The Discovery of the Thermohaline Circulation
In short: The thermohaline circulation is a global 'conveyor belt' of ocean currents driven by density differences caused by temperature and salinity, regulating Earth's climate by redistributing heat.
A 1:41 short film in the series “Invisible Atmosphere”.
Sources used in this film: Nature Index, “Oceanic Thermohaline Circulation and Water Mass Dynamics | Physical Oceanography | Oceanography | Earth & environmental sciences | Topics | Nature Index”; NOAA, “What is the global ocean conveyor belt?”; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, “The ocean conveyor | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution”; NOAA Ocean Exploration, “How does the ocean affect climate and weather on land? - NOAA Ocean Exploration”; NASA Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM), “The Thermohaline Circulation - The Great Ocean Conveyor Belt | Precipitation Education”; NASA, “Slowdown of the Motion of the Ocean - NASA Science”.
Sources used in this film
- Nature Index — Oceanic Thermohaline Circulation and Water Mass Dynamics | Physical Oceanography | Oceanography | Earth & environmental sciences | Topics | Nature Index · View →
- NOAA — What is the global ocean conveyor belt? · View →
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution — The ocean conveyor | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · View →
- NOAA Ocean Exploration — How does the ocean affect climate and weather on land? - NOAA Ocean Exploration · View →
- NASA Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) — The Thermohaline Circulation - The Great Ocean Conveyor Belt | Precipitation Education · View →
- NASA — Slowdown of the Motion of the Ocean - NASA Science · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Nature Index: Oceanic Thermohaline Circulation and Water Mass Dynamics | Physical Oceanography | Oceanography | Earth & environmental sciences | Topics | Nature Index
- Also: NOAA: What is the global ocean conveyor belt?
- Also: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: The ocean conveyor | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- Also: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov — How does the ocean affect climate and weather on land? - NOAA Ocean Exploration
- Also: NASA Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission – Precipitation Education: The Thermohaline Circulation - The Great Ocean Conveyor Belt | Precipitation Education
- Also: NASA: Slowdown of the Motion of the Ocean - NASA Science
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