The meridional transport of these features is related to the curl of the wind stress by the Sverdrup balance.
The meridional transport of these features is related to the curl of the wind stress by the Sverdrup balance. The Coriolis force, when balanced by a pressure gradient, is the cause of geostrophic ones. The Coriolis force also causes the direction of the net transport of these features to be perpendicular to the direction of the wind in (*) Ekman transport. One system of these features is driven by the formation of cold, saline bottom water that is later upwelled, and is called the thermohaline circulation. Systems of these features can link to form ocean gyres. For 10 points, including the North Atlantic Drift and the Gulf Stream, name these large scale motions of ocean water.
The meridional transport of these features is related to the curl of the wind stress by the Sverdrup balance.
ocean currents