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English: This map shows the pattern of thermohaline circulation also known as "meridional overturning circulation". This collection of currents is responsible for the large-scale exchange of water masses in the ocean, including providing oxygen to the deep ocean. The entire circulation pattern takes ~2000 years.

Deutsch: Thermohaline Zirkulation und die Entstehung von kaltem, dichtem Tiefenwasser im Nordmeer

Date

29 March 2008

Source

NASA Earth Observatory

Author

Robert Simmon, NASA. Minor modifications by Robert A. Rohde also released to the public domain

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