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moderates changes in temperature on the surface
water in oceans, lakes, rivers and streams
The oceans surface is 100% water.
The oceans surface water temperature varies with the amount of solar radiation received, which is primarily a function of latitude.
water in oceans, lakes, rivers and streams
L. P. Carstensen has written: 'Numerical analyses of sea surface temperature, surface air temperature and water vapor pressure over the oceans' -- subject(s): Atmospheric Water vapor, Atmospheric temperature, Ocean temperature, Water vapor, Atmospheric
Temperature affects the density of the seawater. Warming causes water to expand and become less dense. Excess warming at the surface may prevent surface water from being subducted to the ocean depths. Surface water typically retains its temperature/salinity balance after advecting to the ocean depths.
oceans are the best.
The temperature usually becomes a lot warmer during a tropical storm as water vapor is transported into the troposphere. In tropical oceans, the sea surface temperature (SST) becomes warmer as the water changes rapidly in a layer of the ocean called the thermocline.
the oceans
Yes, it does . Actually, surface water- Is the water in rivers, lakes, oceans and so on.
it is at its lowest when its at the surface of the water because it has low density