North Atlantic Current

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North Atlantic Drift redirects here. For the 2003 rock

album by Ocean Color Scene, see North Atlantic Drift
(album).
The North Atlantic Current (also known as North

The North Atlantic Current. Elizabeth Rowe,

Arthur J. Mariano, Edward H. Ryan, The Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies

Schematic of the worlds ocean currents

Atlantic Drift and North Atlantic Sea Movement) is

a powerful warm ocean current that continues the Gulf
Stream northeast. West of Continental Europe it splits
into two major branches. One branch goes southeast,
later to become the Canary Current as it passes northwest
Africa and turns southwest. The other major branch continues north along the coast of northwestern Europe. It is
thought to have a considerable warming inuence on the
climate, although a minority have disputed this.[1] Other
branches include the Irminger Current and the Norwegian
Current. Driven by the global thermohaline circulation
(THC), the North Atlantic Current is part of the winddriven Gulf Stream which goes further east and north
from the North American coast, across the Atlantic and
into the Arctic Ocean.

See also
Ocean current
Oceanic gyres
Physical oceanography

References

[1] R. SEAGER, D. S. BATTISTI, J. YIN, N. GORDON, N.

NAIK, A. C. CLEMENT, and M. A. CANE (2002). Is
the Gulf Stream responsible for Europes mild winters?"
(PDF). Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. Retrieved 2010-10-25.

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