Ocean Surface Currents
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Introduction to Ocean Surface Currents
  1. Ocean Gyres
    • Figure 1a - A cartoon describing Ekman dynamics.
    • Figure 1b - A cartoon ...
    • Figure 2a - A cartoon of the global thermohaline circulation.
    • Figure 2b - The distribution of salinity on the 4°C potential temperature surface.
  2. General Ocean Current Terminology

Exploring the Ocean Surface Currents in Detail by Ocean

Atlantic Ocean Surface Currents
Atlantic Ocean Currents
  1. Agulhas
  2. Angola
  3. Antilles
  4. Azores
  5. Benguela
  6. Brazil
  7. Canary
  8. Caribbean System
  9. East Greenland
  10. East Iceland
  11. Florida
  1. Guiana
  2. Guinea
  3. Gulf Stream
  4. Irminger
  5. Labrador
  6. Loop Current
  7. Malvinas
  8. North Atlantic
  9. North Atlantic Drift
  10. North Brazil
  11. North Equatorial
  1. North Equatorial Counter
  2. Norwegian
  3. Portugal
  4. Slope
  5. Slope Jet
  6. South Atlantic
  7. South Equatorial System
  8. Spitsbergen
  9. Subtropical Counter
  10. West Greenland

Indian Ocean Surface Currents
Indian Ocean Currents
  1. Agulhas
  2. East African
  3. Equatorial CC
  4. Flinders
  1. Great Wirl
  2. Indian Monsoon
  3. Indonesian Throughflow
  4. Leeuwin
  1. Mozambique
  2. North Equatorial
  3. South Equatorial
  4. West Wind Drift

Pacific Ocean Surface Currents
Pacific Ocean Currents
  1. Alaskan Stream
  2. Bering Strait
  3. California
  4. Cromwell
  5. East Australian
  1. Kamchatka
  2. Kuroshio
  3. Kuroshio Extension
  4. North Pacific
  5. North Equatorial
  1. North Equatorial Counter
  2. Oyashio
  3. Peru
  4. South Equatorial

Polar Oceans Surface Currents
Polar Oceans Currents
  1. The Arctic Ocean
  2. The Southern Ocean
    1. Antarctic CP
    2. Antarctic Coastal
    3. South Atlantic
    4. South Indian
    5. South Pacific

Marginal Sea Currents
Marginal Sea Currents
  1. The Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico
    1. Caribbean
    2. Florida
    3. Loop Current
    4. Mexican
    5. Yucatan
  2. The Mediterranean Sea

To Explore Further ...
  1. Data (SST & SSV)
  2. Surface Current Properties
  3. External Links
  4. Site Index / Site Map
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Contact Information