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  2. Ocean current - Wikipedia

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    Ocean surface currents Distinctive white lines trace the flow of surface currents around the world. Visualization showing global ocean currents from January 1, 2010, to December 31, 2012, at sea level, then at 2,000 m (6,600 ft) below sea level Animation of circulation around ice shelves of Antarctica

  3. Coastal ocean dynamics applications radar - Wikipedia

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    Coastal ocean dynamics applications radar (CODAR) is a type of portable, land-based, high frequency (HF) radar developed between 1973 and 1983 at NOAA's Wave Propagation Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. CODAR is a noninvasive system that can measure and map near-surface ocean currents in coastal waters. It is transportable and can produce ocean ...

  4. Global Drifter Program - Wikipedia

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    The data from the GDP have been used by oceanographers to derive maps of lateral diffusivity and Lagrangian length- and time-scales across the Pacific. [7] Other uses include studies of plastic accumulation the ocean, [8] and climatological models that simulate equatorial ocean currents, as well as many others.

  5. Curious shift in ocean currents is having chilling impact on ...

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    The two currents don’t change directions, but they shift their paths on occasion, forecasters said. The Gulf Stream is also known to speed up and slow down. Impacts on the N.C. coast can include ...

  6. A critical system of Atlantic Ocean currents could collapse ...

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    A vital system of Atlantic Ocean currents that influences weather across the world could collapse as soon as the late 2030s, scientists have suggested in a new study — a planetary-scale disaster ...

  7. Argo (oceanography) - Wikipedia

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    Argo is an international programme for researching the ocean. It uses profiling floats to observe temperature, salinity and currents. Recently it has observed bio-optical properties in the Earth's oceans. It has been operating since the early 2000s. The real-time data it provides support climate and oceanographic research.

  8. Drifter (oceanography) - Wikipedia

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    Drifters provide real-time information about ocean circulation. They make more accurate and frequent observations of surface current velocity than is possible from remote sensing measurements. Modern use of solar powered GPS units allows for long term observation of surface currents.

  9. Loop Current - Wikipedia

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    The Loop Current is an extension of the western boundary current of the North Atlantic subtropical gyre. [1] Serving as the dominant circulation feature in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, the Loop Currents transports between 23 and 27 sverdrups [2] and reaches maximum flow speeds of from 1.5 to 1.8 meters/second. [3]