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Chapter 6: Wind and Ocean Circulation

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This online guide contains links to modules helpful in understanding the fundamentals of atmospheric science.
Visit the Online Meteorology Guide web site
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This NASA sight monitors ocean winds via satellites.
Visit the Winds web site
Coriolis Deflection
An illustrated explanation of Coroilis Deflection.
Visit the Coriolis Force web site
Types of Surface Flows
Upwelling and Ekman transport are two of the most important types of surface flows, as is described in this NOAA article.
Visit the Investigating Ocean Upwelling web site
Refinement of the Geostrophic-Flow Model
An overview of some types of flows and how they are affected by oceanic and atmospheric properties.
Visit the Currents web site
A General Model of Thermohaline Circulation
Research shows that the southern ocean is critical to the world's climate system.
Visit the The Southern Ocean and Global Climate web site
A General Model of Thermohaline Circulation
A map of global ocean circulation.
Visit the Great Ocean Conveyer Belt web site

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