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Global Circulation

Global Circulation. By: Henry and Jawad Per.2 April 24, 2008. What is global circulation?. Ocean water that circulates or travels through all of Earth’s ocean basins Global circulation consists of surface currents and deep water currents. What does global circulation do?.

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Global Circulation

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  1. Global Circulation By: Henry and Jawad Per.2 April 24, 2008

  2. What is global circulation? • Ocean water that circulates or travels through all of Earth’s ocean basins • Global circulation consists of surface currents and deep water currents

  3. What does global circulation do? • Transports material throughout Earth’s oceans such as oxygen and nutrients • Transports heat throughout Earth’s oceans

  4. Global Circulation Images

  5. Deep and Surface Currents • Deep currents are movements of ocean water far below the surface. • Surface currents are horizontal stream like of movements of water that occur at or near the surface of the ocean.

  6. Sources for Global Circulation • Textbook and IR • www.windows.ucar.edu • http://science.nasa.gov/ • http://www.pik-potsdam.de/

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