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Thermohaline Eddy

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-027972

Eddy formation due to the interaction of temperature and salinity differences between two water masses initiating convective flow.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-027972
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesFederal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-027972",
  "term": "Thermohaline Eddy",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Eddy formation due to the interaction of temperature and salinity differences between two water masses initiating convective flow.",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/thermohaline-eddy/"
}

Record 27,972 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.