- Ocean current
About ocean currents other uses Current disambiguation Image Corrientes oceanicas.gif 300px thumb The ocean ... to the effect of the California Current . Function File Ocean surface currents.jpg 300px thumb right Major ocean surface currents, Source NOAA File Recording Current Meter.jpg thumb left 70px Device to record ocean currents Surface ocean currents are generally wind driven and develop their typical ... Near realtime global ocean surface current data set The http www.oscar.noaa.gov OSCAR near realtime ... www.oscar.noaa.gov NOAA Ocean Surface Current Analyses Realtime OSCAR Near realtime Global Ocean Surface ... RSMAS Ocean Surface Currents http www.cocmp.org Coastal Ocean Current Monitoring Program http ... of Excellence Future Ocean , Kiel Ocean Physical oceanography DEFAULTSORT Ocean Current Category ... morski pt Corrente oce nica ro Curent marin ru sq Rrymat detare simple Ocean current ... currents around the world. File Circulation of Ocean Currents Around the Western Antarctic Ice Shelves.ogv thumb 300px Animation of circulation around ice shelves of Antarctica . An ocean current is a continuous, directed movement of ocean water generated by the forces acting upon this mean flow ... line configurations and interaction with other currents influence a current s direction and strength. Ocean currents can flow for great distances, and together they create the great flow of the global ... flowing at an angle to the driving winds. The areas of surface ocean currents move somewhat with the season s this is most notable in equatorial currents. Ocean basins generally have a non symmetric surface current, in that the eastern equatorward flowing branch is broad and diffuse whereas the western poleward flowing branch is very narrow. These Boundary current western boundary currents of which the gulf stream is an example are a consequence of basic fluid dynamics. Deep ocean currents are driven by density and temperature gradients. Thermohaline circulation , also known as the ocean ... more details
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- Current
Wiktionary current Current may refer to toc right Ongoing events The present Current affairs disambiguation Current events Science and mathematics Current fluid , the flow of a liquid or a gas Air current , a flow of air Current ocean , a current in the ocean Rip current , type of ocean current Current stream , currents in rivers and streams Current mathematics , geometrical current in differential topology Conserved current , a concept in physics and mathematics that satisfies the continuity equation Current density , a mathematical concept unifying electric current, fluid current, and others Electric current , a flow of electric charge through a medium Alternating current Direct current Business IBM Current , an early personal information management program Media Current album Current album , an album by Heatwave Current film Current film , a 2009 film Current newspaper Current newspaper , an American trade journal Current Publishing , an American publishing company Current TV , a cable television network owned by Al Gore Currents periodical Currents periodical , an international trade law journal Currents TV series Currents TV series , a Catholic news magazine television show in U.S. 89.3 The Current, public radio station KCMP licensed to Northfield, Minnesota The Current song The Current song , a song by the Blue Man Group People Jeff Current , lead singer for Against All Will Ships USS Current ARS 22 See also Currant disambiguation disambig ar cs Proud de Courant el es Corriente fr Courant gl Corrente it Courant disambigua he nl Courant pl Current ru simple Current sk Pr d tr Ak m ... more details
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- The Current
The Current can refer to the following The Current Columbia University journal The Current journal , Columbia University s student journal of politics, culture and Jewish affairs. The Current newspaper The Current newspaper , the student newspaper of the University of Missouri St. Louis The Current NSU The Current newspaper , the student newspaper of the Nova Southeastern University The Current radio program , a current affairs radio program on CBC Radio One The Current song The Current song , a song by the Blue Man Group featuring Gavin Rossdale KCMP , a Minnesota Public Radio station known as The Current disambig ... more details
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- Ocean
