North Pacific subtropical gyre

A conceptual circulation loop showing the general direction of this subtropical gyre. Its position, width and outline are illustrative, not measured current tracks.

General circulation: clockwise.

The ocean has branches, eddies and seasonal variability. This loop is not a closed trajectory followed by every water parcel.

Sources and Records

1. NOAA — What is a gyre? — Five major subtropical gyres; conceptual global diagram. Coordinates in Explorvia are illustrative, not measured.
2. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution — Currents, gyres and eddies — Gyres and boundary currents: clockwise north, counterclockwise south.

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