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Four forces combine to produce the surface currents in the global ocean: surface winds, the Sun’s radiation, gravity, and the Coriolis force. Let us begin with the most complicated: the Coriolis force, sometimes known as the Coriolis effect.

Figure 1.5 Geostrophic (surface) currents.

Source: NASA.

Figure 1.6 Thermohaline (deep) currents.

Source: NOAA.