Ocean.jpg thumb Surface of the Atlantic ocean meeting the Earth s planetary boundary layer and troposphere An ocean from Greek language Greek lang grc , okeanos Oceanus ref http www.perseus.tufts.edu ... perl webwn?s ocean title WordNet Search ocean publisher Princeton University ... s World Ocean , such as the Atlantic Ocean . ref cite web url http www.oed.com view Entry 130201?redirectedFrom ocean eid title ocean, n. publisher Oxford English Dictionary accessdate February 5, 2012 ref ref cite web url http www.merriam webster.com dictionary ocean title ocean publisher Merriam Webster accessdate February 6, 2012 ref The word sea is often used interchangeably with ocean ... Earth s global ocean is the largest confirmed surface ocean on all observable planets. Approximately ... of Earth s hydrosphere, the world ocean is integral to Life on Earth all known life , forms part ... . It is the habitat of 230,000 species known to science, however much of the ocean s depths remain unexplored and it is estimated that over two million Marine ocean marine species may exist. ref Cite news title Census of Marine Life maps an ocean of species last Drogin first Bob url http www.latimes.com .... The Mars ocean hypothesis suggests that nearly a third of the surface of Mars was covered by water ... ocean of Venus. Compounds such as Salt chemistry salts and ammonia mixed water are known to lower ... beneath the surface of many dwarf planets and natural satellites, notably the ocean of Europa moon ... s, including surface oceans of liquid water within a circumstellar habitable zone . Ocean ... ocean Image World ocean map.gif right thumb 240px Maps exhibiting the world s oceanic waters. A continuous body of water encircling the Earth , the World Ocean world global ocean is divided into a number ... are usually recognized Pacific Ocean Pacific , Atlantic Ocean Atlantic , Indian Ocean Indian , Arctic Ocean Arctic , and Southern Ocean Southern the last two listed are sometimes consolidated into the first ... more details
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- Into the Ocean
refimprove date April 2009 Infobox Single Name Into the Ocean Cover Artist Blue October from Album Foiled Format Music download Digital download , CD single Recorded October 16, 2006 Genre Alternative rock Length 4 02 Label Universal Records Writer Producer David Castell and Justin Furstenfeld Certification Last single Hate Me br 2006 This single Into the Ocean br 2006 Next single She s My Ride Home br 2007 Into the Ocean is the second single from Blue October s fifth album, Foiled . The song peaked at 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 , while the music video for the song, directed by Zach Merck , reached number one on the VH1 V Spot countdown. A live acoustic version of the song appears on the band s album Ugly Side An Acoustic Evening With Blue October . Content The song contrasts an upbeat rhythm and light melodies with Ryan Delahoussaye s erhu and lamenting lyrics typical of Hate Me and other songs written by lead singer Justin Furstenfeld . The feelings conveyed by the song reflect Furstenfeld s real life battle with clinical depression depression and suicide suicidal tendencies. The lyrics convey the First person narrative first person account of a normal boy who has fallen or jumped off the bow of a ship and the thoughts that pass through the boy s mind as he loses the will to keep afloat by treading water. His final thought is of his beloved as he eventually concedes to drowning cquote I thought of just your face, relaxed and floated into space In the final verse the song takes on a deeper meaning as the lyrics reveal that the initial story of the boy drowning was just a dream spurred by feelings of grief over the loss of a loved one, presumably the woman whose face gave ..., that he could slip into the ocean, end it all. According to a VH1 online article about the band, Into the Ocean has had an impact on many listeners who may have been contemplating suicide. Into the Ocean ... 2000s rock song stub de Into the Ocean ... more details
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- Aleutian Current
Unreferenced stub date December 2009 Aleutian current also called subarctic current. An eastward flowing ocean current which lies north of the North Pacific Current it is the northern branch of the Kuroshio Current which moves northeast then east between 40 N and 50 N. As it approaches the coast of North America it divides to form the northward flowing Alaska current and the southward flowing California Current . See also Ocean current Oceanic gyres Physical oceanography Ocean Marine current stub Category Ocean currents es Corriente de las Aleutianas ko la Flumen Aleutium ja no Den aleutiske havstr m nn Aleutiastraumen pl Pr d Aleucki tr Aleut ak nt s vi H i l u Aleut ... more details
