Anti-cyclonic_warm_core_eddy.png
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This schematic shows an idealized eddy in the Gulf of Alaska. "Isotherms" are lines connecting points of equal temperature, as on a weather map. Warm, nutrient-rich coastal water spirals clockwise, forming the core of the eddy. Phytoplankton grow in the edges of the eddy near the ocean surface, nourished by the nutrient-rich eddy water
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| Source | https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Eddies/eddies_3.php |
| Author | Robert Simmon |
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