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General Wind Driven Circulation

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South Equatorial Current

North Equatorial Counter Current

CanaryCurrent

AzoresCurrent

Labrador

E. Greenland Current

Norwegian

North Atlantic

DriftNorth AtlanticCurrent

Gulf Stream

FloridaAntilles

LoopCurrent

GuiannaCurrent

North Equatorial Current

South Equatorial Current

North Equatorial Counter Current

Equatorial Under Current (40 Sv)

Oya

shio

AlaskanGyre

California

Current

North PacificCurrentKurioshio

Extension

Kur

oshi

North Equatorial Current

Agulas Current

Mal

vina

s Cur

rent

Guianna Current

North Brazil CurrentSouth Equatorial Current

Bengula C

urrent

Antartic Circumpolar CurrentB

razi

l Cur

rent

PeruCurrent

Antartic Circumpolar Current

EastAustralian Current

South Equatorial Current

Northeast Monsoons (November to March)

Equatorial Counter Current

North Equatorial Current

Antarctic Circumpolar Current

SoutheastTrades

Agu

las

Cur

rent

South Equatorial Current

NortheastMonsoons

Westerlies

Southwest Monsoons (May to September)

Southwest Monsoon Current

Antarctic Circumpolar Current

SoutheastTrades

Agu

las

Cur

rent

South Equatorial Current

SouthwestMonsoons

Westerlies

Somal

i Curr

ent

Deep Water Formation

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North AtlanticDeep Water

Antarctic Bottom Water

Antarctic Intermediate

Water

Water Masses in the Atlantic

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Antarctic Intermediate

Water

Common WaterOr

Pacific Deep Water

Water Masses in the Pacific

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Water Masses in the Indian Oean

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Pacific Atlantic

Common Water

Indian

Salinity Sections

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Salinity at 3000 meters

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Dissolved Oxygen at 3000 meters

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