Removal of moisture and heat upwelling 1. Ocean Conveyor Belt.

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Removal of moisture and heat upwelling 1. Ocean Conveyor Belt

Sv = 10 6 m 3 /s 2 (From Broecker, 1990)

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4. MAIN WATER MASSES IN THE OCEAN

Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea Labrador Sea From Pinet (1998) 5.

1000 m Iceland Newfoundland LabradorSea DenmarkStrait Iceland-FaeroesRidge Ireland U.K. North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) formation From: Tomczak, Matthias & J Stuart Godfrey: Regional Oceanography: an Introduction 2nd edn (2003) 5b.

Greenland Iceland NADW going through Denmark Strait From: Tomczak, Matthias & J Stuart Godfrey: Regional Oceanography: an Introduction 2nd edn (2003) 6.

Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea Labrador Sea

Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) From: Tomczak, Matthias & J Stuart Godfrey: Regional Oceanography: an Introduction 2nd edn (2003) 3000 m 7.

From: Tomczak, Matthias & J Stuart Godfrey: Regional Oceanography: an Introduction 2nd edn (2003) to Argentine Basin to Cape Basin 8.

Rio Grande Rise Santos Plateau 9. Vema Channel Minimum Temperatures Year Θ ºC Argentine Basin Brazil Basin

10. AABW extent (from Talley, 1999)

Greenland Sea Norwegian Sea Labrador Sea 11.

From: Tomczak, Matthias & J Stuart Godfrey: Regional Oceanography: an Introduction 2nd edn (2003) Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) = Polar Front forms at the Polar Front 12.

From: Tomczak, Matthias & J Stuart Godfrey: Regional Oceanography: an Introduction 2nd edn (2003) 13.

Schematic of all water masses

Atlantic Section Rio Grande Rise Ceará

Water Masses SACWNACW SACW - South Atlantic Central Water NACW - North Atlantic Central Water SPCW - South Pacific Central Water NPCW - North Pacific Central Water SICW - South Indian Central Water ECW - Equatorial Central Water AAIW - Antarctic Intermediate Water AIW - Arctic Intermediate Water MIW - Mediterranean Intermediate Water RSIW - Red Sea Intermediate Water NPIW - North Pacific Intermediate Water AABW - Antarctic Bottom Water NADW - North Atlantic Deep Water AADW - Antarctic Deep Water NABW - North Atlantic Bottom Water CoW - Common Water (AAIW + NADW) PSW - Pacific Subarctic Water From Pinet (1998)

14. The Effect of the Mediterranean on the North Atlantic From Pinet (1998)

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NEC NECC UC 16. Equatorial Current System SECSECC

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