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    A geostrophic current is an oceanic current in which the pressure gradient force is balanced by the Coriolis effect. The direction of geostrophic flow...
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  • force. This condition is called geostrophic equilibrium or geostrophic balance (also known as geostrophy). The geostrophic wind is directed parallel to isobars...
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    fishes from one part of a water body to another on a regular basis Geostrophic current – Oceanic flow in which the pressure gradient force is balanced by...
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    anticyclonic geostrophic currents in subtropical gyres. Ekman suction results in a depressed sea surface height and cyclonic geostrophic currents in subpolar...
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  • flow) is the difference between the actual wind or current and the geostrophic wind or geostrophic current. Since geostrophy is an exact balance between the...
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    cause an increased total geostrophic circulation and subsequently an intensification of the northern leg of the Kuroshio Current, in some predictions increasing...
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    estimates of ocean transport using current meters and subsea cable measurements with estimates of the geostrophic current from temperature and salinity measurements...
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  • result, geostrophic currents which are near equator are obtained with a weighted blend of the equatorial beta-plane and conventional f-plane geostrophic equations...
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  • Hemisphere. A wind current can induce secondary water flow in the form of upwelling and downwelling, geostrophic flow, and western boundary currents. Friction...
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  • burst Gamma wave Gaussian beam Geometric optics, Geometrical optics Geostrophic current Gravitational radiation Gravity wave Groundwave Group delay Group...
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  • underwater, and specifically under the surface of an ocean. If originated from current tectonic forces, they are often referred to as a mid-ocean ridge. In contrast...
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    atmospheric science, the thermal wind is the vector difference between the geostrophic wind at upper altitudes minus that at lower altitudes in the atmosphere...
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    oceans, lakes, and laboratory experiments. Rossby waves, geostrophic currents, and geostrophic winds are examples of inertial waves. Inertial waves are...
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    epicontinental platforms which are affected by strong geostrophic currents, occasional storm surges and/or tide currents. In an aeolian environment, cross-beds often...
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    forcings and the mass transport within the upper ocean layer. He assumed a geostrophic interior flow, while neglecting any frictional or viscosity effects and...
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    including inherited topography, synsedimentary tectonics, exposure to currents and trade winds. Two main types of carbonate platforms are distinguished...
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    Kuroshio Current Labrador Current Oyashio Current Agulhas Current Brazil Current East Australia Current Eastern Boundary currents California Current Canary...
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  • approximated governing equations, such as potential flow around a wing or geostrophic current or wind on the rotating Earth. In that case, the secondary flow usefully...
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    Ocean Sections Study Geostrophic current Global Ocean Data Analysis Project Gulf Stream Halothermal circulation Humboldt Current Hydrothermal circulation...
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    Geostrophic current Geostrophic wind Taylor–Proudman theorem Hydrostatic equilibrium Ekman spiral Ekman layer Atmospheric circulation Ocean current Ocean...
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    Ocean Sections Study Geostrophic current Global Ocean Data Analysis Project Gulf Stream Halothermal circulation Humboldt Current Hydrothermal circulation...
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    Ocean Sections Study Geostrophic current Global Ocean Data Analysis Project Gulf Stream Halothermal circulation Humboldt Current Hydrothermal circulation...
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    (diagenetic). Geostrophic current – An oceanic flow in which the pressure gradient force is balanced by the Coriolis effect Geostrophic wind – The theoretical...
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    Nature, Vol. 184, 209-210. Stramma, L., 1991. "Geostrophic transport of the South Equatorial Current in the Atlantic." Journal of Marine Research, Vol...
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    Ocean Sections Study Geostrophic current Global Ocean Data Analysis Project Gulf Stream Halothermal circulation Humboldt Current Hydrothermal circulation...
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  • parallel to the isobars on an elevation in pressure card. It's called the geostrophic wind. Pressure differences depend, in turn, on the average temperature...
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    Lothar; Ikeda, Yoshimine; Peterson, Ray G. (1990). "Geostrophic transport in the Brazil Current region north of 20˚S" (PDF). Deep-Sea Research. 37 (12):...
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    of warmer waters) reinforces the northward current through geostrophic flow. The Southwest Monsoon Current is eastward from April through November, and...
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    and over the eastern flank of the Reykjanes Ridge by deep arrays. Geostrophic currents in the basin interior are estimated using temperature and salinity...
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  • when balanced by the Coriolis force produces a cyclonic coastal geostrophic current that transports water and suspended matter along the shore. The thermal...
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