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- Mindanao Current
The Mindanao Current is an ocean current along the eastward side of the southern Philippines . It is a narrow, southward flowing current starting at 14 N with 13 Sverdrup Sv increasing in strength to 33 Sverdrup Sv at 5.5 N. The current splits before the coast of south east Mindanao where one part flows cyclonically into the Celebes Sea later feeding the Equatorial Counter Current North Equatorial Counter Current NECC while another part feeds the NECC directly. ref http adsabs.harvard.edu abs 1991JGR....96.7089L ref See also Ocean current Oceanic gyres Physical oceanography References Reflist External links http www.terrapub.co.jp onlinemonographs absm html 02 figs 0201 g0801 15.jpg Map of the Mindanao Current Ocean Marine current stub Category Ocean currents es Corriente de Mindanao nn Mindanaostraumen ... more details
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- Angola Current
Angola current is a temporary ocean surface Ocean current current . It is an extension of the Guinea Current , flowing near western Africa s coast. It is known to have created similar effects in the upwelling as El Ni o ref http oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu atlantic angola.html ref , though its effect is weaker. See also Ocean current Oceanic gyres References reflist Ocean Category Ocean currents Marine current stub nn Angolastraumen ru sr sh Angolska struja sv Angolastr mmen vi H i l u Angola ... more details
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- Madagascar Current
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Distinguish2 the East Madagascar Current The Madagascar Current is an ocean current that flows northwards near the western coast of Madagascar , and it is the only current which sailors can employ on trips from southern Africa to India. However, the current is neither as strong nor as wide as the opposing Agulhas current . See also Ocean current Oceanic gyres Physical oceanography Ocean Marine current stub Category Ocean currents es Corriente de Madagascar mr nn Madagaskarstraumen pl Pr d Madagaskarski ro Curentul Madagascarului ... more details
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- Antilles Current
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Antilles Current is a warm water current that flows northwesterly past the island chain that separates the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean . The current results from the flow of the Atlantic North Equatorial Current . This current completes the clockwise cycle or convection that is located in the Atlantic Ocean . It is used by many fishermen across the Caribbean Islands to fish. Also used is the Caribbean Current which flows south of Puerto Rico and Cuba , and over Colombia and Venezuela . See also Ocean current Oceanic gyres Ocean Category Ocean currents Marine current stub cv de Antillenstrom et Antilli hoovus es Corriente de las Antillas hi hr Antilska struja lt Antil srov nl Antillenstroom ja nn Antillarstraumen pl Pr d Antylski ru sr sh Antilska struja sv Antillerstr mmen uk zh ... more details
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- Azores Current
The Azores Current is a generally eastward to southeastward flowing ocean current in the North Atlantic Ocean. It originates near the Grand Banks of Newfoundland where the Gulf Stream splits into two branches, the northern branch becoming the North Atlantic Current and the south branch the Azores Current. ref http oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu atlantic azores.html The Azores Current ref Recent research suggests that the outflow of salty water from the Mediterranean Sea plays a role in strengthening the Azores Current. ref Jia, Y., 2000 Formation of an Azores Current due to Mediterranean overflow in a modeling study of the North Atlantic. Journal of Physical Oceanography 30, 2342 2358. ref ref zg kmen, T.M., E.P. Chassignet, and C.G.H. Rooth, 2001 On the Connection between the Mediterranean Outflow and the Azores Current. Journal of Physical Oceanography 31, 461 480. ref References Reflist Ocean physical oceanography Category Ocean currents Category Atlantic Ocean de Azorenstrom hr Azorska struja ru sr sh Azorska struja ... more details
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- Spitzbergen Current
