Thursday, November 15, 2007

use fricion to describe Ekman Transport;use wind, current, hydrogen bonds

The Ekman Transport is formed due to friction, wind, and Coriolis effects. When the wind blows it will cause friction to occur on the surface of the ocean which breaks up the hydrogen bonds and creates currents to happen.When this occurs it will cause the layer of water underneath to spiral to the right and continue downwards causing the Ekman's Spiral to occur. The net effect of this is called the Ekman's Transport.

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