Which mechanism explains warmer temperatures alongside poleward-flowing ocean streams, such as the Gulf Stream?

💡 Explanation

When an ocean stream flows poleward, advective heat transfer occurs because the stream carries warmer water from lower latitudes to higher latitudes, warming the adjacent land. Therefore heat transfer is enhanced, rather than pressure gradient reduction, heat absorption, or albedo reduction which relate to other atmospheric phenomena.

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