Ocean Currents & Tides

OCEAN CURRENTS & TIDES SIMULATION

▸ Building the ocean basin & continental shores…

▸ Loading trade winds + the Coriolis force

▸ Starting the gyre & boundary currents

▸ Linking the Moon’s gravity → tides

▸ Calibrating the thermohaline conveyor…

▸ Ready — Online. ✅

Moon – Sun – tide

🌙 Tides

aligned → spring tide

Hemisphere—

Rotation—

Wind—

Tide level—

Tide phase—

Note

In the Northern Hemisphere the gyre spins clockwise; in the Southern it spins the other way (the Coriolis force).

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Pick a mode & hemisphere on the right · drag “Moon phase” to toggle spring/neap tides · click a structure for details

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Tide level over time water level