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Ocean Circulation

Across
East-to-west or west-to-east current linking boundary currents. Example: South Equatorial current.
Net water transport, the sum of layer movement due to the Ekman spiral.
A current flowing beneath a surface current, often in the opposite direction.
A breakdown of trade wind circulation and resulting warm water off the coast of South America.
A circular movement of water usually formed where currents pass obstructions, or between two adjacent currents flowing opposite directions.
Shallow, wind-driven circulation of water in horizontal, spiral bands.
Slow, shallow, wide, cold currents of the west coast of a continent.
An Eastern Boundary Current that flows south off the west coast of Europe and north Africa.
A unit volume of transport: 1 million cubic meters of water flowing past a fixed point each second.
Down
The densest bottom water (1.03 g/cm3)
The strong, warm western boundary current of the North Atlantic
Water circulation produced by differences in temperature/salinity
The apparent deflection of an object moving across lines of latitude, due to Earth's rotation.
Generic term for a bottom current that flow around (rather than over) seabed projections.
Circular current around the periphery of an ocean basin.
A set of more than 3,000 drifting devices that relay ocean conditions to researchers
Mixing of two bodies of water with identical densities, producing an even denser mixture.
Mass flow of water (term is usually reserved for horizontal movement)
A circulation pattern in which cold, deep, nutrient-rich water moves toward the surface.