northwesterly 3) Stationary front - Equal amount of energy between warm and cold air masses creating a "stalemate".
What does a Gulf Stream look like?
The Gulf Stream is a warm ocean current that carries warm water from the Gulf of Mexico into the Atlantic Ocean. To the naked eye it looks no different from any other stretch of ocean. In thermal imaging it is visible as a band of warm water going up the U.S. east coast, often with large but gentle vortices along its sides. A gulf stream jet is a twin engined plane with a high tail and low-set swept-back wings.
What happens when a cold air mass meets warm air mass?
A warm front forms.
How do scientists tell if a star is warm or cold?
by its color
What are the names of the warm and cold ocean currents?
Gulf Stream - warm ocean current Labrador - cold ocean current
Is the kuroshio a warm or cold ocean current?
it has a warm current
What are the warm and cold ocean currents of the Atlantic Ocean?
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What is a warm ocean current found in northern Europe?
north atlantic drift
What is warm ocean current?
Warm Ocean current is when the currents of cold and warm water pass paths. The warm water dominates the cold water causing a warm water current.
What is the Difference between drift and ocean current?
ocean currents can be warm or cold.they are streams of water flowing constantlyon the ocean surface.
Is the west Australian current ocean warm or cold?
warm, b/c the currents going there are warm from the equator
Is the North Atlantic drift a warm or cool current?
A warm ocean current that carries warm water from the tropical waters of the gulf of mexico to northwestern europe.
What 3 ocean currents affect Canada's climate?
the warm Labrador current and the cold Nova Scotia.
An ocean current is the movement of the surface water of the coean Currents are called cold or warm in comparison to the atmosphere Is the Gulf Stream a cold current or a warm one?
warm
Is the Humboldt Current a cold or a warm ocean current?
westward draft is pushing cold water to the current this water is from the polar region.
Is the north pacific drift a warm or cool current?
its a warm current
