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Thermohaline circulation is driven by changes in?
The thermohaline circulation is driven by surface heat (insolaration) and freshwater flows. These change the density of the ocean's water and gravity does the work.
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 thermocline circulation?
I bElive this is recurring to the mixing that may happen in the epliminion or hypoliminion but does not mix into the metaliminion. For example in the epi waves might cause a circulation
Why is Italy hotter than the United kingdom?
The UK is not a frozen wasteland due to the Thermohaline Circulation of the oceans. If the oceanic conveyor of warm water was disrupted by excess fresh melt water, the UK and a substantial part of northern Europe would be under a glacier. Italy is located in the Mediterranean, which is far warmer than the north Atlantic, and is located much closer to the equator.
What is another name for thermohaline?
Gravity
Why is the thermohaline circulation important?
Thermohaline circulation brings oxygen rich water to the deep ocean.
Surface ocean circulation is also called thermohaline circulation?
Thermohaline circulation is also called overturning circulation. It is driven by density. The time scale for thermohaine is 1000 years.
How do you use north Atlantic current in a sentence?
The "north Atlantic current" is very strong.I really like the "north Atlantic current."The "north Atlantic current" is driven by the global thermohaline circulation (THC), it is wind driven
Thermohaline circulation is driven by changes in?
The thermohaline circulation is driven by surface heat (insolaration) and freshwater flows. These change the density of the ocean's water and gravity does the work.
What is another name for thermohaline circulation?
Global Ocean Conveyor
What is the global ocean conveyor belt's scientific name?
thermohaline circulation
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
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
Did the gulf oil spill Shutdown the thermohaline circulation?
Yes look up lord sterling
What do you call deep ocean circulation driven largely by variations in water temperature and salinity?
thermohaline
What is a possible cause that the Atlantic Ocean water is slightly less dense than the average water of any other ocean?
Thermohaline circulation is the process of cold water at the poles creeping along the ocean floor. It meets with north and south polar water creates a dawdling subsurface circulation.
How can thermohaline circulation regulate climate?
It is gravity that drives thermohaline circulation. It's a gravity current. We usually apply the term thermohaline circulation to the deep ocean currents that are driven by gravity. Colder water or water that has a higher salt content than other water is more dense, and gravity will act on it to pull it "down" deeper. It will displace warmer or less salty water and move to greater depths. This sets the stage for a deep ocean current we call a thermohaline expressway. Use the links below for more information on gravity currents (which are sometimes called density currents)._______________________sflo:I would say this answer is limited in explaining what drives thermohaline circulation. Changes in density certainly affect circulation, particularly when water emerges from the deep or submerges to depths (upwelling and downwelling), but the effects of "gravity" on water masses of varying densities aren't a driver of circulation, per se. I would like to point that within the "thermohaline circulation," "thermo-" and "haline" are both components of the name. Thus in a more elemental manner, it makes more sense to explain this phenomenon by temperature and salinity differences, as well as the resulting changes in density, rather than merely "gravity."For a great snap-shot of our current understanding (or rather lack-therof) of the thermohaline circulation, what drives it, and how it affects or is affected by climate, please look-up:"Thermohaline circulation: The current climate" Nature421, 699 (13 February 2003) | doi:10.1038/421699a == ==
