Ekman spiral
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ekman-spiral-184-8570693
title:
Ekman spiral
text:
The Ekman spiral is an arrangement of ocean currents: the directions of horizontal current appear to twist as the depth changes. The oceanic wind driven Ekman spiral is the result of a force balance created by a shear stress force, Coriolis force and the water drag. This force balance gives a resulting current of the water different from the winds. In the ocean, there are two places where the Ekman spiral can be observed. At the surface of the ocean, the shear stress force corresponds with the w
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Velocity profile of wind driven current with depth
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekman_spiral
date created:
2005-03-26T02:21:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T11:03:17Z
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