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Global Ocean Circulation

Julius Busecke

Graduate Research Assistant
Columbia University

Julius Busecke is a Ph.D. candidate at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University. He received his B.Sc. from the University of Kiel, Germany in 2010. His interests include the ocean's role in the global freshwater cycle, mixing and transport by ocean eddies, and the influence of ocean eddies on the oceanic surface variability.

Webinar Clip
Julius Busecke helps viewers understand the connections between ocean temperature and salinity. If one of these is changed, the overall density of seawater is changed and this can have an impact on ocean circulation. We also learn how North Atlantic deep water is formed and how that drives global ocean circulation.

Full webinar: Ocean Thinking: Changes In Latitude

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Resources
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