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23 Cards in this Set
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replacement of water coming from the top to the bottom of the water column
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downwelling
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transport of water to the left or right of the wind direction
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Ekman transport
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driven by gravity and modified by Coriolis effect
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geostrophic flow
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replacement of water coming from the bottom to the top of the water column
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upwelling
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benguela current
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B&E
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california current
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D&E
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canary current
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D&E
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gulf stream
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C&D
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kuroshio current
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C&D
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west wind drift
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B&E
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Equatorial currents are driven by the
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trade winds
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Convection cells driven by the relatively weak winds near the center of gyres
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Langmuir circulation
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Which of the following is true of surface water circulation near Antarctica
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Two circumpolar currents dominate it, one current that moves water to the east and one current that moves water to the west.
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The Sargasso Sea is located in the
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north atlantic ocean
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the resulting body of water is called a
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cold core ring
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Which of the following is a western boundary current
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brazil current
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which of the following statements is true for an eastern boundary current
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eastern boundary currents are broad and slow
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Geostrophic circulation is within a gyre driven by
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gravity
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Strong upwelling occurs in all of the following except
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where deep ocean water currents are formed
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The worldwide effects of El Niño include all the following except
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drought in the US Gulf coastal states
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El Niño Southern Oscillation
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the relationship between sea surface temperature and high altitude pressure
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Thermohaline circulation is driven by
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density differences
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The arrangement of water masses in the southern Atlantic Ocean from the surface to the bottom is
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antarctic intermediate water, north atlantic deep water, antarctic bottom water
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