Slide 1 Currents Surface Currents –About 10% of the ocean’s water is in surface currents, water flowing horizontally in the uppermost 400 m Driven mostly by wind friction…

Slide 1 Made by Michael Kramer Slide 2 Coriolis Effect Apparent deflection of the path of an object that moves within a rotating coordinate system Object doesn’t deviate…

Slide 1 OCEAN CURRENTS AND CLIMATE Ocean Currents and Climate There are two types of Ocean Currents: Surface Currents are driven by surface wind circulation. These waters…

Slide 1 OCEAN CURRENTS There are two types of Ocean Currents: 1. Surface Currents--Pycnocline Circulation These waters make up about 10% of all the water in the ocean. These…

Gyres and Currents Gyres and Currents Made by Michael Kramer Coriolis Effect Apparent deflection of the path of an object that moves within a rotating coordinate system Object…

1. Ocean CirculationThis image shows the abundance of life in the sea, measured by the SeaWiFS instrument aboard the Seastar satellite.Dark blue represents warmer areas where…

Slide 1 OCEAN CURRENTS There are two types of Ocean Currents: 1. Surface Currents--Pycnocline Circulation These waters make up about 10% of all the water in the ocean. These…