Cold Current

Ocean current

An ocean current is a continuous, directed movement of seawater generated by a number of forces acting upon the water, including wind, the Coriolis effect, breaking waves, cabbeling, and temperature and salinity differences. Depth contours, shoreline configurations, and interactions with other currents influence a current's direction and strength. Ocean currents move both horizontally, on scales that can span entire oceans, as well as vertically, with vertical currents playing an important role in the movement of nutrients and gases, such as carbon dioxide, between the surface and the deep ocean.

Cold

Cold is the presence of low temperature, especially in the atmosphere. In common usage, cold is often a subjective perception. A lower bound to temperature is absolute zero, defined as 0.00 K on the Kelvin scale, an absolute thermodynamic temperature scale. This corresponds to −273.15 °C on the Celsius scale, −459.67 °F on the Fahrenheit scale, and 0.00 °R on the Rankine scale.

cold

Adjective

1. Having a low temperature.
2. Causing the air to be cold.

Noun

1. A condition of low temperature.
2. A harsh place; a place of abandonment.

current

Noun

1. The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.
2. The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially ellipsis of ocean current.

Adjective

1. Existing or occurring at the moment.
2. Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment; having currency.