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Spitzbergen current is the northernmost part of the North Atlantic Current . It separates from the Norwegian Current in the area of Norwegian abyssal plain . It is the most northern of the so called warm ocean currents. It keeps the North Atlantic passage to Svalbard free of ice for most of the year. See also Ocean current Oceanic gyres Physical oceanography Ocean Marine current stub Category Ocean currents es Corriente de Spitzbergen ja nn Spitsbergenstraumen ru ... more details
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- Current (fluid)
A current in a fluid is the magnitude and direction of flow within that fluid. An air current presents the same properties for a gaseous medium. Kinds of fluid currents include. Boundary current Current stream , a current in a river or stream Ocean current Rip current Subsurface currents Turbidity current See also Fluid dynamics Fluiddynamics stub Category Physics de Str mung ka pt Corrente fluido ru ... more details
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- Kamchatka Current
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Kamchatka Current is a cold water current flowing south westward from the Bering Strait , along the Siberia n Pacific coast and the Kamchatka Peninsula . A portion of this current then becomes the Oyashio Current while the remainder joins the warmer North Pacific Current . See also Ocean current Oceanic gyres Physical oceanography Ocean Marine current stub Category Ocean currents es Corriente de Kamchatka ko mn ja nn Kamtsjatkastraumen ... more details
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- Davidson Current
Unreferenced date November 2006 In oceanography , the Davidson Current is a coastal wikt countercurrent countercurrent of the Pacific Ocean running north along the western coast of the United States from Baja California Mexico to northern California to at least 40th parallel north latitude 40 N . It prevails during the winter months, generally from September through February. In these months, changes in atmospheric pressure conditions of the Pacific Ocean bring southwesterly wind to the California coast which cause a northward surface current inland of the California Current . See also North Pacific Gyre California Current Category Ocean currents Category Climate of California Marine current stub de Davidsonstrom ja vi H i l u Davidson ... more details
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- Irminger Current
The Irminger Current is a cold north Atlantic Ocean Atlantic ocean current setting westward off the southwest coast of Iceland . It is composed of relatively warm and saline waters from the eastern North Atlantic that are fed by the North Atlantic Drift . The Irminger Current is part of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. See also Ocean currents Oceanic gyres Physical oceanography Ocean Category Ocean currents Marine current stub be be x old ca Corrent d Irminger de Irmingerstrom et Irmingeri hoovus es Corriente de Irminger fr Courant d Irminger hi hr Irmingerova struja ja nn Irmingerstraumen km pl Pr d Irmingera ru sr sh Irmingerova struja sv Irmingerstr mmen uk ... more details
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- Caribbean Current
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Caribbean Current is a warm water current that flows into the Caribbean Sea from the east along the coast of South America . The current results from the flow of the Atlantic South Equatorial Current as it flows north along the coast of Brazil . As the current turns north through the Yucatan Channel , it is renamed the Yucatan Current . See also Ocean current Oceanic gyres Ocean Category Ocean currents Marine current stub cv de Karibische Str mung et Kariibi hoovus es Corriente del Caribe hr Karipska struja ja nn Karibiastraumen pl Pr d Karaibski ru sr sh Karipska struja sv Karibiska str mmen uk zh ... more details
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- Florida Current
unreferenced date August 2008 The Florida Current is a thermal ocean current that flows generally from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean. The current was discovered by Spain Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Le n in 1513. The Florida Current results from the movement of water pushed from the Atlantic into the Caribbean Sea by the rotation of the Earth which exerts a greater force at the equator . The water piles up along Central America and flows northward through the Yucat n Channel into the Gulf of Mexico . The water is heated in the Gulf and forced out through the Florida Straits , between the Florida Keys and Cuba and flows northward along the east coast of the United States . The Florida Current is often referred to imprecisely as the Gulf Stream . In fact, the Florida Current joins the Gulf Stream off the east coast of Florida . The water reaches a velocity of 1.8 m s or 3.6 knots. See also Ocean current Oceanic gyre Physical oceanography Ocean Category Ocean currents Marine current stub cv de Floridastrom et Florida hoovus fr Courant de Floride hr Floridska struja ja nn Floridastraumen pl Pr d Florydzki ru sr sh Floridska struja ... more details
