Describe the Two Primary Forces That Set Ocean Water in Motion

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Essay

Describe the two primary forces that set ocean water in motion and how they drive both surface and thermohaline currents.

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Definitions:

Pearson Correlation

A measure of the linear relationship between two quantitative continuous variables, ranging from -1 to 1, where 1 means a perfect positive correlation and -1 a perfect negative correlation.

Price Per Barrel

The cost of a barrel of goods, commonly used to denote the cost of a barrel of crude oil in financial markets.

Confidence Interval Estimate

A confidence interval estimate provides a range of values, derived from sample data, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter, along with a given level of confidence.

Prediction Interval

A range of values that is likely to contain the value of an unknown parameter for a future observation, with a specified level of confidence.