thermohaline circulation

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circulation
noun
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/ˌsɜː.kjəˈleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌsɝː.kjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
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This inversethermohalinecirculationallows dispersion of shallow and cool water species in open oceanic environments in the photic zone above the thermocline level.
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Our knowledge of thethermohalinecirculationof the oceans is advancing rapidly.
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He is also known for his work onthermohalinecirculation.
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Stommel also developed early models of thethermohalinecirculationwhich suggested that it might have more than one stable state.
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Thethermohalinecirculationis sometimes called the ocean conveyor belt, the great ocean conveyor, or the global conveyor belt.
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Due to the constantthermohalinecirculationfronts, cold air flows near the surface and bottom of the ocean.
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Thermohalinecirculationdetermines the relative ages of the water in these basins.
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Surface heat and freshwater fluxes create global density gradients that drive thethermohalinecirculationpart of large-scale ocean circulation.
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This is the beginning of thethermohalinecirculation.
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Thermohalinecirculationmay be altered by increasing amounts of freshwater in the ocean.
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A major controlling factor in oceanic-atmospheric carbon exchange isthermohalinecirculation.
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Thermohalinecirculationcan bring carbon in the deep ocean levels to the upper levels, where it can again be exchanged with the atmosphere.
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Deep water formation simply means surface water being transported downwards into the ocean, this is important to drive the global ocean currents bythermohalinecirculation.
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This exportation of freshwater helps control thethermohalinecirculationand the global climate.
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A main deep ocean current flows through all the world's oceans and is known as thethermohalinecirculationor global conveyor belt.
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The movement of water due to differences in density as a function of water temperature and salinity is calledthermohalinecirculation.
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The whole ocean is involved in slowthermohalinecirculation.
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Salinity in combination with temperature determine ocean circulation by defining its density and hencethermohalinecirculation.
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Thisthermohalinecirculation, occurs at both deep and shallow ocean levels and moves much slower than tidal or surface currents.
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Ocean currents are also important factors in determining climate, particularly thethermohalinecirculation that distributes thermal energy from the equatorial oceans to the polar regions.
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