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CHAPTER PAGB 



IX. Water Masses and Currents of the Oceans (ConH.) 



Currents of the Adjacent Seas of the North Atlantic Ocean ... 174 



The Norwegian Sea and the North Polar Sea 174 



The Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay 177 



The Mediterranean and the Black Sea 177 



The Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico 180 



Currents of the Equatorial Part of the Atlantic Ocean 181 



Currents of the South Atlantic Ocean 185 



Currents of the Indian Ocean 187 



The Red Sea 188 



Currents of the South Pacific Ocean 189 



Currents of the Equatorial Pacific 193 



Currents of the North Pacific Ocean 196 



The North Equatorial Current 196 



The Kuroshio System 197 



The Kuroshio 197 



The Kuroshio Extension 198 



The North Pacific Current 199 



The Aleutian (Subarctic) Current 200 



The Eastern Gyral in the North Pacific Ocean 200 



The California Current 201 



Transport 204 



Currents of the Antarctic Ocean 205 



The Deep-Water Circulation of the Oceans 211 



Ice in the Sea 217 



Ice and Icebergs in the Antarctic 217 



Ice and Icebergs in the Arctic 220 



X. Interaction Between the Atmosphere and the Oceans. 223 



Character of Interaction 223 



The Oceans and the Climate 224 



The Oceans and the Weather 226 



Index 237 



