Oceanography » Ocean Currents
Demonstrate your understanding of ocean currents by working through the following activities:
1. Familiarize yourself with Earth's major ocean currents through this NOAA activity.
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2. This activity shows a composite passive microwave image acquired by the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS-PM (AMSR-E) (*2) aboard the Aqua satellite which represents the five-day-mean sea-surface temperature from May 11 to 15, 2004.
Can you find the temperature features in this image?
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3. Compare satellite imagery of the Kuroshio Current and the Gulf Stream.
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