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Removal of Removal of moisture and moisture and
heatheat
upwellingupwelling
1. Ocean Conveyor Belt
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5
5
11 Sv = 106 m3/s
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(From Broecker, 1990)
(From Broecker, 1990)
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4. MAIN WATER MASSES IN THE OCEAN
GreenlandSea
NorwegianSeaLabrador
Sea
From Pinet (1998)5.
1000 m1000 m
1000 m1000 m
Iceland
Newfoundland
Labrador Labrador SeaSea
DenmarkDenmarkStraitStrait
Iceland-Iceland-FaeroesFaeroesRidgeRidge
Ireland
U.K.
North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) formation
From: Tomczak, Matthias & J Stuart Godfrey: Regional Oceanography: an Introduction 2nd edn (2003)
5b.
Greenland
Iceland
NADW going through Denmark Strait
From: Tomczak, Matthias & J Stuart Godfrey: Regional Oceanography: an Introduction 2nd edn (2003)
6.
GreenlandSea
NorwegianSeaLabrador
Sea
AntarcticBottomWater
(AABW)
From: Tomczak, Matthias & J Stuart Godfrey: Regional Oceanography: an Introduction 2nd edn (2003)
3000 m
7.
From: Tomczak, Matthias & J Stuart Godfrey: Regional Oceanography: an Introduction 2nd edn (2003)
to Argentine
Basin
to CapeBasin
8.
Rio Grande Rise
Santos Plateau
9. Vema Channel Minimum Temperatures
Year
Θ º
C
Argentine Basin
Brazil Basin
10. AABW extent
(from Talley, 1999)
GreenlandSea
NorwegianSeaLabrador
Sea
11.
From: Tomczak, Matthias & J Stuart Godfrey: Regional Oceanography: an Introduction 2nd edn (2003)
AntarcticIntermediate
Water(AAIW)
= Polar Front
forms at the Polar Front
12.
From: Tomczak, Matthias & J Stuart Godfrey: Regional Oceanography: an Introduction 2nd edn (2003)
13.
Schematic of all water masses
Atlantic Section
RioGrande Rise
Ceará
Water MassesSACW NACW
SACW - South Atlantic Central WaterNACW - North Atlantic Central WaterSPCW - South Pacific Central WaterNPCW - North Pacific Central WaterSICW - South Indian Central WaterECW - Equatorial Central Water
AAIW - Antarctic Intermediate WaterAIW - Arctic Intermediate WaterMIW - Mediterranean Intermediate WaterRSIW - Red Sea Intermediate WaterNPIW - North Pacific Intermediate Water
AABW - Antarctic Bottom WaterNADW - North Atlantic Deep WaterAADW - Antarctic Deep WaterNABW - North Atlantic Bottom WaterCoW - Common Water (AAIW + NADW)PSW - Pacific Subarctic Water
From Pinet (1998)
14. The Effect of the Mediterranean on the North Atlantic
From Pinet (1998)
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15b.
15c.
15d.
15e.
NEC
NECC
UCUC
16. EquatorialCurrentSystem
SEC SECC
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