Equatorial waters warmer than higher latitude waters surface layers warmer than deeper layers This sets up an enormous circulation network Major currents are shaped by: Temperature differences (driven mostly by tilt of earth's axis) Prevailing wind patterns interacting with the surface waters (again driven mostly by tilt of earth's axis) the rotation of the earth --> the Coriolis Force shorelines of continental masses Tapping the Current for Energy: Gulf current has 1000 times the flow of the Mississippi River(
(higher latitude waters; surface warmer; ) (wind patterns interacting with the surface waters; driven mostly; by tilt of earth's axis; T:again) (the Coriolis Force shorelines of continental masses; Tapping; the Current for Energy)
higher latitude waters wind patterns interacting with the surface waters the Coriolis Force shorelines of continental masses
surface warmer driven mostly Tapping
by tilt of earth's axis T:again
the Current for Energy