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Thermohaline Circulation

Thermohaline Circulation. Salinity Cross Section (Pacific Ocean). Potential Temperature in Atlantic Ocean. Salinity Atlantic Ocean. Ocean’s Conveyor Belt Circulation Schematic. Formation Regions of Deep and Intermediate Waters. Antarctic Circumpolar Current.

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Thermohaline Circulation

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  1. Thermohaline Circulation

  2. Salinity Cross Section (Pacific Ocean)

  3. Potential Temperature in Atlantic Ocean

  4. Salinity Atlantic Ocean

  5. Ocean’s Conveyor Belt Circulation Schematic

  6. Formation Regions of Deep and Intermediate Waters

  7. Antarctic Circumpolar Current

  8. Circulation of Deep Waters in Southern Ocean

  9. Heat Transport

  10. Heat Transport by the oceans

  11. Temperature as a function of latitude

  12. Mignot et al, 2006

  13. “… hypothesis concerning quasi constant total meridional heat flux and opposite fluctuations of its oceanic and atmospheric parts, does explain the possibility of relatively big variations in climate without having recourse to primary solar changes.” (Bjerknes, 1964)

  14. Hazelger, 2008

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