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Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37

Last modified: 2021-01-15T16:51:30

Ekman layers  

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  • Information The thickness of the layer of water affected by the Ekman spiral, Ekman surface drift, and hence Ekman divergence; a function of wind speed and latitude: DE ~= 4.3 W /(sin f)1/2 (where DE = Ekman Layer depth, W is wind velocity, and f is the latitude, in appropriate units), approximately 50 m for a wind of 10 m sec-1 at 45° N.

    Created: 8/12/24

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  • Information Yakın atmosferde rüzgârın veya okyanuslarda üst akıntıların yükseklik veya derinlikle yön değiştirdiği tabaka.

    Source: https://terim.rehberim.gen.tr/terim/ekman-tabakasi-nedir

    Created: 2/15/21

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    Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37

    Last modified: 2021-01-15T16:51:38

    Ekman boundary layers (en)

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