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Title: General Wind Driven Circulation


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General Wind Driven Circulation
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http//oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu/index.html
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Norwegian
E. Greenland Current
Labrador
North Atlantic Drift
North Atlantic Current
Gulf Stream
Azores Current
Loop Current
Canary Current
Florida
Antilles
North Equatorial Current
North Equatorial Counter Current
Guianna Current
South Equatorial Current
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Alaskan Gyre
Oyashio
North Pacific Current
Kurioshio Extension
California Current
Kuroshio
North Equatorial Current
North Equatorial Counter Current
Equatorial Under Current (40 Sv)
South Equatorial Current
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Guianna Current
North Brazil Current
South Equatorial Current
Bengula Current
Brazil Current
Agulas Current
Malvinas Current
Antartic Circumpolar Current
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South Equatorial Current
Peru Current
East Australian Current
Antartic Circumpolar Current
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Northeast Monsoons (November to March)
Northeast Monsoons
North Equatorial Current
Equatorial Counter Current
South Equatorial Current
Southeast Trades
Agulas Current
Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Westerlies
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Southwest Monsoons (May to September)
Southwest Monsoons
Somali Current
Southwest Monsoon Current
South Equatorial Current
Southeast Trades
Agulas Current
Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Westerlies
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Deep Water Formation
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Water Masses in the Atlantic
Antarctic Intermediate Water
North Atlantic Deep Water
Antarctic Bottom Water
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Water Masses in the Pacific
Antarctic Intermediate Water
Common Water Or Pacific Deep Water
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Water Masses in the Indian Oean
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Salinity Sections
Pacific
Atlantic
Indian
Common Water
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Salinity at 3000 meters
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Dissolved Oxygen at 3000 meters
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