ESS200A
Prof. Jin-Yi Yu
Six Great Current Circuits in the World Ocean
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5 of them are geostrophic gyres:
North Pacific Gyre
South Pacific Gyre
North Atlantic Gyre
South Atlantic Gyre
Indian Ocean Gyre
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The 6
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and the largest current:
Antarctic Circumpolr Current
(also called West Wind Drift)
(Figure from
Oceanography
by Tom Garrison)