EVPP 108 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Electromagnetic Spectrum, Subtropics, Radiant Energy
25 Apr 2018
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Eastern boundary currents are relatively shallow, broad and slow-flowing. They are found on the eastern side of oceanic basins (adjacent to the western coasts of continents). Western boundary currents warm, deep, narrow, and fast flowing currents that form on the west side of ocean basins due to western intensification. They carry warm water from the tropics poleward. Either of two oceanic currents (the north and south equatorial currents) flowing westward on either side of the equator. Horse latitudes a belt of calm air and sea occurring in both the northern and southern hemispheres between the trade winds and the westerlies. Upwelling build up or gathering. rising of seawater, magma, or other liquid. El nino southern oscillation- (enso) is an irregularly periodical variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical eastern pacific ocean, affecting much of the tropics and subtropics. The warming phase is known as el ni o and the cooling phase as la.
