Ekman transport is part of Ekman motion theory, first investigated in 1902 by Vagn Walfrid Ekman. Winds are the main source of energy for ocean circulation...
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North Equatorial Current (section The Ekman transport)
a northward Ekman transport in the NEC and a southward Ekman transport in the SEC take place. Due to the fact that the Ekman transport is perpendicular...
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Downwelling (section Wind-driven Ekman transport)
cycles. Two primary mechanisms transport water downward: buoyancy forcing and wind-driven Ekman transport (i.e., Ekman pumping). Downwelling has important...
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Physical oceanography (section Ekman transport)
boundaries. Also see secondary circulation effects. Ekman transport results in the net transport of surface water 90 degrees to the right of the wind...
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This phenomenon is called the Ekman spiral. The Ekman transport can be obtained from vertically integrating the Ekman balance, giving: U E = τ y f ρ...
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described by Vagn Walfrid Ekman. Ekman layers occur both in the atmosphere and in the ocean. There are two types of Ekman layers. The first type occurs...
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Sverdrup balance (redirect from Sverdrup transport)
vertically integrated meridional mass transport including the geostrophic interior mass transport and the Ekman mass transport; z ^ {\displaystyle {\hat {\boldsymbol...
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Arctic water. Variations in the Ekman transport change the sea surface height and depth of the halocline, resulting in Ekman pumping. During anticyclonic...
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that work together to cause upwelling are wind, Coriolis effect, and Ekman transport. They operate differently for different types of upwelling, but the...
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balanced by an equal amount of upwelling. In the western Atlantic, Ekman transport, the increase in ocean-layer mixing caused by wind activity, results...
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