Thermohaline circulation (THC) is a part of the large-scale ocean circulation that is driven by global density gradients created by surface heat and freshwater...
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global thermohaline circulation that includes the flow of major ocean currents, the other half being the Southern Ocean overturning circulation. The AMOC...
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Ocean current (redirect from Ocean circulation)
determine the density of seawater. The thermohaline circulation is a part of the large-scale ocean circulation that is driven by global density gradients...
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Antarctic overturning circulation) is the southern half of a global thermohaline circulation, which connects different water basins across the global ocean...
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and elevation), as well as on the large scale circulation patterns (such as the thermohaline circulation). Freshwater fluxes in general describe how freshwater...
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These two areas of brine rejection play an important role in the thermohaline circulation of all of Earth's oceans. As sea ice freezes, it rejects increasingly...
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Physical oceanography (section Circulation)
of the thermohaline circulation. Oceanic currents are largely driven by the surface wind stress; hence the large-scale atmospheric circulation is important...
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oceanic circulation and temperature distribution have been analyzed: It appears that the "conveyor belt" of the global thermohaline circulation appears...
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The North Atlantic Current, in contrast, is largely driven by thermohaline circulation. Its carrying warm water northeast across the Atlantic makes Western...
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large Mediterranean Basin scale which includes the thermohaline circulation. The thermohaline circulation in the Strait of Sicily is anti-estuarine and is...
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extent than the thermohaline circulation, is the formation of Antarctic Bottom Water (ABW) by halothermal dynamics. The halothermal circulation is that portion...
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that circulation. The Southern Ocean overturning circulation is important because it makes up the second half of the global thermohaline circulation, after...
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link the magnitude of the Circumpolar Current with the global thermohaline circulation, particularly the properties of the North Atlantic. Alternatively...
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pattern is consistent with changes in thermohaline circulation (particularly the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation or AMOC), which greatly affects...
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The high surface salinity in the Atlantic, on which the Atlantic thermohaline circulation is dependent, is maintained by two processes: the Agulhas Leakage/Rings...
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such, could be of great significance in a possible shutdown of thermohaline circulation. In oceanography the Arctic Ocean and Nordic Seas are often referred...
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Little Ice Age (section Ocean circulation)
thermohaline circulation was proposed as an explanation for the LIA, specifically, through the weakening of the North Atlantic Gyre. The circulation could...
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overturning circulation (and the corresponding weakening of the Southern Ocean overturning circulation). These changes in thermohaline circulation had caused...
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supergyre of the Southern Hemisphere and an important part of the thermohaline circulation. The source of the water of the Tasman Outflow is the East Australian...
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oceans where these winds drive a two-gyre circulation. Physical characteristics like weak thermohaline circulation in the North Pacific and the fact that...
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the poles weakens both the Atlantic and the Antarctic limb of thermohaline circulation, which further changes the distribution of heat and precipitation...
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Changes in the thermohaline circulation are thought to have significant impacts on Earth's energy budget. Because the thermohaline circulation determines...
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transported within downward convected water masses such as the Thermohaline Circulation. Hydrothermal vents also deliver heat and chemicals such as sulfide...
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reduced circulation is the production of stratified oceans. In such cases, it is more difficult to subduct water through the thermohaline circulation. Not...
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Ring shedding (section Thermohaline circulation)
rings can have both warm or cold cores and play a role in the thermohaline circulation, interocean mixing, and nutrient supply for algae and bacteria...
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affecting the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) which is part of the thermohaline circulation, possibly related to global warming-induced...
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magmatic event of the last 150 million years. In the oceans, the thermohaline circulation probably was much different from what it is today, with downwellings...
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There is a continuous large-scale circulation of water in the oceans. One part of it is the thermohaline circulation (THC). It is driven by global density...
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current flows through all the world's oceans and is known as the thermohaline circulation or global conveyor belt. This movement is slow and is driven by...
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deep-water circulation in which denser water flows into an adjacent basin beneath lighter water. This process is significant in thermohaline circulation, contributing...
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