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What drives deep ocean currents are driven?
Deep ocean circulation(90% of ocean water) is caused by differences in temperature, salinity and suspended load. It is referred to as "Thermohaline"- meaning heat and salt- circulation.
Name for the worldwide circulation of the ocean currents which transport warm water to colder areas and cold water to warmer areas?
Global Conveyor Belt
Another name for the thermohaline current is?
The thermohaline circulation is a term for the global density-driven circulation of the oceans. Derivation is from thermo- for heat and -haline for salt, which together determine the density of sea water
Circulation of ocean water is called?
Current
What is the driving force of deep-ocean circulation?
Deep ocean circulation(90% of ocean water) is caused by differences in temperature, salinity and suspended load. It is referred to as "Thermohaline"- meaning heat and salt- circulation.
Why is the thermohaline circulation important?
Thermohaline circulation brings oxygen rich water to the deep ocean.
What is the circulation of water mostly responsible for?
Deep water ocean current
How much of earths water global ocean hold?
90% of ocean water covers the Earth
The global ocean holds how much of earths water?
90% of ocean water covers the Earth
The circulation of ocean water is an efficient way to transport?
Heat
What is efficiently transported due to the circulation of the ocean water?
Heat.
How do temperature and salinity drive ocean current convection and what is the type of ocean current called?
Temperature and salinity drive ocean circulation by altering seawater density. Warm, fresh water is significantly less dense than cold salty water and will therefore rise to the top in the ocean. Any process that alters temperature or salinity (such as rain, sea ice formation or seasonal variation) will change the density of the water and allow it to move in the water column, causing circulation of water on a global scale. This is known as thermohaline circulation. Because things such as rainfall and temperature tend to be relatively constant in a given area over a long period of time, a set current of water known as the global conveyor belt has arisen. It plays an incredibly important role in heat transfer over the earth.
