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What is responsible for global circulation of ocean currents and heat?
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What factors set surface ocean currents into motions?
Factors that set surface ocean currents into motions are the global circulation cells (Hadley, Ferrel, Polar), the Coriolis effect, and the continental deflection.
The circulation of ocean currents in the Northern Hemisphere is generally?
clockwiseThe circulation of ocean currents in the Southern Hemisphere is generally:counter clockwise
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
What is another name for circulation?
Global Ocean Conveyor
What causes thermohaline circulation?
The term thermohaline circulation ( THC ) refers to the part of the large-scale ocean circulation that is driven by global density gradients created by surface heat and freshwater fluxes
What is another name for thermohaline circulation?
Global Ocean Conveyor
Where do global winds move cold air?
Ocean currents form
What are three factors that affect the surface ocean currents?
Continental deflections,the Coriolis effect and global winds all effect surface ocean currents.
Why does the ocean not move in circles if the earth is rotating?
The ocean does move in circles. If you look at any map showing ocean currents, you'll see that the majority of them make big, somewhat distorted circles.The continents are in the way, so the ocean currents have a rather complicated circulation pattern (see "Thermohaline Circulation").
What is the global ocean conveyor belt's scientific name?
thermohaline circulation
What is the study of tides and ocean currents called?
The study of tides, waves, currents and the interaction between the ocean and the atmosphere is a part of physical oceanogrpahy. Physical oceanographers study the physical properties of the ocean such as temperature, density, salinity, circulation, currents and tides.
Ocean currents and global wind patterns strongly affects a regions what?
Climate(:
