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modeling of ocean circulation  

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  • Ocean waters move in a global circulation system, transporting huge amounts of heat around the globe. The thermal capacity of the ocean is very large compared to that of the atmosphere, and through its circulation patterns, it can absorb heat in one region and return it to the atmosphere (often decades or centuries later) at an entirely different place. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Warming & Climate Change; Modeling of Ocean Circulation]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-MJZ2BJ56-H

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