Thermohaline Circulation
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Thermohaline Circulation
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Salinity Cross Section (Pacific Ocean)
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Potential Temperature in Atlantic Ocean
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Salinity Atlantic Ocean
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Ocean’s Conveyor Belt Circulation Schematic
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Formation Regions of Deep and Intermediate
Waters
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Antarctic Circumpola
r Current
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Circulation of Deep Waters in Southern Ocean
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Heat Transport
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Heat Transport by the oceans
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Temperature as a function of latitude
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• Mignot et al, 2006QuickTime™ and a
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“… hypothesis concerning quasi constant total meridional heat fluxand opposite fluctuations of its oceanic and atmospheric parts,
doesexplain the possibility of relatively big variations in climate without
havingrecourse to primary solar changes.” (Bjerknes, 1964)
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Hazelger, 2008