Ocean Surface Currents
Properties
Name Transport (Sv) Ocean Type Comment
Agulhas 20-90 South Atlantic Warm
Alaska North Pacific Warm
Angola 5 South Atlantic
Antarctic CP 130 Southern
Antarctic Coastal 10 Southern
Antilles 2-7 North Atlantic
Azores 8 North Atlantic
Benguela 7-15 South Atlantic Warm/Cool
Brazil 20-70 South Atlantic Warm
California North Pacific Cool
Canary 8 North Atlantic Cool
Caribbean 26-33 Caribbean Sea
East Australian South Pacific Warm
East Greenland 7-35 North Atlantic
East Iceland North Atlantic
Florida 30 North Atlantic
Guiana 10 North Atlantic
Guinea 3 North Atlantic
Gulf Stream 30-150 North Atlantic Warm Western Boundary Current
Irminger 2-4 North Atlantic
Kuroshio North Pacific Warm
Labrador 4-8 North Atlantic Cool
Loop Current 30 North Atlantic
Malvinas 10 South Atlantic aka Falkland
Mexican 8-10 Caribbean Sea
North Atlantic 35-40 North Atlantic
North Atlantic Drift 30 North Atlantic Warm
North Pacific Drift North Pacific Warm
North Brazil 10-30 North Atlantic
North Equatorial 15 North Atlantic
North Equatorial CC 18 North Atlantic
Norwegian 2-4 North Atlantic
Oyashio North Pacific Cool aka Kamchatka
Peru South Pacific Cool aka Humboldt
Portugal North Atlantic
Slope North Atlantic
Slope Jet North Atlantic
South Atlantic South Atlantic
South Equatorial 15 South Atlantic
Spitsbergen North Atlantic
Subtropical CC 4-10 North Atlantic
Weddell Scotia CF 40-90 North Atlantic
West Australian Indian Cool
West Greenland North Atlantic
West-Spitsbergen Atlantic
West Wind Drift South Pacific Cool
Yucatan 23-33 Caribbean Sea
CC == Counter Current, CF == Confluence, CP == Circumpolar
Transport is the estimated annual range in 106 m3/s.