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Chapter 4 Ekman layer transports, Ekman pumping, and the Sverdrup balance Geostrophic flow, or the flow produced by a balance between the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force, is frictionless flow. But momentum
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Document Date: 2006-08-17 03:26:18


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Antarctica / /

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Australia / Madagascar / Papua New Guinea / Greenland / United States / South Africa / New Zealand / Iceland / /

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Natural Disaster / Person Travel / /

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energy dissipation / energy / /

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Gulf Stream / North ocean / Atlantic ocean / North Atlantic ocean / South Pacific Ocean / Bering Strait / North Pacific ocean / Indian Ocean / Cape Hatteras / Pacific Ocean / /

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Federal Government / Bulge / /

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Hans Ulrik Sverdrup / /

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first investigator / /

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Indian Ocean / North Atlantic / northern USA / /

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