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- Guinea Current
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image South Atlantic Gyre.png 350px thumb right The South Atlantic Gyre. The Guinea Current is a slow warm water current that flows to the east along the Guinea region Guinea coast of West Africa . It has some similarity to the Equatorial Counter Current in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. See also Ocean currents Oceanic gyres Physical oceanography Ocean Category Ocean currents Marine current stub de Guineastrom es Corriente de Guinea hr Gvinejska struja ja nn Guineastraumen pl Pr d Gwinejski ru sr sh Gvinejska struja th uk vi H i l u Guinea zh ... more details
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- Falkland Current
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Falkland Current Malvinas Current is a cold water current that flows northward along the Atlantic coast of Patagonia as far north as the mouth of the R o de la Plata . This current results from the movement of water from the West Wind Drift as it rounds Cape Horn . It takes its name from the Falkland Islands . See also Ocean current Oceanic gyres Ocean Category Ocean currents Marine current stub de Falklandstrom et Falklandi hoovus es Corriente de las Malvinas hi hr Falklandska struja nl Falklandstroom ja no Falklandstr mmen nn Falklandstraumen pl Pr d Falklandzki sr sh Falklandska struja sv Falklandsstr mmen zh ... more details
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- Portugal Current
The Portugal Current is a weak warm water current that flows south easterly towards the coast of Portugal . The current results from the movement of water east caused by the North Atlantic Current North Atlantic Drift . External links cite web first Barbie last Bischof coauthors Arthur J. Mariano Edward H. Ryan title The Portugal Current System publisher University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science work Ocean Surface Currents date 2003 format html accessdate 2008 12 08 url http oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu atlantic portugal.html Ocean Category Ocean currents Marine current stub ca Corrent de Portugal de Portugalstrom es Corriente de Portugal fr Courant du Portugal nl Portugalstroom ja nn Portugalstraumen ru sr sh Portugalska struja sv Portugalstr mmen ... more details
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- Alaska Current
Unreferenced stub date December 2009 The Alaska Current is a southwestern warm water current along the coast of British Columbia and the Alaska Panhandle . The current results from the northward diversion of a portion of the North Pacific Current when that current meets the west coast of the North America North American continent . It forms a part of the counterclockwise Oceanic gyre gyre in the Gulf of Alaska . In contrast to typical sub Arctic Pacific water, Alaska Current water is characterized by temperatures above 39 F 4 C and surface salinities below 32.6 parts per thousand. In the northern Gulf of Alaska, the Alaska Current continues into the Alaskan Stream, which begins near Kodiak Island and flows southwestward along the Alaska Peninsula . The Alaska Current produces large clockwise eddies at two sites west of the Queen Charlotte Islands Queen Charlotte Eddy or Haida Eddies and west of Sitka Sitka Eddy . See also Ocean current Oceanic gyres Physical oceanography Ocean Marine current stub Category Ocean currents et Alaska hoovus es Corriente de Alaska fr Courant d Alaska hi lt Aliaskos srov ja nn Alaskastraumen pl Pr d Alaski ru sv Alaskastr mmen tr Alaska ak nt s uk vi H i l u Alaska zh ... more details
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- Brazil Current
The Brazil Current is a warm water current that flows south along the Brazil ian south coast to the mouth of the R o de la Plata . This current is caused by diversion of a portion of the Atlantic South Equatorial Current from where that current meets the South America n continent. It is a western boundary current like the Gulf Stream , and is indeed its southern counterpart however, it is considerably shallower and weaker.It flows south from the equator to the west wind drift. External links http oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu atlantic brazil.html The Brazil Current Ocean Category Ocean currents Marine current stub de Brasilstrom et Brasiilia hoovus es Corriente del Brasil hi hr Brazilska struja lt Brazilijos srov mr ja nn Brasilstraumen km pl Pr d Brazylijski pt Corrente do Brasil ru sr sh Brazilska struja sv Brasilianska str mmen uk zh ... more details
