The Ekman layer is the layer in a fluid where there is a force balance between pressure gradient force, Coriolis force and turbulent drag. It was first... 14 KB (1,911 words) - 19:22, 20 March 2024 |
the wind is affected by surface drag and turns across the isobars (see Ekman layer for more detail). Typically, due to aerodynamic drag, there is a wind... 21 KB (2,073 words) - 17:13, 29 February 2024 |
oceanographer Vagn Walfrid Ekman (1874–1954). Through vertical eddy viscosity, winds act directly and frictionally on the Ekman layer, which typically is the... 11 KB (1,468 words) - 03:51, 29 February 2024 |
clergyman Vagn Walfrid Ekman (1874–1954), Swedish oceanographer Ekman layer Ekman spiral Ekman current meter Ekman transport Ekman number Ekman water bottle Eckman... 1 KB (206 words) - 12:46, 2 September 2022 |
Wind shear (section Planetary boundary layer) verification] This layer where friction slows and changes the wind is known as the planetary boundary layer, sometimes the Ekman layer, and it is thickest... 29 KB (3,359 words) - 04:23, 10 March 2024 |
also describes the order of magnitude for the thickness of an Ekman layer, a boundary layer in which viscous diffusion is balanced by Coriolis effects,... 2 KB (301 words) - 02:02, 14 March 2023 |
cylinder. The Stewartson layer, typically, also connects different Ekman boundary layers in the axial direction. The layer was first identified by Ian... 4 KB (718 words) - 10:59, 14 March 2024 |
Ocean dynamics (section Mixed layer dynamics) The wind-driven horizontal transport in the mixed layer is approximately described by Ekman Layer dynamics in which vertical diffusion of momentum balances... 7 KB (974 words) - 23:21, 4 October 2023 |
as the Ekman balance. Some important assumptions that underlie the Ekman balance are that there are no boundaries, an infinitely deep water layer, constant... 24 KB (3,161 words) - 14:50, 27 March 2024 |
Coriolis–Stokes force Craik–Leibovich vortex force Downwelling Eddy Ekman layer Ekman spiral Ekman transport El Niño–Southern Oscillation General circulation model... 1 KB (119 words) - 00:52, 23 May 2023 |
leads to Ekman divergence (convergence), and water must rise from beneath to replace the old Ekman layer water. The expression for this Ekman pumping velocity... 6 KB (819 words) - 07:01, 17 February 2024 |
Downwelling (section Wind-driven Ekman transport) across the Ekman layer to be 90° to the right of wind stress in the Northern Hemisphere and 90° to the left in the Southern Hemisphere. Ekman transport... 27 KB (3,015 words) - 16:50, 27 March 2024 |
had his student, Vagn Walfrid Ekman, investigate. Ekman, who later described the effect now bearing his name as the Ekman spiral, demonstrated the effect... 6 KB (710 words) - 22:59, 2 January 2024 |
friction with a time constant of about 7 days, the spin-down time of the Ekman layer. This spin-down time is the characteristic time for the transfer of atmospheric... 10 KB (1,348 words) - 13:12, 29 April 2023 |
Physical oceanography (section Ekman transport) are absent on eastern boundaries. Also see secondary circulation effects. Ekman transport results in the net transport of surface water 90 degrees to the... 31 KB (3,729 words) - 12:40, 26 February 2024 |
Echolocation (human) Eddy (fluid dynamics) Edge wave Eikonal equation Ekman layer Ekman spiral Ekman transport El Niño–Southern Oscillation Electroencephalography... 10 KB (37 words) - 10:52, 7 November 2023 |
Geostrophic wind Taylor–Proudman theorem Hydrostatic equilibrium Ekman spiral Ekman layer Atmospheric circulation Ocean current Ocean dynamics Thermohaline... 10 KB (1,066 words) - 19:39, 20 May 2022 |
Theory on the formation of rivers due to Earth's rotation Ekman layer – Force equilibrium layer in a liquid Secondary flow – Relatively minor flow superimposed... 8 KB (763 words) - 14:59, 25 January 2024 |
called the wind profile or wind gradient. "AMS Glossary of Meteorology, Ekman layer". American Meteorological Association. Retrieved 2015-02-15. Brown, G... 35 KB (4,276 words) - 16:29, 29 February 2024 |