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... 12 KB (1,389 words) - 07:50, 18 January 2024 |
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... 27 KB (3,015 words) - 16:50, 27 March 2024 |
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... 31 KB (3,729 words) - 00:52, 2 April 2024 |
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... 14 KB (1,977 words) - 19:22, 20 March 2024 |
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... 24 KB (3,206 words) - 14:50, 27 March 2024 |
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... 6 KB (819 words) - 07:01, 17 February 2024 |
– A downward movement (sinking) of surface water caused by onshore Ekman transport, converging currents or when a water mass becomes more dense than the... 55 KB (7,794 words) - 20:29, 16 March 2024 |
in summer. Its dynamics is governed by turbulent mixing as well as Ekman transport, exchanges with the overlying atmosphere, and horizontal advection... 7 KB (974 words) - 23:21, 4 October 2023 |
the Ekman transport is obtained by integrating the Ekman velocity from the bottom level ( z = z b {\displaystyle z=z_{b}\,} ) – at which the Ekman velocity... 11 KB (1,495 words) - 03:51, 29 February 2024 |
upwelling index" is based on a 20-year average of the monthly mean Ekman transport for different regions off the California coast since the 1970s. It... 12 KB (1,525 words) - 01:54, 6 March 2024 |
(human) Eddy (fluid dynamics) Edge wave Eikonal equation Ekman layer Ekman spiral Ekman transport El Niño–Southern Oscillation Electroencephalography Electromagnetic... 10 KB (37 words) - 10:52, 7 November 2023 |
Africa vary chaotically. Northward winds along the coast result in Ekman transport offshore and upwelling of nutrient-rich deep water to the euphotic... 10 KB (1,131 words) - 07:42, 18 January 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 |
the trade winds and the Coriolis effect. This process is known as Ekman transport. Colder water from deeper in the ocean rises along the continental... 195 KB (21,122 words) - 14:46, 17 April 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 |
fishery over the Gulf of Maine and Uruguay. Oceans portal Ekman transport – Net transport of surface water perpendicular to wind direction Ocean gyre –... 15 KB (2,033 words) - 18:20, 21 October 2023 |
eventually bring nutrient-rich wastes back into the photic zone. The Ekman transport additionally brings more nutrients to the photic zone. Nutrient pulse... 25 KB (2,961 words) - 21:42, 17 April 2024 |
known as Glacial North Atlantic Intermediate Water. Oceans portal Ekman transport Irminger Current Sargasso Sea Broecker, Wallace (1991). "The great... 14 KB (1,753 words) - 05:33, 17 March 2024 |
force Ekman layer Ekman number Ekman spiral Ekman transport Ekman velocity Fridtjof Nansen Nansen's Fram expedition Upwelling Vagn Walfrid Ekman David... 6 KB (668 words) - 18:16, 13 February 2024 |
parallel to the coast can generate wind-driven currents that create an Ekman transport away from the coast. This moves the upper water mass away from the... 28 KB (3,367 words) - 05:51, 17 February 2024 |