Ocean and air currents on a water planet

I just stumbled across this website the other day, and this is my first time posting, so apologies if the question is too vague or improperly worded. I am trying to build an all ocean world. I'm curious how the ocean and wind currents would behave on a planet with no above-water land masses.

Here are a few relevant details:

• The planet has about half earth's gravity.
• The planet spins west to east, like the earth.
• The planet has no axial tilt. However, it does have seasons, because of an elliptical orbit. At it's closest point to its star, the water is liquid and there is water evaporation on the equator, which leads to large clouds and rainstorms. At the planet's farthest point from its star, all water is frozen on the surface.

My assumption is that the ocean and wind would flow east to west, due to the planet's rotation being unbroken by any land. Some water would also flow towards the equator from both sides to fill the void left by evaporation. However, I am sure there are other factors I'm missing. Anymore thoughts would be most welcome! Thanks!

posted almost 9 years ago

Cascadiahawk‭

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