1-10: Ocean Structure and Circulation Images

Major ocean currents.

Conceptual illustration of the Atlantic conveyor belt circulation.

Sea-surface temperatures for September 1994.

Flows of carbon in the world's oceans. American Scientist, 78, 316 (1990).
Permission granted by Sigma Xi,The Scientific Research Society.

Arctic pack-ice motion. NASA.

Southern ocean circulation. Natural History, Mar ,1990.

Gulf stream temperature. NASA.

Projected temperature changes after gradual CO2 increase. Natural History, Mar ,1990.

Mean near-surface phytoplankton pigment concentrations. NASA.

Seasonal Baja ocean color. NASA.

West coast upwelling. NASA.

Example of sea surface temperature... NASA.

Euphotic and Aphotic Zones.

Essential nutrients for ocean plants

. Biological activity in the oceans of the southern hemisphere American Scientist July/Aug 1990. Permission granted by Sigma, Xi, The Scientific Research Society.

Biological activity in the oceans of the northern hemisphere American Scientist July/Aug 1990. Permission granted by Sigma, Xi, The Scientific Research Society.

Global concentration of phytoplankton. NASA.