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- Lomonosov Current
stations containing ocean current current chart recorder s at 30 W. One of them, that was set at the intersection ... current ranges from 22.5 to 28.3 Sverdrup . ref cite web url http oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu atlantic south equatorial.html title The South Equatorial Sys Current accessdate 2008 04 21 author D. Bonhoure et al. work Surface Currents in the Atlantic Ocean publisher CIMAS ref See also Cromwell current , deep current in the Pacific Ocean Ocean current Oceanic gyres Physical oceanography References reflist Ocean Category Ocean currents Marine current stub pl Pr d omonosowa ru ...The Lomonosov current also called Lomonosov Under Current or Equatorial Under Current is a deep current in the Atlantic Ocean . The Lomonosov current was discovered in 1959 during the 5th cruise ref name Kolesnikov cite book first A.G. last Kolesnikov title Techenie Lomonosova url accessdate 2008 04 21 edition series year 1966 publisher Naukova dumka location Kiev pages 4 language Russian ref ref cite web url http www.mhi.iuf.net cruises cruises.htm title Cruises of the MHI s Research Vessels accessdate 2008 04 21 publisher Marine Hydrophysical Institute archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20071108210715 http www.mhi.iuf.net cruises cruises.htm Bot retrieved archive archivedate 2007 11 08 ref of the research vessel Mikhail Lomonosov by an expedition of the Marine Hydrophysical Institute of the Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences, based in Sevastopol . ref cite book title Russian Marine Expeditionary Investigations of the World Ocean url http books.google.com books?id Pppob1F7MM8C&pg RA1 PA29&dq lomonosov current&lr &as brr 1&sig PyD9kDJ1hodmXitwM2y6z88N3RM accessdate 2008 04 21 edition series International Ocean Atlas and Information Series year 2002 month December publisher Diane Publishing ... Equatorial Current had recorded the strong current eastwards. Its average flow speed was 96 ... Lomonosov . The Lomonosov current is 200 km wide, 150m thick and flows to the east. It starts ... more details
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- Cromwell Current
TOCright The Cromwell Current also called Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent or just Equatorial Undercurrent is an eastward flowing subsurface current that extends the length of the equator in the Pacific Ocean . The Cromwell Current was discovered in 1952 ref Cromwell, Townsend 1953 . Circulation in a meridional ... the currents of the ocean varied as a function of depth. They discovered a fast flowing current that flowed ... of this current on world climate is not well understood. References Reflist See also Lomonosov current &mdash deep current in the Atlantic Ocean Ocean current Oceanic gyres Physical oceanography ... 3097 648 Equatorial undercurrent in the Pacific Ocean revealed by new methods. Science 119 3097 648 ... km wide and flows to the east. It is hidden 300 feet 100 m under the surface of the Pacific Ocean at the Equator it is relatively narrow in depth compared to other ocean currents being only 100 feet ... current was listed in the 1964 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records . What for ? Townsend Cromwell Townsend Cromwell , a keen surfer, swimmer and oceanographer, discovered the current that now bears his name whilst researching drifting in the equatorial region of the Pacific Ocean ... because the surface currents of the pacific ocean flow westwards on the equator. They follow the direction .... There is reversal point about 40 m down, where the water starts to flow east. The current goes down ... speed is around 1.5 m s this is about twice as fast as the westerly surface current Temperature ... Ocean. Surface water is blown westwards by the prevailing winds and deeper water is forced upwards to replace it. Every now and then, the surface water sloshes back across the ocean, bringing ... current is forced to the surface by underwater volcanoes near the Gal pagos Islands Galapagos islands. This is called upwelling However during El Nino years the current does not upwell in this way ... years. Effect on wildlife The Cromwell Current is both oxygen and nutrient rich. A large number ... more details
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